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Robert D. Bell (born May 11, 1967) was born and raised in Norman, Oklahoma.He earned two law degrees, one in his home state and the second in North Carolina. He then spent 13 years in private practice in his hometown while also serving as a municipal judge in 5 towns and cities of Oklahoma.
From 2019 to 2020, he served as a special judge for Tulsa County. [3] On October 16, 2020, he was appointed District Judge for Tulsa County by Governor Kevin Stitt. [2] On April 6, 2023, Stitt appointed Huber to the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. [3] He won his first retention election in 2024. [4]
Brian Goree (born March 18, 1964) is a Justice on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.Born in 1964 in Killeen, Texas, and raised in Tulsa, he graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, then earned a J.D. degree at the University of Tulsa College of Law.
Judicial ethics prevents judges facing retention votes from campaigning unless there’s active opposition to their remaining in the post. It’s expensive to wage a statewide election campaign.
Though it was a big part of the last-minute budget deal between the governor and Republican leaders in the legislature, judges had expected a 17% jump Why a judges' group opposes Gov. Kevin Stitt ...
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The Oklahoma Supreme Court consists of a chief justice, a vice-chief justice, and seven associate justices, who are nominated by the Oklahoma Judicial Nominating Commission and are appointed by the governor. After appointment, the justices serve until the next general state election. At that time, they must face a retention election. If ...
In the 1960s, the nation watched one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history unfold, right here in Oklahoma. The corruption exposed in the state’s Supreme Court included bribery ...