Governance & Membership
Board of Governors Vacancies
The deadline for submitting nominating petitions for 2025 OBA leadership was 5 p.m., May 8, 2024.
The Board of Governors is comprised of 17 active members of the Oklahoma Bar Association. One representative is elected for each of the nine Supreme Court judicial districts, as such districts existed prior to January 1, 2020 [Order No. SCBD 4483 (2020 OK 17)], by lawyers in those respective districts plus three statewide at-large members and the Young Lawyers Division chairperson. Officers are the president, vice president, president-elect and secretary/treasurer.
For information on current board members and officers, visit the Board of Governors page.
Officers
These are one-year terms.
President-Elect
- Current: D. Kenyon Williams Jr., Sperry
- ELECTED Nominee: Amber Peckio, Tulsa
- Nominee: Kara M. Vincent, Tulsa
Vice President
- Current: Amber Peckio, Tulsa
- Nominee: Richard D. White Jr., Tulsa
Board of Governors
These are all three-year terms (2025-2027). Terms of the present OBA officers and governors will terminate Dec. 31, 2024.
Supreme Court Judicial District 3
- Current: S. Shea Bracken, Edmond
- Nominee: Vacant
- Counties: Oklahoma
Supreme Court Judicial District 4
- Current: Dustin E. Conner, Enid
- Nominee: Benjamin J. Barker, Enid
- Counties: Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Harper, Kingfisher, Major, Roger Mills, Texas, Washita, Woods, Woodward
Supreme Court Judicial District 5
- Current: Allyson E. Dow, Norman
- Nominee: Lucas M. West, Norman
- Counties: Carter, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, Love, McClain, Murray, Stephens
Member at Large
- Current: Angela Ailles Bahm, Oklahoma City
- ELECTED Nominee: Kate Dodoo, Oklahoma City
- Nominee: Rhiannon K. Thoreson, Tulsa
- Counties: Statewide
Summary of Nominations Rules
Not less than 60 days prior to the annual meeting, 25 or more voting members of the OBA within the Supreme Court Judicial District from which the member of the Board of Governors is to be elected that year, shall file with the executive director, a signed petition (which may be in parts) nominating a candidate for the office of member of the Board of Governors for and from such judicial district, or one or more county bar associations within the judicial district may file a nominating resolution nominating such a candidate.
Not less than 60 days prior to the annual meeting, 50 or more voting members of the OBA from any or all judicial districts shall file with the executive director a signed petition nominating a candidate to the office of member at large on the Board of Governors, or three or more county bars may file appropriate resolutions nominating a candidate for this office.
Not less than 60 days before the opening of the annual meeting, 50 or more voting members of the association may file with the executive director a signed petition nominating a candidate for the office of president‑elect or vice president, or three or more county bar associations may file appropriate resolutions nominating a candidate for the office.
If no one has filed for one of the vacancies, nominations to any of the above offices shall be received from the House of Delegates on a petition signed by not less than 30 delegates certified to and in attendance at the session at which the election is held.
See Article II and Article III of the bylaws for complete information regarding offices, positions, nominations and election procedure.