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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]
Based in Oklahoma City, the court system is a unified state court system that functions under the Chief Justice of Oklahoma who is its administrator-in-chief. Under the judiciary, five types of courts function: Courts of Limited Jurisdiction, Courts of General Jurisdiction, an Immediate Appellate Court, Specials Courts, and Courts of Last Resort.
In August 2012, Governor Mary Fallin appointed Goree to the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals (OCCA), District 6, Office 2. [2] He replaced Judge Carol Hansen , who had resigned in January. As required by law, he stood for retention in the 2014 election, and won a full 6-year term with 61.0 percent approval.
For the first time in state history, Oklahomans voted Tuesday against keeping a member of the state Supreme Court. And though the loss of a justice will most certainly alter the dynamic of the ...
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.
Under the Oklahoma Constitution, the judiciary is a co-equal, independent branch of government. The reforms that have ensured the court’s independence and integrity for more than half a century ...
The court was established when Oklahoma achieved statehood in 1907, and was initially composed of five justices, with the state divided into a corresponding number of judicial districts. [1] In 1917, the court was expanded to nine justices, with the judicial districts being redrawn accordingly, and with the seats for the fourth and fives ...
Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Noma Gurich, shown here in February, was appointed to the bench in 2011. She is one of three justices facing a retention vote Nov. 5.