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