The Oklahoma Bar Journal February 2025

B oard of G overnors A ctions

Meeting Summary

milestone service anniversaries. He attended the OBA staff holi day party, the Board of Governors holiday party and reviewed outside counsel invoices and the status of pending OBA litigation. REPORT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT Vice President Peckio reported she attended the Lawyers Helping Lawyers Tulsa women’s discussion group, the budget hearing before the Supreme Court and the OBA staff holiday party. She presented CLE on 2024 cannabis law updates for OBA CLE and attended the Board of Governors holiday party. Executive Director Johnson reported she met with the new OKANA Resort representative to discuss the upcoming 2025 Solo & Small Firm Conference contract details. She met with President Elect Williams to finalize the 2025 Annual Meeting details and with the Women in Law Section chair to discuss leadership matters. She attended the Bar Association Technology Committee meeting and the Board of Editors meeting. She met with the Awards Committee chair and Communications Director Rasmussen to discuss the 2025 com mittee schedule and the suggested renaming of the Trailblazer Award. She met with the legislative liaison to discuss expectations for next year’s session, worked on a presen tation outlining the history of the REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Judicial Nominating Commission and attended the budget hearing before the Supreme Court. She attended the Free Movie Night CLE program, the Government and Administrative Law Practice Section CLE program and the OBA staff holiday party, and she met with the strategic planning consultant to discuss final steps for implementing the strategic plan and attended the Board of Governors holiday party. REPORT OF THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Immediate Past President Hermanson reported he attended the District Attorneys Council Technology Committee meetings, two District Attorneys Council board meetings (one in person and one virtual) and two Oklahoma District Attorneys Association board meetings (one in person and one virtual). He gave a presenta tion about the Kay County District Attorney’s Office to a Ponca City Chamber of Commerce forum and reviewed outside counsel’s billing request. He attended the OBA holiday party and the Kay County Bar Association’s Christmas party. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS Governor Ailles Bahm reported she attended a meeting of the Council on Judicial Complaints and the Board of Governors holiday party. Governor Bracken reported he attended the Oklahoma County Bar Association Christmas party and its Board of Directors meeting. He also attended the

The Oklahoma Bar Association Board of Governors met Dec. 13.

REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT President Pringle reported his final “From the President” article was published in the Oklahoma Bar Journal . He met with the OBA’s leg islative liaison to discuss expecta tions for the spring 2025 legislative session and served as a panelist for the National Conference of Bar Presidents’ program on judicial elections. He attended the budget hearing with the Supreme Court, the OBA staff holiday party and the Board of Governors holiday party. He reviewed outside coun sel invoices and received updates on pending litigation, and he reviewed and executed the IOLTA grant for the Oklahoma High School Mock Trial Program. President-Elect Williams reported he continued work on appointments and met with Executive Director Johnson and OBA staff to continue planning for the 2025 OBA Annual Meeting. He was interviewed for a “Meet the President” profile feature in the January 2025 Oklahoma Bar Journal and wrote his first “From the President” article for the journal. He prepared for the presentation of the 2025 OBA budget to the Supreme Court, and he attended and pre sented at the Supreme Court budget hearing. He met with Executive Director Johnson to sign certifi cates for OBA members celebrating REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT

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