The Oklahoma Bar Journal September 2023

2024 OBA BOARD OF GOVERNORS VACANCIES

Nominating Petition deadline was 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, 2023 OFFICERS President-Elect Current: Miles T. Pringle, Oklahoma City (One-year term: 2024) Mr. Pringle automatically becomes OBA president Jan. 1, 2024 Nominee: D. Kenyon Williams Jr., Sperry Vice President Current: D. Kenyon Williams Jr., Sperry (One-year term: 2024) Nominee: Vacant Supreme Court Judicial District Seven Current: Benjamin R. Hilfiger, Muskogee Adair, Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee and Wagoner counties (Three-year term: 2024-2026) Nominee: Vacant Member At Large Current: Kara I. Smith, Oklahoma City Statewide (Three-year term: 2024-2026) Nominee: Vacant NOTICE district may file a nominating resolu tion nominating such a candidate. Not less than 60 days prior to the annual meeting, 50 or more voting members of the OBA from any or all judicial districts shall file with the executive director a signed petition nominating a candidate to the office of member at large on the Board of Governors, or three or more county bars may file appropriate resolu tions nominating a candidate for this office.

Not less than 60 days before the opening of the annual meeting, 50 or more voting members of the asso ciation may file with the executive director a signed petition nominating a candidate for the office of president- elect or vice president, or three or more county bar associations may file appropriate resolutions nomi nating a candidate for the office. If no one has filed for one of the vacancies, nominations to any of the above offices shall be received from the House of Delegates on a petition signed by not less than 30 delegates certified to and in attendance at the session at which the election is held. See Article II and Article III of OBA bylaws for complete informa tion regarding offices, positions, nominations and election procedure. Elections for contested posi tions will be held at the House of Delegates meeting Nov. 3, during the Nov. 1-3 OBA Annual Meeting. Terms of the present OBA officers and gov ernors will terminate Dec. 31, 2023.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS Supreme Court Judicial District One Current: Michael R. Vanderburg, Ponca City Craig, Grant, Kay, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers and Washington counties (Three-year term: 2024-2026) Nominee: Jacob Duane Heskett, Bartlesville Nominee: William Ladd Oldfield, Ponca City Supreme Court Judicial District Six Current: Richard D. White Jr., Tulsa Tulsa County (Three-year term: 2024-2026) Nominee: Philip D. Hixon, Tulsa

The nominating petition deadline was 5 p.m., Sept. 1. This issue went to press before the deadline, and the list of nominees may not be com plete. See https://bit.ly/3K2m3D2 for updates. SUMMARY OF NOMINATIONS RULES Not less than 60 days prior to the annual meeting, 25 or more voting members of the OBA within the Supreme Court Judicial District from which the member of the Board of Governors is to be elected that year, shall file with the executive director, a signed petition (which may be in parts) nominating a candidate for the office of member of the Board of Governors for and from such judi cial district, or one or more county bar associations within the judicial

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