TU Law Alumni Gala

Lee I. Levinson was born Jan. 30, 1951, in Tulsa, OK. Mr. Levinson graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1973 and graduated from The University of Tulsa College of Law in 1976. During law school, Mr. Levinson also took numerous graduate geology courses at the North Campus. Since graduation, his legal career has specialized in various oil and gas matters, including extensive oil and gas litigation at the state and federal levels, as well as administratively with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.

Mr. Levinson was an adjunct professor at The University of Tulsa College of Law, having taught oil and gas transactions, and he has assisted numerous attorneys in oil and gas matters on a regular basis. He has been admitted to practice in the state of Oklahoma, the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as Tax Court.

While practicing law Mr. Levinson has also been involved in many business ventures including being an independent oil and gas producer and operating numerous oil and gas wells throughout the state of Oklahoma. In addition, Mr. Levinson is involved in certain real estate developments and is currently the owner of several commercial properties including a hotel in downtown Tulsa.

Mr. Levinson has been involved since 1996 in the establishment of a tobacco business, Xcaliber International, which manufactures tobacco products that are sold throughout the United States. Since 2015 Mr. Levinson has also been involved with horse racing, owning L&N Racing, LLC, which has had numerous stakes winners and has participated in all three Triple Crown Races as well as multiple Breeder’s Cups and other major races across the United States.

Judge Dawn Moody was born in Riverside, CA, on March Air Force Base. She lived in California, Florida, and New Mexico before finally moving to Tulsa in 1982. She graduated from Cascia Hall Preparatory School and followed in her father’s footsteps by attending The University of Tulsa for both her undergraduate degree and law school.

She started her legal career as an intern for the Tulsa County Public Defender’s office. Upon graduating from law school, Judge Moody was hired as a felony trial attorney with the public defender’s office. While working at the PD’s office, she met and began dating her husband, Chad Moody, an assistant district attorney in Tulsa County.

Judge Moody left the public defender’s office in November 2001, and began practicing primarily criminal defense with her father, Dan Kramer, whom she attributes to teaching her everything she knows, but certainly NOT everything he knows. While in private practice she had two children, a son, Chase, and a daughter, Brynn, born 15 months apart.

In January 2007, Judge Moody was hired as a judicial referee. As a referee, her assignments included parenting plan conferences, drug court initial appearances, DUI court reviews, and juror financial hardship hearings.

In August 2009, Presiding Judge Tom Thornbrugh received special permission from the Supreme Court of Oklahoma to promote her to special judge. During her tenure as a special judge, she presided over a family and domestic docket, drug court, DUI court, and mental health court dockets, arraignments, misdemeanor domestic violence docket and the cost docket.

In 2019 she was elected to the District Bench, where she presides over a criminal docket. She was chief of the criminal division in 2019 and in 2021. Currently she is the presiding judge of Tulsa County.

Judge Moody has received the following awards: Outstanding Dedication and Service award from Crash Court in 2012 and 2013, Savings Lives and Changing Oklahoma Award from Drug Court in 2013, Tulsa Courts Transformation Award in 2009 and 2019, Tulsa County Bar Association Golden Rule Award in 2019. In addition, Judge Moody performed over five hundred service hours with her daughter when they were members of National Charity League and was instrumental in helping her son achieve the rank of Eagle Scout with Troop 1.

With more than four decades of experience, Clark Brewster has established himself as a leading trial attorney in complex civil cases, criminal defense, and civil rights law. Based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he founded the law firm of Brewster & De Angelis, PLLC. He built a national reputation by representing clients across the United States, including in California, New York, Texas, Kentucky, and Florida.

Brewster graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Central Michigan University in 1977. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from The University of Tulsa College of Law in 1980. During law school, he received the Order of the Curule Chair and was a member of the Order of Barristers and Phi Delta Phi.

Throughout his career, Brewster has been involved in several high-profile and complex cases. Notably, he has represented acclaimed thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert, Stormy Daniels, and Dusten Brown in the Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl case. His expertise in criminal defense has led to acquittals in major cases, such as The State of Oklahoma v. James Hogue, The United States of America v. Carol Howe, The United States of America v. Harold Staples, The State of Oklahoma v. Jamie Nicole Chambers, and The State of Oklahoma v. Charles Elliot. In civil litigation, Brewster has secured significant verdicts, including a $66 million award against Shell Oil, a $45 million jury verdict against Mercy Hospital, and a $15 million product liability judgment against Ford Motor Company.

Recognized for his meticulous approach to litigation, dynamic courtroom advocacy, and extensive trial experience, Brewster is among the youngest attorneys to receive the prestigious AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2003. He has also been honored as a 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” in Criminal Defense: General Practice in Tulsa. His career exemplifies the impact of dedicated legal advocacy.