The Oklahoma Bar Journal September 2024

Cleveland County Bar Association meeting, the Family Law Section meeting, the Mary Abbott Children’s House board meeting and the joint reception with the OBA and the Oklahoma County Bar Association. Governor Hixon reported he attended OBA Day at the Capitol and the Tulsa County Bar Association Executive Committee and Board of Directors meetings. Governor Knott reported she attended the Canadian County Bar Association meeting. Governor Locke reported he attended the Muskogee County Bar Association’s 40th annual chili cookoff. Governor Oldfield reported he attended OBA Day at the Capitol and worked on com munication about SJR 34. Governor Rogers reported by email he attended the Clients’ Security Fund Committee meeting and the Lawyer’s Luncheon in Tulsa for the Boy Scouts of America. Governor Thurman reported he attended the Civil Procedure and Evidence Code Committee meeting, the Pontotoc Technology Center grant allocation meeting presented by Sen. Tom Cole, the multidisciplinary team meeting to discuss current child abuse and child-related criminal matters and the joint reception with the OBA and the Oklahoma County Bar Association. Governor Trevillion reported he attended the Oklahoma County Bar Association monthly meeting and OBA Day at the Capitol. He met with legislators regarding the Judicial Nominating Commission and

he focused on assisting veterans and others in need. He attended and spoke at the Bryan County Bar Association meeting, where a 60-year milestone member was pinned. He had multiple meetings and phone calls with local repre sentatives in southeast Oklahoma and Oklahoma County regarding SJR 34. He discussed with count less OBA members throughout District 2 and the Ardmore area to ask them to reach out to their rep resentatives regarding SJR 34. He had multiple calls with Executive Director Johnson, President Pringle and Clay Taylor regarding the OBA’s opposition to SJR 34 and spoke with representatives from southeast Oklahoma about meeting at the Capitol prior to the rally to support the Judicial Nominating Commission, which he attended and participated in. Additionally, he coordinated and attended lunch with OAMIC President Phil Fraim, Executive Director Johnson, Director of Education Programs Gigi McCormick and President Pringle to discuss the Annual Meeting and an OAMIC sponsorship. He wrote a Law Day editorial article for circulation to southeast Oklahoma papers regarding the JNC’s role in pro tecting the voices of democracy and attended the joint reception with the OBA and the Oklahoma County Bar Association. Governor Bracken reported he attended the joint reception with the Oklahoma County Bar Association. Governor Dow reported she attended the

rally at the Capitol to support the Judicial Nominating Commission and the joint reception with the OBA and the Oklahoma County Bar Association. REPORT OF THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Immediate Past President Hermanson reported he discussed legislative issues with his state rep resentatives and attended and par ticipated in the rally at the Capitol to support the Judicial Nominating Commission. He attended the District Attorneys Council board meeting, the Oklahoma District Attorneys Association board meeting, the Kay County Bar Association meeting and the joint reception with the OBA and the Oklahoma County Bar Association. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS Governor Ailles Bahm reported she attended the Lawyers Helping Lawyers Assistance Program meeting, the Bench and Bar Committee meeting and the joint reception with the OBA and the Oklahoma County Bar Association. Governor Barbush reported he attended and spoke at OBA Day at the Capitol at the Oklahoma Bar Center and then met with local representatives for appoint ments after the CLE program. He volunteered at an expungement clinic at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Center & Library in Durant, which was a Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma co-sponsored event with other charities, where

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