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He said he welcomed the opportunity to appoint more "conservative, business-minded judges that will actually interpret the law.” 46 Action, a political action committee with ties to the governor ...
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.
Huber graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1990 and the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1993. He started his legal career at Malloy and Associates. [1] He managed the J. R. Huber Law Firm from 1995 to 2005 and The Collier & Huber Law Firm from 2005 to 2019. [2] From 2019 to 2020, he served as a special judge for Tulsa County. [3]
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 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.
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 ...
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.
In 2011, he was named the Appellate Judge of the Year. [4] Fischer was retained by the voters of Oklahoma as a judge of the Court of Civil Appeals at the 2008 and 2010 general elections. He last stood for retention in 2016, when he won retention with 60.42 percent of the vote. [4] In 2010, he won retention with a 62.74 percent of the vote.