The Oklahoma Bar Journal May 2024

the Oklahoma Bar Foundation and the foundation’s needs assessment meeting. He also discussed the Oklahoma Lawyers for America’s Heroes Program with program coordinator Craig Combs and MAP Director Jim Calloway. Governor Conner reported he attended the Garfield County Bar Association meeting. Governor Dow reported she attended the Family Law Section meeting, the Mary Abbott Children’s House Board of Directors meeting and the joint reception with the Board of Governors and the Oklahoma Bar Foundation. Governor Hixon reported he attended the Board of Governors swearing-in ceremony and reception, the Tulsa County Bar Association Board of Directors February meeting, the judicial din ner fundraiser for the Tulsa County District Court and the Morton Comprehensive Health Services January Board of Directors meet ing. He participated in the annual retreat and Board of Directors meeting for the Will Rogers Memorial Foundation. Governor Knott reported she presented a CLE program at the Canadian County Bar Association’s January meeting, as well as at the OCU School of Law Alumni Association. She attended the Canadian County Bar Association’s February meet ing. Governor Oldfield reported he reached out to Professionalism Committee Chair Richard D. White Jr. and Legal Internship Committee Chair Trent Hall Baggett to intro duce himself as the Board of

House of Representatives Budget Subcommittee at the Oklahoma state Capitol and attended the OBA delegates dinner to the ABA House of Delegates and the ABA House of Delegates meeting as an OBA delegate. He also virtually attended the special committee meeting on the remodel of the Oklahoma Bar Center entrance and the Legislative Monitoring Committee meeting. He attended board meetings of the District Attorneys Council and the Oklahoma District Attorneys Association. Additionally, he attended the Law Day Committee meeting and the joint reception with the Board of Governors and the Oklahoma Bar Foundation. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS Governor Ailles Bahm reported she attended the Board of Governors has-beens dinner, two Legislative Monitoring Committee meetings, the Lawyers Helping Lawyers Assistance Program Committee meeting and the Bench and Bar Committee meet ing. Governor Barbush reported he attended the Choctaw Nation Bar Association meeting and the joint reception with the Board of Governors and the Oklahoma Bar Foundation and met with Executive Director Johnson. Governor Bracken reported he attended the Board of Governors has-beens dinner, the swearing-in ceremony for officers and new board members, the joint ceremony with the Board of Governors and

email processes. She met with members about the criminal law Mock Trial program, attended the National Conference of Bar Presidents Midyear Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, and attended the Oklahoma delegates dinner. She attended a breakfast with OU College of Law faculty to discuss engagement opportunities, a meeting with Lawyers Helping Lawyers Assistance Program Commitee Chair Scott Goode and A Chance to Change to discuss phone answering procedures and Mayor David Holt’s investiture as dean of the OCU School of Law. She attended CLE programming on 60 O.S. Sec. 121 presented by the Attorney General’s Office, the YLD board meeting and bar exam survival kit assembly, the Bench and Bar Committee meeting and the joint reception with the Board of Governors and the Oklahoma Bar Foundation. REPORT OF THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Immediate Past President Hermanson reported he attended the Board of Governors has beens dinner, the swearing-in ceremony for officers and new board members and a joint dinner of the officers of the Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas bar associa tions. He attended the National Conference of Bar Presidents and the Southern Conference of Bar Presidents Midyear Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. He appeared before the Oklahoma

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