The Kick It Forward Program paid 12 members’ dues for 2019 totaling $3,300. The program was born out of a desire to help fellow lawyers with financial difficulties. With the many economic challenges lawyers face today, it can be a struggle to build up and maintain a legal practice. That’s…

Articles regarding starting a law practice, plus Leadership Academy participants and Annual Meeting photo highlights.

Susan B. Shields of Oklahoma City will serve as the Oklahoma Bar Association’s president beginning Jan. 1, 2020, following a year as president-elect. Shields is a shareholder with McAfee & Taft and practices in the areas of estate and family wealth planning, estate and trust administration, business planning and charitable…

The Oklahoma Bar Association Annual Meeting concluded at noon, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, after the OBA House of Delegates meeting held at the Cox Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City. Prior to the meeting and pursuant to Article III, Section 3 of the OBA Bylaws, six members were deemed elected…

By Edward Maguire It is difficult for me to comprehend the immensity of this year – the 100th anniversary of the creation of Veterans Day. In 1919, Woodrow Wilson penned out the framework of what was then called Armistice Day. This would later be reclassified by our nation’s Congress as Veterans Day. Our nation was healing from the wounds received…

Eighteen future leaders of Oklahoma’s legal community have been selected to receive training in leadership, motivation and communication as members of the Oklahoma Bar Association Leadership Academy class of 2019-2020. The academy participants were chosen from a pool of applicants spanning the state. “Building quality leaders is important,” OBA President…

See photos of the Oklahoma’s newest lawyers at the latest swearing-in ceremony.