The Oklahoma Bar Journal January 2023

AT THE PODIUM Mary Ellen Ternes spoke at OKC Beautiful’s Sustainability Social Hour on Dec. 14 about the national and global status of plastic pol lution law and policy and how it impacts Oklahoma. Ms. Ternes is an environmental attorney, partner at Earth & Water Law LLC and senior fellow for law and policy for the Global Council for Science and the Environment.

KUDOS Judge Brett Morton, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, was sworn in as a district judge of the Chickasaw Nation District Court April 1, 2022. Matthew B. Wade has been named managing attorney of the Abel Law Firm. With more than 17 years of experience, Mr. Wade is an experienced trial lawyer representing Oklahomans in catastrophic injury cases involv ing trucking collisions, products

liability, medical malpractice and insurance bad faith. He serves as board president of CASA Oklahoma, chairperson of the OBA Insurance Law Section and is a member of the OBA Civil Procedure and Evidence Code Committee. Along with teaching several classes at the OU College of Law Paralegal Program, Mr. Wade is a frequent guest speaker at the OU College of Law and the University of Central Oklahoma.

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