Judicial Nominating Commission
*Although the number of districts and their boundaries have changed over time, Oklahoma State Constitution (Article 7B §3) dictates that the boundaries for these elections are the Congressional Districts as they existed when the article was adopted in 1967.
Judicial Nominating Commission
Pursuant to the Procedures of the OBA Governing the Election of Lawyer Members to the Judicial Nominating Commission, Nominating Petitions have been filed with the Executive Director for Districts 3 and 4.* The deadline for nominating petitions to be submitted was 5 p.m., May 16, 2025.
Ballots will be mailed June 6, 2025, to active attorneys in good standing in Congressional District 3 and Congressional District 4.
Ballots must be received at the Oklahoma Bar Center by 5 p.m. June 20, 2025. Election results will be posted June 23, 2025.
In the event a runoff election is necessary in any congressional district, runoff ballots will be mailed June 27, 2025. Completed runoff ballots must be received at the Oklahoma Bar Center by 5 p.m., July 18, 2025.
Runoff ballots shall be opened, tabulated and certified on July 21, 2025.
DISTRICT 3 NOMINEES
Trace Cole Sherrill, Durant
John Edward “Jack” Cadenhead, Seminole
Trace Cole Sherrill
Trace Cole Sherrill, was admitted to the Oklahoma Bar in 1992 after graduating from the OU College of Law. He began his career in Durant and became special judge in 1995. Elected associate district judge for Bryan County in 2019, he managed juvenile and probate dockets until his 2022 retirement. Mr. Sherrill is now a mediator.
Commissioned in the U.S. Army Reserve in 2006, and now a lieutenant colonel in the Oklahoma National Guard, he serves as brigade judge advocate for the 45th Field Artillery Brigade.
He is married to Dena, and they have two children: Ashley Armstrong and the late Colton Sherrill.
John Edward “Jack” Cadenhead
John Edward “Jack” Cadenhead is from Seminole and offices in Ada, focusing on real estate, banking, probate and estate planning. He is also the attorney for the City of Okemah, two rural water districts in Pontotoc County, and represents children in Seminole County deprived proceedings.
Mr. Cadenhead is admitted to practice in Oklahoma (2010); U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; and Chickasaw and Seminole tribal courts. He is a graduate of OU and Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in Montgomery, Alabama. He is a member of the Southwest Church of Christ in Ada.
District 3 is composed of 22 counties in the eastern and southeastern parts of the state, as those congressional districts existed in 1967.
DISTRICT 4 NOMINEES
J. Revell Parrish, Norman
Hayley R. Stillwell, Norman
Steven L. Stice, Norman
J. Revell Parrish
J. Revell Parrish is an attorney with Glass & Tabor in Norman. He focuses his practice on civil litigation.
Mr. Parrish grew up on a family farm in east Arkansas but has called Oklahoma home since 2010. He is admitted to practice in Oklahoma and Arkansas. He has been admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma; and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. He received his B.A. from the University of Arkansas in 2007 and his J.D. from the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock in 2010.
He is a member of the Oklahoma County Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, Oklahoma Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice.
He and his wife have two children.
Hayley R. Stillwell
Hayley Stillwell is an associate professor of law at the OU College of Law, where she teaches evidence, criminal law, and remedies. A native Oklahoman, Professor Stillwell earned both her B.A. and J.D. from the University of Oklahoma, graduating first in her law school class. She has served as a law clerk to the Oklahoma Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 10th and 2nd Circuits. Her experience reflects a longstanding commitment to the state, the rule of law and the integrity of the judiciary.
Steven L. Stice
Biographical information has not been provided.
District 4 is composed of 13 counties in the western and southwestern parts of the state, along with a portion of Oklahoma County, as those congressional districts existed in 1967.
