The Oklahoma Bar Journal May 2023

Ming Gu has joined the Oklahoma City office of E. Vance Winningham & Associates. Mr. Gu has practiced in the areas of energy, manufacturing and technology industries since 2002. During his career, he has served as a consul tant in international trade and foreign direct investment in China since 1995 and in the U.S. since 2001. Mr. Gu received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law. He was the first Chinese national to pass the bar exam in Oklahoma in 2002. Erin J. Rooney has been promoted to shareholder at the law firm of Gungoll, Jackson, Box & Devoll PC. He joined the firm in 2019 after working with an insurance defense firm in Oklahoma City. Mr. Rooney primarily practices in the areas of personal injury, insur ance, bad faith, transportation and general civil litigation.

healthcare systems, hospitals, physicians and other healthcare facilities in regulatory, opera tional and transactional matters. Ms. Martin has also served as an adjunct faculty member at the OU Hudson College of Public Health. She received her J.D. from the OU College of Law. Timothy Sowecke has been named director and shareholder of the Oklahoma City office of Crowe & Dunlevy. He is a member of the Energy, Environment & Natural Resources and Real Estate prac tice groups. In recent years, Mr. Sowecke has made significant contributions to law and policy discussions surrounding perfluo roalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl sub stances. He previously served as a judicial law clerk to Judge Kate Fox of the Wyoming Supreme Court. He received his J.D. from the University of Wyoming College of Law.

Steven E. McCain has been appointed general counsel of Morrow Energy LLC in Midland, Texas. He is the first general coun sel for Morrow, which is a nation wide manufacturer, supplier and operator of renewable natural gas processing and treating facilities for landfill gas and other biogas sources. Mr. McCain previously served as vice president and gen eral counsel of Marlin Midstream LLP and Associated Energy Services LLC. He received his J.D. with honors from the TU College of Law and was a member of the Order of the Curule Chair and an articles editor for the Tulsa Law Journal . He currently maintains offices in Houston and Midland. Maggie K. Martin has been named director and shareholder of the Oklahoma City office of Crowe & Dunlevy. She is also chair of the Healthcare Practice Group, where she represents

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