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organizations, including the Oklahoma City University Law Review and mock trial team. After law school, he threw out a shingle in Durant, where he is currently a solo practitioner. He is admitted to practice in the federal courts of the Eastern, Western and Northern dis tricts of Oklahoma. Mr. Jones, his wife, Leann, and their two young children run a cattle ranch in Bryan County. They love to cruise in their spare time.

Judicial District 6 on the Board of Governors and as a master, vice chief master and presiding master of the Professional Responsibility Tribunal. He has also served as chair of the Professionalism Committee and the Environmental Law Section and on various other OBA committees. Currently, Mr. Williams serves on the Budget Committee and the Professional Responsibility Commission. He is a frequent CLE presenter and a former recipient of the OBA Earl Sneed Award in rec ognition of his contributions to continuing legal edu cation. The TCBA also awarded him the Gary C. Clark Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his many years of service to the TCBA and the legal profession. Mr. Williams serves as an elder of The Park Church of Christ, where he and his wife, Teresa, and two of their three adult children and families also attend. Their third adult child and two of their eight grand children live in Scottsdale, Arizona.

CODY J. COOPER Governor – District 3 Oklahoma City

Cody J. Cooper is an experienced litigator and a licensed patent attorney who represents individuals and companies in a wide range of business litigation and intellectual property mat ters. His practice primarily

WILLIAM LADD OLDFIELD Governor – District 1 Ponca City

concentrates on complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts and intellectual property matters at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He has been with Phillips Murrah PC for over 13 years. He graduated with honors from OU with a Bachelor of Business Administration, majoring in finance and management information systems. He received his J.D. from the OU College of Law with honors. Mr. Cooper is actively involved in his community. He is a member of the CASA of Oklahoma County Board of Directors and the past president of the Oklahoma County Bar Association. Born and raised in Norman, he now lives in Oklahoma City with his wife, daughter, son and two dogs. In his free time, he enjoys coaching his children’s teams in a number of different sports, spending time with friends and family and attending OU Sooner and Oklahoma City Thunder sporting events.

William Ladd Oldfield was born in Stillwater and grew up in Osage County. He graduated from OSU with a bachelor’s degree in mechan ical engineering and received his J.D. from the OU College

of Law. He was admitted to the Oklahoma bar in 2005. Mr. Oldfield is a partner with the Ponca City law firm of Northcutt, Clark, Oldfield & Jech, where his practice is primarily focused on civil litigation. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Western, Northern and Eastern districts of Oklahoma. He also serves as the chief trial court judge for the Osage Nation.

CHRIS D. JONES Governor – District 2 Durant

BENJAMIN J. BARKER Governor – District 4 Enid Benjamin J. Barker is a member of the Enid law firm of Mitchell DeClerck PLLC, where he has prac ticed since 2013. His cases and clients span the typ ical “county-seat lawyer” spectrum; however, he is

Chris D. Jones was raised in Bryan County. He graduated from Calera Public Schools and attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University, earn ing a bachelor’s degree in mathematics education.

He then obtained an MBA from the University of Central Oklahoma. He graduated cum laude from the OCU School of Law, where he was active in many

primarily engaged in areas related to criminal defense and family law. He graduated from Enid High School

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