THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL 50 | MARCH 2026 school, she served as a judicial extern for Oklahoma County District Court Judge C. Brent Dishman and as an advisor to the chairperson of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva, Switzerland. Her comment on environmental law was also published in the American Indian Law Review. Prior to law school, she was a lecturer in the philosophy departments of two California colleges and the associate director of an interdisciplinary summer institute in St. Andrews, Scotland. She is bilingual in English and Persian. JOEL AURINGER, TULSA Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Inc. Joel Auringer is a staff attorney in the Tulsa office of Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Inc., where he provides eviction defense services and prosecutes landlord-tenant and housing discrimination litigation. He joined the OBA in 2021. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Auringer was a private music teacher. He holds multiple degrees in music and received his J.D. from the TU College of Law. He is from Double Oak, Texas, and resides in Tulsa with his lovely wife, quirky small dog and rambunctious orange cat. JOSH PUMPHREY, SHAWNEE Stuart & Clover Josh Pumphrey became a first-year associate attorney at Stuart & Clover in Shawnee after graduating from the OU College of Law in May 2025 and passing the bar that summer. While at OU, he was awarded the American Jurisprudence Award in AI and the Practice of Law and was involved in the Christian Legal Society, the First Generation Law Students Association and the American Indian Law Review. As a member of the American Indian Law Review, Mr. Pumphrey served as an assistant executive editor and had his work selected by the members of the journal to be published in the spring 2025 edition. Mr. Pumphrey practices in many different areas of the law, including general civil litigation, appellate law, municipal law and collections. He is excited to grow in his experience as a young lawyer through his participation in the OBA Leadership Academy. KATIE LINHARDT, NICHOLS HILLS Office of the Attorney General Katie Linhardt works at the Oklahoma attorney general’s office as an assistant attorney general in the Litigation Unit and on the litigation writing and editing review team. Prior to working for the attorney general, she served as a staff attorney at the Oklahoma Supreme Court for Justice Richard Darby. Ms. Linhardt was team captain on the Hispanic National Bar Association Moot Court, where she received second place for best speaker award and was an elite eight national finalist. She was involved in the Order of Solicitors, the OU Law Dean’s Leadership Fellows, the OU Criminal Defense Clinic and the Federal Bar Association. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a master’s degree in social work, summa cum laude, in 2015 and from Southern Methodist University with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2010, cum laude. LIZ STEVENS, NORMAN Office of the Attorney General Liz Stevens was born and raised in Norman. She received her bachelor’s degree in history from OU. Before attending law school, she spent several years teaching English as a second language in Russia and Rwanda. Ms. Stevens attended the OU College of Law, where she served as an editor of the American Indian Law Review. While pursuing her J.D., she was a judicial intern for Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Noma D. Gurich, as well as an intern for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at the United Nations. She graduated from law school in 2019. She currently works for the office of the attorney general in the Legal Counsel Unit. She is also the District 5 director for the Young Lawyers Division Board of Directors and a board member on the Lawyers Helping Lawyers Foundation. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, reading historical fiction books and playing with her dog, Bear.
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