Notable Alumni
The University of Tulsa College of Law celebrates the professional accomplishments and milestones of the alumni community, more than 6,500 strong. Here are just a few notable stars among the alumni family.
Sevier M. “Buddy” Fallis, Jr. (BA ’58, JD ’60)
Former District Attorney for Tulsa County
The Honorable Charles L. Owens (JD ’60) *
Former Oklahoma County District Judge and the first African-American judge in Oklahoma
James O. Goodwin (JD ’65)
Publisher, Oklahoma Eagle Publishing Company
The Honorable Charles Chapel (JD ’68)
Former Judge for the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
The Honorable David Levy (JD ’68)
Retired Senior Judge; Director of Professionalism, St. Thomas University School of Law, Miami, Florida
The Honorable Jane P. Wiseman (JD ’73)
Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals
Marilyn Hughes (JD ’75) *
Former Executive Director of the Oklahoma Ethics Commission
Philip H. Viles, Jr. (JD ’75, MBA ’83)
Former Chief Justice of the Cherokee Nation
The Honorable Daniel J. Boudreau (JD ’76)
Former Supreme Court Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
The Honorable Jon Comstock (JD ’76)
Former Circuit Court Judge, 19th Judicial District West – Division II, Bentonville, Arkansas
The Honorable Layn Phillips (BS ’74, JD ’77)
Founder, Phillips ADR Enterprises
William Andrew “Drew” Edmonson (JD ’78)
Former Oklahoma Attorney General
The Honorable John Reif (BA ’73, JD ’78)
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
The Honorable Millie Otey (JD ’79)
Former Special Judge of the District Court of Tulsa County
Bill Westerman (JD ’79)
Partner at Westerman Hattori Daniels and Adrian LLP
Daniel Rosenbaum (JD ’80)
Rosenbaum PLLC
The Honorable Clancy Smith (JD ’80)
Former Judge for the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Gary Barnett (BA ’78, JD ’81)
Former partner and practice group leader, Linklaters, LLP, NY, NY; former Division Director, US CFTC; Deputy Director US SEC, retired; founder Digital Capital Markets, LLC
The Honorable Carlos Chappelle (JD ’81) *
Former District Judge of the District Court of Tulsa County
S. Douglass Dodd (JD ’81)
Partner, Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson LLP
The Honorable John E. Dowdell (JD ’81)
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Toni D. Hennike (JD ’81)
Vice President and General Counsel, Hess Corporation, Houston, Texas
Curtis Frasier (JD ’82)
Former General Counsel, Upstream Americas; Head of Legal – USA, Shell Oil Companies, Houston, Texas
Jim Carrington (JD ’85)
Vice President at Preservation Oklahoma Inc. and Associate General Counsel at Cherokee Nation Business, LLC
Karen E. “Sunny” Langdon (BA ’69, JD ’85)
Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma
The Honorable Elizabeth Crewson Paris (BS ’80, JD ’87)
Judge at the United States Tax Court
Bill Carmody (JD ’88)
Partner, Susman Godfrey
Danny C. Williams, Sr. (JD ’91)
Partner, Frederic Dorwart, Lawyers PLLC
The Honorable Robert D. Bell (JD ’92)
Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals
J. Scott Dickman (BA ’86, JD ’92)
CEO, Oracle Packaging Company
King Fifer (JD ’92)
Burdin Mediations
T. Lane Wilson (BS ’89, JD ’94)
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, The Williams Companies
Douglas J. May (JD ’95)
Shareholder, GableGotwals
Fern Holland (JD ’96) *
United States Agency for International Development, Abuse Prevention Unit (killed in the Iraq conflict, 2003)
Jodie Justiss-Dinsmore (JD ’98)
Associate General Counsel, Sunflower Electric Power Corporation
Telisa Schelin (BA ’95, JD ’98)
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Behringer Harvard, Dallas, Texas
Lanesha Anderson (JMB ’00)
Vice President and General Counsel, ABM Industries
Shena Burgess (’00)
Former Deputy Chief at Tulsa County Public Defenders
Frank X. “Frazier” Henke (JD ’03)
President and CEO, American Bank and Trust Company
Roy D. Tucker (JD ’03)
City Attorney, Muskogee, Oklahoma
Emmanuel Ayuk (JD ’06)
Senior Director, Global Compliance, Archer Daniels Midland Company
The Honorable Dana L. Kuehn (JD ’06)
Supreme Court Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
* deceased