The Oklahoma Bar Association announced its 2026 officers and newly elected Board of Governors members on Friday, Nov. 7, during the OBA’s 121st Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Oklahoma City Downtown Hotel. 

Tulsa attorney Amber Peckio will serve as the Oklahoma Bar Association’s 2026 president, following a year as president-elect. She will lead the OBA’s 17-member Board of Governors, which meets monthly and governs the association.  

Ms. Peckio, a solo practitioner with the Amber Law Group in Tulsa, is an AV-rated preeminent attorney with more than 20 years of trial experience in litigation, insurance disputes, complex family matters and personal injury. She also practices extensively in Oklahoma’s emerging cannabis law field, advising businesses on related legal issues and previously chaired the OBA Cannabis Law Committee. A longtime OBA volunteer, she has served in numerous leadership roles, including OBF Trustee, Women in Law Committee chair and graduate of the inaugural OBA Leadership Academy. She has also been active in the Tulsa County Bar Association, having served as secretary in 2019, vice president in 2020 and small firm director in 2021. A TU College of Law graduate, she is admitted to practice in all Oklahoma courts, three U.S. district courts and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Peckio lives in Tulsa with her dogs, Woody and Hendricks. 

Jana L. Knott of El Reno will serve as president-elect for 2026, and S. Shea Bracken of Edmond will serve as vice president. D. Kenyon Williams Jr. of Sperry, who served as the 2025 OBA president, will remain on the Board of Governors for one year as the immediate past president. 

Also elected to the OBA Board of Governors to represent their respective Supreme Court judicial districts are Chris D. Jones of Durant, Blayne P. Norman of Wewoka and Kristy E. Loyall of El Reno. Molly A. Aspan of Tulsa will also serve a three-year term as a member at large. Alexandra J. Gage of Tulsa will serve a one-year term as OBA Young Lawyers Division chairperson.  

New officers and Board of Governors members will take office Jan. 1. They will officially be sworn into office Jan. 16. OBA leadership roles are voluntary positions in which lawyers serve while continuing to practice law. 

The 19,000-member Oklahoma Bar Association, headquartered in Oklahoma City, was created by the Oklahoma Supreme Court to advance the administration of justice and to foster and maintain learning, integrity, com