Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma
BS degree, Oklahoma State University, 1961
University of Oklahoma College of Law, JD Degree, 1964
- Texas County Bar Association, Member
- Oklahoma Bar Association, Member
- Board of Governors, 1980-1982
- President, 1987
- OBA Joe Stamper Distinguished Service Award 2021
- OBA President’s Award, 1993 and 2009
- OBA Professionalism Award, 1989
- OBA 50 Year Membership Certificate, 2014
- Oklahoma Professional Responsibility Commission, 2014
- Judicial Nominating Commission, 6th District
- American Bar Association, Member
- Admitted to Practice in the United States District Court for Western Oklahoma
- Admitted to Practice in the United States District Court for Eastern Oklahoma
- Admitted to Practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Admitted to Practice before the United States Supreme Court
- Southern Conference of Bar Presidents, Member
- Oklahoma Association for Justice, Member
- American Association for Justice, Member
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Advocate
- Oklahoma Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Distinguished Service Award
- Benefactor Fellow
- American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
- Oklahoma Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
- Oklahoma Bar Professional Liability Insurance Company, Past Director
- Oklahoma Association of Municipal Attorneys
- American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow