NOVEMBER 2025 | 87 THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL Brian Keester and McKenzie Corley have joined the law firm of Hall Estill. Mr. Keester is special counsel, and his practice focuses on commercial and insurance litigation, including construction litigation, personal injury, construction defect, premises liability, wrongful death and transportation litigation. He received his J.D. cum laude from the University of Arkansas School of Law. Ms. Corley is an associate in the firm’s litigation practice. She previously served as a law clerk to Judge Claire V. Eagan and as both a financial analyst and an investment analyst before attending law school. She received her J.D. with highest honors from the TU College of Law. During law school, Ms. Corley served as the notes and comments editor for the Tulsa Law Review. Holly M. Wyers has joined the Tulsa law firm of Atkinson, Brittingham, Gladd, Fiasco & Edmonds as an associate. She received her J.D. with highest honors from the TU College of Law in 2025. While in law school, Ms. Wyers was the founder and president of the Education and Oklahoma Policy Law Club, an executive director of the Public Interest Board and vice president of Phi Alpha Delta. She practices in civil litigation. Amelia Campbell has joined the Oklahoma City law firm of Lytle Soulé & Felty as an associate attorney. She practices in the areas of insurance defense and civil litigation. Ms. Campbell previously worked for the firm during law school as a legal intern. She received her J.D. from the OU College of Law in 2025. During law school, she interned at the OU Legal Clinic, where she worked on criminal defense cases. Chloe N. Glass has joined the Norman law firm of Glass & Tabor LLP. She received her J.D. from the OCU School of Law in May 2025. Ms. Glass is a trial lawyer who focuses on personal injury, medical malpractice, civil rights and wrongful death litigation. Brennan T. Barger has joined the law firm of McAfee & Taft as an associate. He is a trial attorney, a former federal law clerk and a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. His practice focuses on representing employers and management in all phases of labor and employment law, including litigation in state and federal courts, arbitration proceedings and before regulatory and administrative agencies. Mr. Barger began his career as a civil litigation associate in private practice and most recently served for more than two years as a law clerk to District Judge Scott L. Palk of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. Mr. Barger received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 2020. He is also a member of the Oklahoma County Bar Association. Kimberly Richey has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education. In this role, Ms. Richey will oversee the office responsible for enforcing federal civil rights laws. This is Ms. Richey’s third term at the U.S. Department of Education. She previously served as principal deputy assistant secretary and acting assistant secretary in the Office for Civil Rights from 2018 to 2021, deputy assistant secretary and acting assistant secretary in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services from 2017 to 2018 and counsel to the Assistant Secretary from 2005 to 2009. HOW TO PLACE AN ANNOUNCEMENT: The Oklahoma Bar Journal welcomes short articles or news items about OBA members and upcoming meetings. If you are an OBA member and you’ve moved, become a partner, hired an associate, taken on a partner, received a promotion or an award or given a talk or speech with statewide or national stature, we’d like to hear from you. Sections, committees and county bar associations are encouraged to submit short stories about upcoming or recent activities. Honors bestowed by other publications (e.g., Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, etc.) will not be accepted as announcements. (Oklahoma-based publications are the exception.) Information selected for publication is printed at no cost, subject to editing and printed as space permits. Submit news items to: Hailey Boyd Communications Dept. Oklahoma Bar Association 405-416-7033 barbriefs@okbar.org Articles for the January issue must be received by Dec. 1.
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