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investigations and prosecutions, including federal RICO pros ecutions initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice, cyber fraud investigations related to interna tional aircraft lease and purchase transactions conducted by the FBI and Lacey Act investigations conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Rachel Jordan and Allison Lubbers have joined the Norman litigation firm HB Law Partners PLLC. They handle a wide vari ety of civil litigation matters for plaintiffs and defendants, includ ing complex business/shareholder disputes, real estate disputes and consumer fraud and abuse. Ms. Jordan also handles a variety of post-trial criminal matters, including appeals in state and federal courts. She received her J.D. from the OU College of Law in 2015. Ms. Lubbers received her J.D. from the OU College of Law in 2022.

and Lincoln counties. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Panter had served as an assistant district attorney in Oklahoma’s 7th District Attorney’s Office since 2019. In this position, he held the roles of general felony team leader, special assistant United States attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma and Domestic Violence Division team leader. Adria Berry has been appointed by Gov. Stitt to serve as executive director of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, which offi cially transitioned to an indepen dent state agency Nov. 1 per SB 1543. J. Blake Patton has joined the Oklahoma City office of GableGotwals as a litigation shareholder. A business-focused litigator, Mr. Patton has a diverse trial and appellate practice before state and federal courts and administrative agencies. His practice also includes advising on numerous constitutional chal lenges to legislative action. In addition, he represents clients in federal white-collar criminal

Alyssa Lankford has returned to McAfee & Taft after serving one year as a federal law clerk to Chief Judge Glenn T. Suddaby of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. She origi nally joined the firm in 2019 and represents management in all phases of labor and employment law, including litigation in state and federal courts, before regula tory and administrative agencies and in arbitration matters. Her practice includes counseling and representing clients in a broad range of matters arising out of the employer-employee relationship, including employment discrimina tion, harassment, approved leave, wage and hour issues, collective and class actions, discipline and termination, and non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements, as well as litigation avoidance and compliance with other federal and state laws. Adam Panter has been appointed by Gov. Stitt to serve as district attorney for the 23rd Judicial District, including Pottawatomie

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