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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 ...
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]
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.
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.
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 ...
Governor Brad Henry appointed Bell as a judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals in June, 2005. [3] [a] He was retained in this office in the election of 2006. [1] He was Chief Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals in 2011. [3] He was retained as judge in the November 2012 election with a retain vote of 65.9 percent.
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.
Beginning in 1968, judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals ran on a non-partisan statewide retention ballot at the General Election only. If retained by the voters, judges serve a six-year term. If rejected, the vacancy is filled by appointment of the Governor and Oklahoma Judicial Nominating Commission. [3]