The Oklahoma Bar Journal August 2023

JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCED Two Oklahoma

attorneys were elected to serve as new members of the Oklahoma Judicial Nominating Commission. Mary

Quinn Cooper of Tulsa and Weldon W. Stout Jr. of Muskogee will each serve six-year terms on the 15-member commission, with terms expiring in 2029. Ms. Cooper was elected to serve as the District 1 commissioner, which is com posed of Creek and Tulsa counties. Mr. Stout was the uncontested nominee to serve District 2, which is composed of 17 counties in the eastern and north eastern parts of the state. To read more about the new members or to learn more about the Judicial Nominating Commission, visit www.okbar.org/jnc.

BRYAN COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, FAMILY OF JUDGE JOE TAYLOR AND CHAHTA FOUNDATION ESTABLISH SCHOLARSHIP The Bryan County Bar Association and the family of Judge Joe Taylor in coordination with the Chahta Foundation have established the Judge Joe Taylor Scholarship. The scholarship, in honor of the late Judge Joe Taylor, will assist Choctaw tribal mem bers in pursuing higher educa tion. The Chahta Foundation will match all donations dollar for dol lar. If you would like to contribute, visit Chahtafoundation.com, or mail your donation to: From left Jocelyn Taylor, Chris Jones (president of the Bryan County Bar Association), Margaret Taylor, Marna Taylor Pemberton and Leah Taylor are pictured in front of a portrait of Judge Joe Taylor.

JUDGE KERN ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT Senior U.S. District Court Judge Terence C. Kern, Northern District of Oklahoma, has announced he will retire at the end of 2023. Recommended by Sen. David L. Boren and nom inated by President Bill Clinton, Judge Kern has served on the federal court since being confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 8, 1994. Since taking the bench, he has served as a member of the Judicial Conference Committee on Security and Facilities, as a member of the Committee on Space and Facilities and as chair of the 10th Circuit Space and Facilities

Committee. He served as chief judge of the Northern District of Oklahoma from 1996-2003. He served as president of the Oklahoma Bar Foundation in 1991 and as president of the Council Oak/Johnson-Sontag Chapter of the American Inns of Court in 2008. He is a member and fellow of the Tulsa County Bar Association and serves on the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Board of Directors. He received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1969. LHL DISCUSSION GROUP HOSTS MARCH MEETINGS IN OKC AND TULSA The Lawyers Helping Lawyers monthly discussion group will meet Sept. 7 in Oklahoma City at the office of Tom Cummings, 701 NW 13th St. The group will also meet Sept. 14 in Tulsa at the office of Scott Goode, 1437 S. Boulder Ave., Ste. 1200. Each meeting is facilitated by committee members and a licensed mental health professional. The small group dis cussions are intended to give group leaders and participants the opportu nity to ask questions, provide support and share information with fellow bar members to improve their lives – professionally and personally. Visit www.okbar.org/lhl for more information.

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