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Jenks High School Named Mock Trial State Champion
March 6, 2024
Jenks High School’s Team Courtroom Crusaders edged out Oklahoma City’s Academy of Classical Christian Studies to claim the Oklahoma High Schoo Mock Trial Championship. This is the second time Jenks High School has won the championship and the first time the Academy of Classical Christian Studies has made it to the final round of competition. … Read more...
Oklahoma City Lawyer Takes Oath as OBA President
January 23, 2024
Chief Justice M. John Kane IV administers the oath of office to 2024 OBA President Miles Pringle on Jan. 19. Miles Pringle was sworn in Jan. 19 as the 2024 Oklahoma Bar Association president. He will lead the OBA’s 17-member Board of Governors, which meets monthly and governs the 18,000-member association. Supreme Court Chief Justice… Read more...
The Oklahoma Bar Association’s Wills for Heroes program serves those who serve their communities by offering no-cost legal assistance in the areas of wills and estate planning to first responders and emergency personnel. Oklahoma lawyers will be providing this service at Shangri-La Resort in Afton on Saturday, July 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.… Read more...
Owasso High School Crowned Mock Trial State Champion
March 10, 2023
Owasso High School’s Team Elle edged out Jenks High School’s Team Justice for All to claim the Oklahoma High School Mock Trial Championship. Owasso High School has won the state championship five of the last six years. The Mock Trial program, now in its 43rd year, involves teams of students portraying attorneys and defendants in… Read more...
Eight teams from Ada, Jenks, Moore, Oklahoma City and Owasso will participate in the 2023 Oklahoma High School Mock Trial competition. The rounds are scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 28, in Tulsa at the Page Belcher Federal Building and Wednesday, March 1, in Oklahoma City at the U.S. Western District Federal Courthouse. The winning teams from… Read more...
Ponca City Lawyer Takes Oath as OBA President
January 20, 2023
The new Oklahoma Bar Association officers and board members convened at the Oklahoma Supreme Court Ceremonial Courtroom at the state Capitol on Friday, Jan. 20, to be sworn into office. Administering their oaths of office was Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice M. John Kane. Brian T. Hermanson of Ponca City will serve as 2023 president… Read more...
Swearing-In Ceremony – Spring 2022
May 13, 2022
Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Darby administered the oath of attorney to more than 50 new admittees during a ceremony at the Oklahoma Judicial Center on April 26, 2022. Congratulations to the state’s newest lawyers! A gallery of the event is below! View the recorded ceremony on the OBA's Facebook page. Read more...
Oklahoma Lawyers Offer Free Legal Advice on April 28
April 21, 2022
Thursday, April 28 – 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Numbers to call: 405-493-9131 or 918-551-6022 Email: AskALawyer@okbar.org Lawyers across Oklahoma will provide free legal advice on Thursday, April 28, during the annual statewide celebration of Law Day. Oklahoma residents may call 405-493-9131 or 918-551-6022 to speak to a licensed attorney at no charge. Those with legal questions… Read more...
To my father, the Judge, on his retirement
March 23, 2021
Reprinted with permission of the author and the Oklahoma County Bar Association's The Briefcase. by Jeremiah Buettner, shareholder, McAfee & Taft The Buettner Family On December 31, 2020, an era quietly (very quietly) ended with the retirement of Oklahoma Court of Oklahoma Civil Appeals Judge Kenneth Buettner. Judge Buettner served the State, the Bar and… Read more...
Cooking Through the Snow
February 12, 2021
The lingering and dramatic Oklahoma winter weather at least is giving us more reason to use our soup kettles and slow cookers. Chili, soup and hearty food season continues. While the internet often is our go-to to look up recipes, there's nothing like going through a well-worn cookbook. The 2011 OBA cookbook, "Justice is Served,"… Read more...
