THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL 72 | FEBRUARY 2026 Dorothy Johnston Amis of Austin, Texas, died May 10, 2025. She was born March 30, 1938, in Dallas. Ms. Amis graduated from the Hockaday School for Girls and earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She received her J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1979 and practiced in Oklahoma and Texas until her retirement at age 74. Ms. Amis enjoyed a long employment as a staff attorney to Federal Magistrate Judge Paul Stickney in the United States District Court of the Northern District of Texas. Jack D. Fisher of Edmond died Jan. 3. He was born April 25, 1951, in Guthrie. Mr. Fisher grew up in Crescent, where he was a three-sport star athlete, playing quarterback, shooting guard and catcher for the Tigers. He graduated from Southwestern Oklahoma State University and received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law in 1975. After clerking for Judge Homer Smith and practicing with Bay, Hamilton, Renegar & Lees for a year, he started his own law practice with his wife. Mr. Fisher was a criminal law attorney and became one of the first in Oklahoma to be certified to handle federal habeas corpus cases. Bill G. Freudenrich Jr. of Tulsa died Oct. 31, 2025. He was born May 6, 1961, in Oklahoma City. He graduated from OSU, where he majored in accounting and was an active member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He received his J.D. from the TU College of Law in 1988 and practiced mainly in Employee Retirement Income Security Act law. His career spanned 40 years, with significant relationships formed at Mysock & Chevaillier; Boone, Smith, Davis, Hurst & Dickman; and McAfee & Taft, where he was a founding partner of the firm’s Tulsa office and from where he eventually retired. Cody E. Gilbert of Oklahoma City died Dec. 5, 2025. He was born Oct. 15, 1985, in Pauls Valley. Mr. Gilbert grew up in Garvin County in the Elmore City and Pauls Valley areas and graduated from Elmore City High School. He received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law in 2011 and lived in the Oklahoma City area since 2004. Hali Klein Goss of Oklahoma City died Nov. 11, 2025. She was born March 28, 1961, in Tulsa. She graduated from TU with a bachelor’s degree and received her J.D. from the TU College of Law in 1992. Ms. Goss began her career with State Farm while attending law school. That career would span nearly 40 years, during which time she received multiple professional designations. John B. Hayes of Edmond died Nov. 24, 2025. He was born March 21, 1938, in Wilburton. He graduated from OSU and received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1962, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and Phi Delta Phi. Mr. Hayes practiced law for more than 60 years. His legal career began at the law firm of Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hayes before he co-founded Hayes Magrini & Gatewood, where he remained active throughout his life. He was a long-standing member of the American Bar Association, including the Fidelity and Surety Law Committee and the Forum on Construction Law. He also served as vice chair of the Fidelity and Surety Law Committee. He frequently lectured at ABA programs and the Defense Research Institute and authored numerous articles and treatise chapters on fidelity, surety and construction topics. Eddie Wayne Jackson Sr. of Oklahoma City died Nov. 5, 2024. He was born June 3, 1941, in Dimebox, Texas. Mr. Jackson graduated from Moore High School and received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law in 1996. Michael David Lewis of Edmond died July 28, 2025. He was born Aug. 17, 1960, in Lawton. He graduated from Putnam City Original in 1978. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business management from OSU in 1982, where he was a member of the Oklahoma Beta Chapter of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He served as the fraternity’s president from 1981 to 1982 and later as a chapter advisor. Mr. Lewis received his J.D. from the O.W. Coburn School of Law at Oral Roberts University in 1986 and was a member of the law school’s last graduating class before it closed in 1986. He worked as an associate at the law firm of Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hayes in Oklahoma City, where he practiced insurance defense, among other things. Mr. Lewis left the firm in 1990 to form his own practice and remained self-employed until his death. Steven Louis Little of Oklahoma City died June 29, 2025. He was born Feb. 10, 1956. Mr. Little received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law in 1986. In Memoriam
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