Send us a text In this episode Jana interviews District Attorney Mike Fields (District 4: Blaine, Canadian, Garfield, Grant & Kingfisher Counties). Mike talks about his career, the structure and functions of the DA's office, and Cardinal Point , Canadian County's new resource center for victims of violence and abuse.
Send us a text A discussion with Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals Judge John Fischer. Judge Fischer talks about his career, the inner workings of the Court of Civil Appeals, provides some tips for brief writers, shares his book recommendations, and more!
Send us a text Published opinions from the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals from September 17th through October 21st, 2021.
Send us a text Published opinions from the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals from July 1st through September 16th.
Send us a text All twelve 2021 published opinions from the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals from April 21st to June 30th.
Send us a text All twelve 2021 published opinions from the Oklahoma Supreme Court from May 11th to June 28th.
Send us a text A discussion with Mike Mordy, 2020-2021 President of the Oklahoma Bar Association. Mike discusses his career, his path to becoming OBA president, and the many benefits available to OBA members.
Send us a text All twelve 2021 published opinions from the Oklahoma Supreme Court from January 1st to May 11th.
Send us a text All thirteen 2021 published opinions from the Court of Civil Appeals with mandates issued from January 1st to April 14th.
Send us a text A discussion with U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit Judge Robert Bacharach. Judge Bacharach shares his experience being nominated and confirmed, his thoughts on oral argument, a typical day in the life of a judge on a U.S. Court of Appeals, and much more. We also discuss his recent book - Legal Writing: A Judge's Perspective on the Science and Rhetoric of the Written Word ....
Send us a text A discussion with Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals Judge Jane Wiseman. Judge Wiseman talks appellate practice and so much more!
Send us a text A discussion with Associate District Judge Donna Dirickson, Custer County. Judge Dirickson brings us the rural county perspective to wrap up our series on practicing in Oklahoma's trial courts.
Send us a text A discussion with District Judge Daman Cantrell, Chief Judge of the Civil Division, Tulsa County. Judge Cantrell talks about his career, his passion for mock trial and love of movies, shares tips for practitioners, and much more.
Send us a text A discussion with Judge Paul Hesse, District Court of Canadian County. Judge Hesse talks about his background and path to the bench, shares tips for practitioners, and much more.
Send us a text Franco v. Bd. of Regents of University of Oklahoma 2020 OK CIV APP 64 (Breach of Contract) 2020 OK CIV APP 68, 12/02/2020, IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF ROBINSON (Modification of visitation schedule with minor children) In re the Marriage of Collins 2020 OK CIV APP 65 (Order denying motion to associate attorney to practice in Oklahoma) 2020 OK CIV APP 67, 06/08/2020, STEWART v. GONZALEZ (Offer to confess judgment pursuant to 12 O.S. §1101 made by multiple defendants to a singular plaintif...
Send us a text A discussion with Judge Michael Tupper, District Court of Cleveland County. Judge Tupper talks about his background and path to the bench, his role in the success of the Cleveland County Treatment Court, shares tips for practitioners, and much more.
Send us a text A discussion with Judge Sheila Stinson, District Court of Oklahoma County.
Send us a text This week on the podcast - a discussion of the following recent opinions of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals: 2020 OK CIV APP 53, 04/07/2020, NAYLES v. DODSON ("prevailing party" attorney fees in dispute relating to contract for purchase or sale of goods) 2020 OK CIV APP 54, 04/09/2020, SHRECK v. REED (claim of unequal ownership of property in partition suit) 2020 OK CIV APP 55, 07/28/2020, MINERAL ACQUISITIONS v. HAMM (action by member of a terminated limited liabili...
Send us a text This week on the podcast - a discussion of the following recent opinions of the Oklahoma Supreme Court: 2020 OK 91, 11/24/2020, HARRISON v. OKLAHOMA POLICE PENSION AND RETIREMENT SYSTEM (forfeiture of vested pension benefits in the case of a police officer convicted of a crime in the performance of duties) 2020 OK 92, 11/24/2020, SHAWAREB v. SSM HEALTH CARE OF OKLAHOMA (negligence of healthcare worker in providing a cup of hot water to a medicated patient) 2020 OK 94, 11/24/2020, ...
Send us a text A discussion with Justice James R. Winchester of the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma.
Send us a text This week our special guest is Kyle Rogers, a referee at the Oklahoma Supreme Court! Show Notes: COMANCHE NATION OF OKLAHOMA v. COFFEY , 2020 OK 90 (The trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction due to sovereign immunity, but had jurisdiction to address the defendant's application for attorney's fees after the case was dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction)...
Send us a text The 1960’s Oklahoma Supreme Court bribery scandal and the resulting reforms to the process of selection and retention of Oklahoma’s appellate court judges and justices. We also discuss the results of the recent retention ballot and compare the results to the trends in retention going back to 2000. Show Notes: Judicial Nominating Commission Results of 2020 Judicial Retention Vote Book- Justice for Sale: Shocking Scandal of Oklahoma Supreme Court (by Justice Berry and James E. Alexa...
Send us a text This week we have a special guest, Melanie Wilson Rughani , co-chair of the Appellate and Initiative Petition Practice Groups at Crowe and Dunlevy. Melanie tells us about her background and her road to becoming an appellate practitioner. She also shares several great practice tips. We also briefly cover these recently released opinions from the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals and the Oklahoma Supreme Court: 2020 OK 87, 10/13/2020, SUTTON v. DAVID STANLEY CHEVROLET (Arbitration cla...
Send us a text Part 2 of a review of highlights from the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals from January through August 2020. Show Notes: 2020 OK CIV APP 48, 08/27/2020, EWING JOINT LIVING TRUST v. MCHENRY (Judge conducts a site visit to the property at issue at the conclusion of a bench trial) 2020 OK CIV APP 19, 466 P.3d 590, 05/10/2019, THE MATTINGLY LAW FIRM v. HENSON (Remedy of "reverse veil piercing" as applied to the assets of an Oklahoma LLC) 2020 OK CIV APP 22, 466 P.3d 628, 08/3...
Send us a text Recent opinions from the Oklahoma Supreme Court plus Part 1 of a review of highlights from the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals from January through August 2020. Show Notes: New Oklahoma Supreme Court cases discussed 2020 OK 75, 09/21/2020, WHIPPLE v. PHILLIPS AND SONS TRUCKING (work-related death and workers compensation) 2020 OK 79, 09/28/2020, IN RE STATE QUESTION No. 813, INITIATIVE PETITION No. 429 (gist insufficient in legalization of marijuana IP) 2020 OK 81, 09/29/2020, TOC...
Send us a text The initiative petition episode. Show Notes: In re Initiative Petition No. 420, 2020 OK 9 (did not violate single subject rule but...) In re Initiative Petition No. 420, 2020 OK 10 (gist insufficient) In re Initiative Petition No. 426, 2020 OK 44 (IP No. 420 redux, gist challenged again but now sufficient) In re Initiative Petition No. 423, 2020 OK 57 (legalization of marijuana) Kiesel v. Rogers, 2020 OK 65 (requesting more time to gather signatures due to COVID) In re Initiative ...
Send us a text A discussion of major Oklahoma Supreme Court opinions and court news from January to August 2020. Show Notes: In re Estate of James, 2020 OK 7 (pretermitted heir) Rogers v. Estate of Pratt 2020 OK 27 (pretermitted heir) 84 O.S. 132 (pretermitted heir) League of Women Voters v. Ziriax, 2020 OK 26 (notary requirement for absentee ballot; note: superseded by SB 210, c. 10, § 1 , emerg. eff. May 7, 2020) Hamilton v. Northfield Insurance, 2020 OK 28 (fee shifting in insurance suit) 36 ...
