The Oklahoma Bar Journal January 2024

M eet Y our B ar A ssociation

2024 OBA President Miles Pringle: Welcoming Challenges, Embracing Change and Guiding the OBA into the Future By Emily Buchanan Hart

G OING ON SIX YEARS, Oklahoma City-based attor ney Miles Pringle has served on the OBA Board of Governors, but his involvement in bar committees and sections spans more than a decade – since his first year out of law school in 2010. This year, Mr. Pringle, who currently works as executive vice president and general counsel at The Bankers Bank in Oklahoma City, takes the reins as OBA president – an undertaking he is greatly looking forward to. Mr. Pringle has already hit the ground running, engaging with and listening to members during his year as president-elect and establishing some major goals for the OBA in 2024. FAMILY LIFE Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Mr. Pringle attended pre school and then Westminster School through eighth grade, where he played basketball and volleyball, as well as playing baseball with a traveling team. He then attended Heritage Hall, where he was active on both the basketball and track teams.

Left: Miles as a toddler Right: Miles and Andrea at 6 years old – the two have known each other since they were in preschool. Opposite page: Mr. Pringle and his oldest son, Fischer

It was on his preschool T-ball team that he first met the love of his life, Andrea. “We played T-ball together and went to school together from pre school through eighth grade,” he said. The two lost touch after eighth grade but serendipitously met again a few years later.

“Andrea and I reconnected in early 2016 at a Preservation Oklahoma Inc. event,” he said. “We both ended up serving on the fundraiser committee. My friend told me I should ask Andrea out on a date. I said, ‘I’ve been wanting to do that since I was 6 years old.’”

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