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Vol. 1 | No. 28 | July 14, 2021
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Oklahoma Supreme Court

No published opinions this week. 

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

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Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals

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Dispositons Other than by Published Opinions

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JNC | Three Nominees for Oklahoma County District Court

July 12, 2021 –The Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) today announced the three nominees for the position of District Judge in Oklahoma County, Seventh Judicial District, Office 2, a vacancy created by the appointment of the Honorable Thomas E. Prince to the Court of Civil Appeals. After concluding the review process and conducting interviews, the JNC submitted the following nominees for this position to the Governor:

  • Kaitlyn G. Allen, Edmond
  • John E. Barbush, Edmond
  • Emily N. Harrelson, Oklahoma City

Under Article 7B Section 4 of the Oklahoma Constitution, the Governor has sixty days to appoint one of the nominees to this judicial position. If he fails to do so within sixty days, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall make the appointments.

Reinstatements | 2021

 

The following members of the Oklahoma Bar Association suspended for nonpayment of dues by Supreme Court Order entered on June 7, 2021, in S.C.B.D. No. 7059 have complied with the requirements of Title 5, O.S. Ch. 1, App. 1, Article VIII, §4, Rules Creating and Controlling the Oklahoma Bar Association, for reinstatement, and notice is hereby given of such reinstatements:

June 9, 2021 - Sean Wesley Kilian, OBA No. 31117, 1341 Horton Circle, Arlington, TX 76011

June 15, 2021- Beauchamp Marcellus Patterson, OBA No. 19188, 3710 Rawlins St., Ste. 1420, Dallas, TX  75219

June 21, 2021 - Erin Williams Gerner, OBA No. 21407, 6303 Belmont Ave., Dallas, TX 75214-3627

July 1, 2021 - Christi Marie Panter, OBA No. 31714, PO Box 231, Brewster, OK 67732
Carroll R. Wheeler, OBA No. 10519, 1980 Wall Street, Morganton, NC  28655


The following members of the Oklahoma Bar Association suspended for noncompliance with the Rules for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education by Supreme Court Order entered on June 7, 2021, in S.C.B.D. No. 7058 have complied with the requirements of Rule 6, Rules for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education, for reinstatement, and notice is hereby given of such reinstatement:

June 14, 2021 - Joshua Ryan Kidd, OBA No. 31612, 1225 Aspen Place, Davis, CA  95616

June 24, 2021 - Gregory Norman Ziegler, OBA No. 20407, 901 Main Street, Suite 4960, Dallas, TX 75202

June 28, 2021 - Christi Marie Panter, OBA No. 31714, P.O. Box 231, Brewster, KS  67732

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Attention: Please Install Microsoft Emergency Windows Patch Now to Avoid Print Nightmare

By Jim Calloway

Hopefully, the headline captured your attention. You really do need to install the emergency patch for Windows 10 that Microsoft released last week. Some vulnerabilities in software do not impact systems lawyers use, but this one is an opening in wireless printing tools that can be used to take over other system resources. Krebs on Security has a good feature explaining the challenge and what to do, Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Windows Flaw.

But, the short version for you TL;DR types is to go to Windows Updates under Settings and install all pending updates now. If you are in a larger firm with IT staff, they may have already done it for you, but you should discuss with them to make certain.

If you are in a smaller firm with no IT staff, you are likely better off to have Windows Updates set to be installed automatically. There is a certain logic in waiting to review updates before installing them. But I have seen the end of this strategy for busy lawyers, which is months or years of Windows Updates backed up waiting for you to review them. Meanwhile you may have security holes that haven’t been patched. Just go with automatic installation of Windows Updates. I’d much rather explain to a client or other “outsider” how the Windows Update messed something up for me and thousands of other users this week than why my system was compromised because I didn’t install a critical security update that has been available for over a year.

You will want to have everything current if the rumors are true and Windows 11 is unveiled to replace Windows 10 later this year.