The Oklahoma Bar Journal September 2022

KUDOS

Armand Paliotta was appointed vice president and general counsel for OU, pending the approval of the Board of Regents. Mr. Paliotta received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1992, has served on the school’s Board of Visitors since 2012 and has taught at the OU College of Law and the OCU School of Law as an adjunct pro fessor. He has more than 30 years of legal experience that spans a wide range of practice areas, including business and financial transactions, health care, real estate finance, tax planning and sports franchise matters. He previously worked for the Oklahoma City law firm of Hartzog Conger Cason, where he authored the legal opin ion on the agreement to form OU Health, Oklahoma’s first compre hensive academic health system. Kate Springer has joined the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training in Ada as assistant general counsel. Established in 1963, CLEET supports Oklahoma law enforcement in serv ing its communities by providing basic peace officer academy train ing, peace officer certification and regulation and the licensing and regulation of security guards, pri vate investigators, bail enforcers and security and investigative agencies. Ms. Springer received her J.D. from the OCU School of Law in 2021.

Judge F. Pat VerSteeg, associate district judge for Roger Mills County, was honored during the Oklahoma Judicial Conference for his many years of service on the Juvenile Justice Oversight and Advisory Committee. The award recognized his dedication and commitment to making a differ ence in the lives of children in the juvenile system. Burns Hargis , OSU president emeritus , was named a Hall of Fame inductee by the OSU Spears School of Business. He served as president of the university from 2008 until his retirement in 2021. Mr. Hargis practiced law for 28 years in Oklahoma City, where he worked with the law firm of McAfee & Taft. In 1997, he joined Bank of Oklahoma, where he rose to become vice chairman. He has served as president of the Oklahoma County Bar Association and Oklahoma Bar Foundation. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2009.

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