The Oklahoma Bar Journal June 2024

KUDOS Thomas M. Wright has been appointed as the 10th Circuit’s member of the Defender Services Advisory Group by Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr., director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The advisory group pro vides advice from federal defend ers and Criminal Justice Act panel attorneys to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and the Judicial Conference Committee on Defender Services regarding policies that affect the delivery of services under the Criminal Justice Act. Mr. Wright is a gradu ate of the OU College of Law and represents defendants in federal criminal cases in Oklahoma.

intern in April 2023. Ms. Taylor received her J.D. from the TU College of Law with highest hon ors and took her Oath of Attorney at the 2024 spring swearing-in ceremony. Michael J. Davis has been pro moted from assistant professor to associate professor of criminal justice at Southeastern Oklahoma State University and has been granted tenure by the Regional University System of Oklahoma Board of Regents. Mr. Davis has been a full-time faculty member at the university since 2019 and teaches classes on criminal law and procedure, policing, correc tions and restorative justice. He received his J.D. from the OU College of Law and his Ph.D. from the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky.

business/shareholder disputes, real estate disputes and consumer fraud and abuse. Trent Bridges has joined the Houston office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner. He represents clients on a range of energy transactions, infra structure development projects and investments, with an emphasis on the midstream industry. Mr. Bridges previously served as vice president and assistant general counsel at Magellan Midstream Partners LP. He received his J.D. from the TU College of Law in 2008. Jatelyn M. Taylor has joined the Tulsa law firm Sanders & Associates PC as an associate attorney. She previously worked for the firm as an extern in May 2022 and became a licensed legal

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