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well, serving as OBA vice presi dent in 2024 and being elected as the association’s president-elect for 2025, ascending to the role of president this year. “These groups serving the legal profession are where my friends are,” she said. “These are my people, the individuals and social groups I most enjoy spending my time with. Just like my school days, I don’t say no to an opportunity. If someone asks me to step up, my answer is always, ‘I’m in!’” focus will be on encouraging other lawyer leaders to step up and serve to advance the legal profession in Oklahoma. She will also work to foster cordial and professional bench and bar relations, maintain the aging Oklahoma Bar Center facility and continue building on the work of previous OBA presi dents to ensure all Oklahomans have access to legal representation. “Like those lawyers who have inspired me throughout my life, I want to focus on making Oklahoma a better place and seeking justice for those who have been wronged,” she said. “Lawyers are my favorite people, and that’s why I want to spend all my free time with them. They are the unsung heroes, and democ racy can’t function without them.” TAKING THE LEAD As OBA president for 2026, her

and offices in three states, and my law career was booming. But bar work is my passion, and lawyers are my people, so I always found the time!” said Ms. Peckio. Although she and her husband ultimately divorced, they contin ued to practice law together and remain friends, eventually moving their law practice to Tulsa. She also continued serving the bar through terms of service on the OBA Board of Governors and the Oklahoma Bar Foundation Board of Trustees. FACING CHALLENGES In 2019, she decided to strike out on her own and opened the Amber Law Group of Tulsa. Then, her world changed. Shortly after launching her law practice, as the COVID-19 pandemic raged, she was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia and began regular trips to Houston for treatment. Her ther apy was successful, and she has been cancer-free for a few years as she and her care team continue to monitor her health. She credits her staff and close friends with help ing her get through this difficult period of life. During the course of her treatment, she took an interest in medical marijuana and worked with OBA leaders to launch the Cannabis Law Committee to explore the emerging area of law. She served as its first chairperson and helped the committee tran sition into an OBA section begin ning this year. She has been active in her service to numerous other OBA committees and groups as

a lawyer in a smaller area gives you greater opportunity to lead and serve. You can make a huge difference and become the back bone of the community. In a small town practice, your clients are not just your caseload, they are your neighbors.” It is that spirit of leadership, service and collegiality that has marked Ms. Peckio’s career to date. She got involved with the OBA Young Lawyers Division while still a law student at TU, attending her first Annual Meeting in 2004 and getting to know bar leaders of the past, present and future. A member of the inaugural OBA Leadership Academy in 2008, she was also active in the Tulsa County and ABA young lawyers divisions as a new lawyer, making hospitality and service her mission. She recalls the joy she found in planning social and hospitality events for the division and building connections with fellow young lawyers, such as Bryon Will, with whom she worked to develop the Wills for Heroes program that launched during her year as YLD chair. The division still hosts these events around the state that, to this day, provide des perately needed legal services for veterans, military service members and first responders. “I take a lot of pride in the hard work we did during my years in the YLD. Our law firm was the largest plaintiffs’ firm at the time in Oklahoma, with a staff of 75 FOUNDATION OF BAR LEADERSHIP

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lori Rasmussen is the OBA director of communications.

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