IN THE MATTER OF THE SUSPENSION OF MEMBERS OF THE OBA
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Opinion
IN THE MATTER OF THE SUSPENSION OF MEMBERS OF THE OBA
2026 OK 42
Decided: 06/02/2026
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Cite as: 2026 OK 42, __ P.3d __
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IN THE MATTER OF THE SUSPENSION OF MEMBERS OF THE OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH MANDATORY CONTINUING LEGAL FOR PUBLICATION IN EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE YEAR 2025
ORDER OF SUSPENSION FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE
RULES FOR MANDATORY CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
On May 26, 2026 the Board of Governors of the Oklahoma Bar Association filed an Application for the suspension of Oklahoma Bar Association members who failed to comply with mandatory legal education requirements for the year 2025 as required by Rules 3 and 5 of the Rules for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE Rules), 5 O.S. 2011, ch. 1, app. 1-B. The Board of Governors recommended the members, whose names appear on Exhibit A attached to the Application, be suspended from membership in the Oklahoma Bar Association and prohibited from the practice of law in the State of Oklahoma, as provided by Rule 6 of the MCLE Rules.
This Court finds that on March 16, 2026, the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association mailed, by certified mail, to all Oklahoma Bar Association members not in compliance with Rules 3 and 5 of the MCLE Rules, an Order to Show Cause within sixty days why the member's membership in the Oklahoma Bar Association should not be suspended. The Board of Governors determined that the Oklahoma Bar Association members named on Exhibit A of its Application have not shown good cause why the member's membership should not be suspended.
This Court, having considered the Application of the Board of Governors of the Oklahoma Bar Association, finds that each of the Oklahoma Bar Association members named on Exhibit A, attached hereto, should be suspended from Oklahoma Bar Association membership and shall not practice law in this state until reinstated.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the attorneys named on Exhibit A, attached hereto, are hereby suspended from membership in the Association and prohibited from the practice of law in the State of Oklahoma for failure to comply with the MCLE Rules for the year 2025.
DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THE 1ST DAY OF JUNE, 2026.
/s/_____________________________________
CHIEF JUSTICE
Exhibit "A"
Suspension for Noncompliance with MCLE Requirements for the Year 2025
OBA # 19301 OBA # 16942
Ginger D. Adair Mark Thomas Hamby
PO Box 64 8404 S Toledo Ave
Edmond, OK 73083-0064 Tulsa, OK 74137-1845
OBA # 30192 OBA # 36139
Elise Schuller Barajas Candace Michell Hamilton
2850 N. Harwood St., Suite 1100 1812 N. Desert Palm Ave.
Dallas, TX 75201 Tulsa, OK 74012
OBA # 36351 OBA # 21212
Trevor James Beaty Brady Ross Henderson
1800 Teague Dr. Ste. 500 1009 W Glen Oaks Ln, Ste 109
Sherman, TX 75090 Mequon, WI 53092
OBA # 1066 OBA # 20782
Douglas Alan Branch Gregory William Milstead
131 Dean A McGee Ave 517 Wintson Dr.
Oklahoma City, OK 73102-6418 Norman, OK 73072
OBA # 21952 OBA # 36220
Eric John Cook Jessamine Brooke Nazari
1584 Bison Rd, Apt 1221 35 N Bedford Ave
Bartlesville, OK 74006 Castle Rock, CO 80104
OBA # 33879 OBA # 35523
David Dwayne English Rachel Hurt O'Donnell
106 S. Okmulgee Ave. 8707 S Phoenix PL
Okmulgee, OK 74447 Tulsa, OK 74132-5606
OBA # 34838 OBA # 11258
Shane Christopher Fletcher Cathy Cheney Olaniyan
PO Box 98 222 N Detroit Ave.
Mounds, OK 74047-0098 Helmerich & Payne Inc
Tulsa, OK 74120
OBA # 30085 OBA # 10923
Grant Chase Garrard Babette Patton
1797 Dexter St P.O. Box 18272
Broomfield, CO 80020-2514 Oklahoma City, OK 73154
OBA # 12166
William C Sellers, Jr.
PO Box 1305
Sapulpa, OK 74067-1305
OBA # 12479
Janice Kay Skimbo
1412 SE Cravens Rd
Wilburton, OK 74578-5545
OBA # 33615
David Phillip Spielman
1116 Abigail Ct
Edmond, OK 73003-5789
OBA # 8538
Daniel Paul Stake
2145 Watermark Blvd., Apt. 141
Oklahoma City, OK 73134
OBA # 20874
Thomas Lee Tucker
13501 Brandon Pl.
Oklahoma City, OK 73142
OBA # 34878
Thomas Jefferson Watts
105 E Main ST
Stigler, OK 74462-2427
OBA # 35831
Aja Zhane Winslow
3104 Wilson St
Monroe, LA 71202-5446
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