The Oklahoma Bar Journal October 2024

Council on Judicial Complaints. Governor Barbush reported he attended numerous events during the Annual Meeting and solic ited sponsor feedback. He also attended the Choctaw Nation Bar Association meeting, the Bryan County Bar Association meet ing, the joint reception with the Carter County Bar Association and the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Heroes Ball. He reviewed the most recent OBA membership survey and existing OBA Strategic Plan to prepare for the strategic planning retreat, and he also spoke with Executive Director Johnson along with various judges and attorneys (including bar examiners) for thoughts and input related to stra tegic planning and prepared idea mapping for various issues and topics for use at the retreat. He also conferred with medical and dental professionals to inquire about what type of Lawyers Helping Lawyers Assistance Program equivalent those associations might have. Governor Bracken reported by email he attended numerous events held during the Annual Meeting. He also attended the OBA Military Assistance Committee meeting and the Oklahoma Bar Foundation July Board of Trustees meeting. He met with President Pringle to discuss a candidate to fill the Board of Governors District 3 vacancy and met with a special committee related to a grievance filed against an attorney. Governor Conner reported by email he attended

litigation involving the OBA and attended the joint reception with the Carter County Bar Association. He also took part in a discussion on the Bar Association of the District of Columbia becoming part of the Southern Conference of Bar Presidents and attended the joint reception with the Carter County Bar Association. Additionally, he attended the July and August District Attorneys Council board meetings, the July and August Oklahoma District Attorneys Association board meetings, the Oklahoma District Attorneys Association summer conference, the Association of Oklahoma Narcotic Enforcers conference, the District Attorneys Council conference room dedica tion for Suzanne McClain Atwood, the Oklahoma District Attorneys Association annual membership meeting and the Kay County Bar Association luncheon. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS Governor Ailles Bahm reported she attended the Annual Meeting, the Legislative Monitoring Committee Legislative Debrief and the Lawyers Helping Lawyers Assistance Program Committee meeting, and she has scheduled a meeting for that committee with Access to Justice Foundation Director Katie Dilks. She pre pared for the strategic planning retreat in Ardmore, attended the joint reception with the Carter County Bar Association and has been actively engaging with the

the Garfield County Bar Association meeting. Governor Dow reported by email she attended the Cleveland County Bar Association monthly meeting, the Oklahoma County Bar Association Family Law Section meeting and the Disaster Response and Relief Committee meeting. Governor Hixon reported he attended numerous events held during the Annual Meeting. He attended the Tulsa County Bar Association July Board of Directors meeting. He coordinated and approved TCBA annual awards nominations for its annual meet ing, attended the combined TCBA Executive Committee meeting and graduation ceremony of its second YLD Leadership Academy and attended the Supreme Court Round-Up event of the Tulsa Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society. He also attended the joint reception with the Carter County Bar Association. Governor Oldfield reported he voted as a delegate during the Annual Meeting and attended a meeting of the Legal Internship Committee. He also attended the joint reception with the Carter County Bar Association. Governor Rogers reported by email he attended numerous events during the OBA Annual Meeting. He also attended a meeting of the Clients’ Security Fund Committee and the ABA Fellows breakfast and meeting. Governor Thurman reported he attended the Annual Meeting as well as the A-ONE law enforcement conference, the Multidisciplinary Team meeting

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