OCTOBER 2025 | 61 THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL graduate of the TU College of Law, she has served as a past member of the Alumni Association board. She is also a sustaining member of the Junior League of Tulsa. Ms. Peckio lives in Tulsa with her beloved dogs, Woody and Hendricks. Elected as the 2025 president-elect and serving one year in that position, Ms. Peckio automatically becomes president Jan. 1, 2026. 2026 NEWLY ELECTED BOARD OF GOVERNORS Pursuant to Rule 3, Section 3 of the OBA bylaws, the following nominees have been deemed elected due to no other person filing for the position. Vice President S. Shea Bracken, Edmond S. Shea Bracken is an attorney with Maples, Nix & Diesselhorst in Edmond. His practice focuses on catastrophic injury, including medical malpractice, birth injury and products liability. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps Infantry and is a decorated war veteran with a combat deployment to Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. He earned his bachelor’s degree from OSU and his J.D. with honors from the OCU School of Law. Mr. Bracken is a member of the American Association for Justice, including the Birth Trauma Litigation Group and the Attorneys Information Exchange Group; the Oklahoma County Bar Association; and the Oklahoma Association for Justice. He served on the OBA Board of Governors from 2022 to 2024. He currently serves as an Oklahoma Bar Foundation Trustee and as co-chair of the OBA Military Assistance Committee. He also participates in the OCU Law Mentorship Program and is a member of the OBA Mock Trial, Legislative Monitoring and Bench and Bar committees. He is active in the community, including serving as a member of the Deer Creek Schools Foundation board, the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Marine Corps League. He enjoys spending time with his wife, Lindsay, and his daughters, Makenna and Teagan. He also enjoys traveling, exercising, reading, playing video games, watching movies and anything involving sports, especially the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Oklahoma City Thunder, Tottenham Hotspur and the Detroit Lions. Supreme Court Judicial District 2 Chris D. Jones, Durant Chris D. Jones was raised in Bryan County. He graduated from Calera Public Schools and attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University, earning a bachelor’s degree in mathematics education. He then obtained an MBA from the University of Central Oklahoma. He graduated cum laude from the OCU School of Law, where he was active in many organizations, including the Oklahoma City University Law Review and mock trial team. After law school, he threw out a shingle in Durant, where he is currently a solo practitioner. He is admitted to practice in the federal courts of the Eastern, Western and Northern districts of Oklahoma. Mr. Jones, his wife, Leann, and their two young children run a cattle ranch in Bryan County. They love to cruise in their spare time.
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