The Oklahoma Bar Journal August 2025

B oard of G overnors A ctions

Meeting Summaries

attended the joint reception for the Board of Governors with the Tulsa County Bar Association. REPORT OF THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Past President Pringle reported he attended OBA Day at the Capitol and the joint reception for the Board of Governors with the Tulsa County Bar Association. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS Governor Barbush reported he attended OBA Day at the Capitol and met with his local legislators, presented a CLE on legal mal practice to the Muskogee County Bar Association and coordinated speaking engagements for Law Day at Durant High School. He also worked with the Bryan County Bar Association to rec ognize milestone membership anniversaries and attended the joint reception for the Board of Governors with the Tulsa County Bar Association. Governor Barker reported he attended the Garfield County Bar Association meet ing and participated in its Law Day event, “State of Oklahoma v. The Big Bad Wolf.” He attended OBA Day at the Capitol and the joint reception for the Board of Governors with the Tulsa County Bar Association. He reviewed the association’s list of licensed attorneys in District 4 counties and notified the OBA of deceased mem bers appearing on the list. He also compiled a revised list of attorneys available for hire to the general

REPORT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

The Oklahoma Bar Association Board of Governors met April 18.

Vice President White reported he presented the professionalism moment to the Tulsa County Bar Association. He also attended the monthly meeting of the Tulsa City-County Library Commission and the joint reception for the Board of Governors with the Tulsa County Bar Association. Executive Director Johnson reported she attended OBA Day at the Capitol, worked on Judicial Nominating Commission election procedures and met with Mock Trial Coordinator Judy Spencer. She worked on Law Day content and discussed the timeline for filing strikes/suspends for MCLE and dues noncompliance. She met with Military Assistance Committee members S. Shea Bracken and John Cannon to discuss upcoming events, with OAMIC to discuss the Solo & Small Firm Conference and with a potential association man agement software vendor. She attended the Law Day Contest Ceremony, a Solo and Small Firm Conference Planning Committee meeting and a meeting to discuss SEO processes for the new OBA website design. She attended a Garfield County Bar Association meeting, the April YLD meeting and met with the Access to Justice Foundation to discuss options for website resources. She also REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT President Williams reported he attended OBA Day at the Capitol, and he attended and made remarks during the ceremony for Law Day contest winners in April. He also recorded two video messages to be shared on Law Day and attended the joint reception for the Board of Governors with the Tulsa County Bar Association. He completed his May President’s Message for the Oklahoma Bar Journal , continued working on presidential appoint ments and virtually attended the Professionalism Committee meeting. He also attended the Justice Dana Kuehn Inaugural Symposium on Justice and Law at TU, participated in the Tulsa County Bar Foundation Charity Golf Tournament and presented an envi ronmental update for the Oklahoma Municipal League and Oklahoma Municipal Utility Providers Water & Environmental Summit. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT President-Elect Peckio reported she attended OBA Day at the Capitol, the Justice Dana Kuehn Inaugural Symposium on Justice and Law at TU and the joint recep tion for the Board of Governors with the Tulsa County Bar Association.

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THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL