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and challenging legal process. He is honored to serve as a representative on the Board of Governors with the support of his friends and the legal community.

in 2006, OSU in 2010 and received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 2013. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, and he is a member of the Garfield County Bar Association, the Cherokee Nation Bar Association, the Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Family Law Section and others. Previously, Mr. Barker served on the Young Lawyers Division Board of Directors and has acted as Law Day chair for Garfield County for several years. He is the secretary of the Phi Gamma Delta – Sigma Omicron Housing Association and the past vice president and a current member of the Enid Symphony Association Board of Directors. He and his wife, Kendale, have three children: Caroline, Elizabeth and Charles, plus a dog, Herbert. While not in court, Mr. Barker has been known to do a little woodworking, leatherworking and (from time to time) banjo picking.

PHILIP D. HIXON Governor – District 6 Tulsa

Philip D. Hixon is a shareholder in the Tulsa office of GableGotwals. He has more than 20 years of litigation and contract nego tiation experience represent ing the interests of clients in a variety of legal matters,

including health care, construction, business counsel ing and general civil litigation, with approximately 25 state and federal appeals. He served as editor-in-chief of the third edition of Oklahoma Civil Procedure: Forms and Practice (Matthew Bender 2024). He received his J.D. summa cum laude and his graduate degree in business administration from OCU. He earned his undergraduate degree summa cum laude in business administration from the University of Central Oklahoma. Mr. Hixon is active with the bar and in the Tulsa community. He is a past president of the Tulsa County Bar Association and was honored with the TCBA’s Distinguished Service Award in 2020-2021, as its Outstanding Young Lawyer in 2003-2004 and as the President’s Award recipient in 2020-2021 and 2003 2004. He has served on the OBA Audit, Budget, Law Day and Strategic Planning committees. He also serves on the boards of the Will Rogers Memorial Foundation and Christ the Redeemer Lutheran Church. He is a past board member of Morton Comprehensive Health Services, Tulsa Habitat for Humanity and Rebuilding Together Tulsa; a past trustee of the Tulsa County Bar Foundation; and a former commissioner of the Will Rogers Memorial Commission.

LUCAS M. WEST Governor – District 5 Norman

Lucas M. West is an asso ciate attorney with Nichols Dixon PLLC in Norman. His practice encompasses a vari ety of legal areas, including family law, guardian ad litem work, civil litigation, estate planning and municipal law.

Mr. West grew up in Mustang and attended Texas Christian University, graduating summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in political science and psychology in 2015. He was a member of the John V. Roach Honors College and the TCU Wesley Foundation. He returned to Oklahoma to attend the OU College of Law, where he worked in the civil division of the legal clinic, participated in the national mock trial team and graduated in 2018. He worked as an extern at the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office before joining Nichols Dixon PLLC as a legal intern. In 2018, he passed the bar and became an associate attorney. He is licensed to prac tice law in all municipal and state courts, the Western District of Oklahoma and several tribal courts. He is also invested in his legal community and served on the Cleveland County Bar Association Executive Board, including as president for the 2022 to 2023 term. Mr. West lives in Norman with his wife, Sarah, their son, Oliver, and two cats. He credits the support of his family and the mentorship of the attorneys at Nichols Dixon and the Cleveland County Bar Association for his ability to effectively represent clients in the complex

CHAD A. LOCKE Governor – District 7 Muskogee

Chad A. Locke gradu ated from the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law in 2004. Licensed in both Oklahoma and Missouri, he joined the family practice in 2006 and has been a fixture in

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