THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL 56 | AUGUST 2025 Annual Meeting 2026 OBA Board of Governors Vacancies Nominating Petition Deadline: 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8 OFFICERS President-Elect Current: Amber Peckio, Tulsa (One-year term: 2026) Ms. Peckio automatically becomes OBA president Jan. 1, 2026 Nominee: John E. Barbush, Durant Nominee: Jana L. Knott, El Reno Vice President Current: Richard D. White Jr., Tulsa (One-year term: 2026) Nominee: Vacant BOARD OF GOVERNORS Supreme Court Judicial District 2 Current: John E. Barbush, Durant Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Haskell, Johnston, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, McIntosh, Marshall, Pittsburg, Pushmataha and Sequoyah counties (Three-year term: 2026-2028) Nominee: Vacant Supreme Court Judicial District 8 Current: Nicholas E. Thurman, Ada Coal, Hughes, Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Okfuskee, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and Seminole counties (Three-year term: 2026-2028) Nominee: Vacant Supreme Court Judicial District 9 Current: Jana L. Knott, El Reno Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and Tillman counties (Three-year term: 2026-2028) Nominee: Vacant Member at Large Current: Timothy L. Rogers, Tulsa Statewide (Three-year term: 2026-2028) Nominee: Vacant 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 OBA bylaws for complete information regarding offices, positions, nominations and election procedure. Elections for contested positions will be held at the House of Delegates meeting on Nov. 7, during the 2025 OBA Annual Meeting. Terms of the present OBA officers and governors will terminate Dec. 31, 2025. Nomination and resolution forms can be found at https://bit.ly/3K2m3D2.
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