• District Court, W.D. Oklahoma

  Judge

  1992 – 2006 · 14 yrsAppointed by George H.W. Bush

Career

• U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma

  1989 – 1992 · 3 yrs

• Private practice

  1988 – 1989 · 1 yr

• Guest lecturer/adjunct professor

  Oklahoma City University

  1988 – 1989 · 1 yr

• minority floor leader

  1985 – 1986 · 1 yr

• State senator

  Oklahoma

  1979 – 1988 · 9 yrs

• Private practice

  1971 – present · 55 yrs

• Private practice

  1971 – 1988 · 17 yrs

• Assistant attorney general

  State of Oklahoma

  1969 – 1971 · 2 yrs

• U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant

  1968 – 1972 · 4 yrs

• U.S. Navy lieutenant commander

  JAG Corps

  1967 – 1968 · 1 yr

• U.S. Navy lieutenant commander and law specialist

  1965 – 1967 · 2 yrs

Education