Volume 86 u No. 24 u Sept. 12, 2015 ERIC LIU CEO, Citizen University Annual Luncheon Keynote Speaker AWARDS • BAR BUSINESS • CLE • SOCIAL EVENTS 8:30 a.m. Registration 9:00 a.m. Leading from the Bar Renee DeMoss, Tulsa Linda Thomas, Bartlesville Jennifer Castillo, Oklahoma City 10:30 a.m. Break 10:00 a.m. Women, the Legislature & the Law Emily Virgin, Oklahoma House of Representatives Kaye Floyd, Oklahoma Senate 10:50 a.m. Leading Within Our Communities Gail Stricklin, Oklahoma City Cindy Goble, LASO Karen Rieger, Oklahoma City Kathy Taylor, Tulsa 11:40 a.m. Lunch and Mona Salyer Lambird Spotlight Awards Presentation Keynote: Fearless Leadership Carey Lohrenz, First Female Tomcat F-14 Fighter Pilot 1:30 p.m. Leading Oneself Carey Lohrenz Jari Askins, former Special District Judge, State Representative, 2015 Women in Law Conference Lt. Governor Valerie Couch, Dean, Oklahoma City University School of Law FEARLESS 2:20 p.m. Break 2:30 p.m. Leading from the Bench Moderator: Sonja Porter, Oklahoma City LEADERSHIP and Board of Governors member Retired Justice Reta Strubhar, Yukon Presented by OBA/CLE and the OBA Women in Law Committee Judge Robin Cauthron, United States District Court of the Western District Deborah Barnes, Civil Court of Appeals Patricia Parrish, District Court Judge, Oklahoma County SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 3:20 p.m. Ethical Leadership Embassy Suites Downtown/Medical Center Debbie Maddox, Assistant General 741 North Phillips Avenue, Oklahoma City Counsel, OBA 4:10 p.m. Adjourn Program Planners/Moderators: CLE CREDIT: This course has been approved by the Kimberly Hays, OBA Women in Law Chair, Tulsa Oklahoma Bar Association Mandatory Continuing Legal Briana Ross, OBA Women in Law Vice-Chair, Tulsa Education Commission for 6 hours of mandatory CLE credit, including 1 hour of ethics. ThereThe will be an informal reception from 5 – 7 p.m. at the TUITION: $140 for CLE and luncheon early-bird registrations with payment received at least four full business days prior to Embassy Suites in the Everest Ballroom on Thursday, Sep- the seminar date; $40 for luncheon only. A fee of $25 will be tember 17. Room reservations may be made by calling the assessed for registrations within four full business days; $50 for walk-ins. To receive a $10 program discount (available for Embassy Suites, (405) 239-3900. the full-day program only), register online at www.ok- bar.org/members/cle. This course has been approved by the Oklahoma Bar CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellations will be accepted at Association Mandatory Continuing Legal Education any time prior to the seminar date; however, a $25 fee will be charged for cancellations made within four full business days Commission for 6 hours of mandatory CLE credit, of the seminar date. Cancellations, refunds, or transfers will including 1 hour of ethics. not be accepted on or after the seminar date. REGISTER ONLINE AT WWW.OKBAR.ORG/MEMBERS/CLE 1810 The Oklahoma Bar Journal Vol. 86 — No. 24 — 9/12/2015 Theme: pg. 1839 OBA Annual Meeting Tribal Hunting and Fishing Regulatory DE PARTMENTS contents From the President Sept. 12, 2015 • Vol. 86 • No. 24 1812 1853 From the Executive Director 1855 Law Practice Tips 1859 OBA Board of Governors Actions 1861 Oklahoma Bar Foundation News 1863 Young Lawyers Division 1866 Calendar 1868 For Your Information 1870 Bench and Bar Briefs 1871 In Memoriam 1872 Editorial Calendar 1873 In Memoriam: 1991 OBA President R. Forney Sandlin 1876 What’s Online 1880 The Back Page pg. 1845 New Discovery Master Law FEATURES 1814 Annual Meeting Highlights PLUS 1816 Eric Liu: Luncheon Keynote Speaker 1834 Initiative Petitions in Oklahoma: Existing Process and Possible Revisions 1817 Program of Events By D. Kent Meyers and Elizabeth LaBauve 1818 Annual Meeting CLE 1839 Tribal Hunting and Fishing By Susan Damron Krug Regulatory Authority Within Oklahoma 1821 House of Delegates By Ralph F. Keen II 1822 Resolution 1845 New Discovery Master Law Takes 1828 Reasons to Attend the Annual Meeting Effect on Nov. 1, 2015 By James C. Milton 1830 Elections: 2016 Board of Governors Vacancies and OBA Nominating 1849 Diversity Committee to Hold Ada Lois Petitions Filed Sipuel Fisher Diversity Awards Dinner 1832 Registration Form 1852 Changes Proposed to RGDP: Member Comments Requested Vol. 86 — No. 24 — 9/12/2015 The Oklahoma Bar Journal 1811 FROM THE PRESIDENT Leadership to be Annual Meeting Focus By David Poarch Among our peers, and even among nonlawyers, it is widely building and teaching leadership in civic acknowledged that service and leadership are core values of the legal life. He brings an interesting perspective profession. Many of us can relate to the notion that service beyond self that will challenge us all to look at the and a willingness to contribute to the greater good in some way pointed morality of our individual politics on all us in the direction of law school. As a result, sides and examine what it means to be a the legal profession is well represented at all true American patriot. I invite levels of leadership. In Oklahoma from the you to hear him on Thursday beginning, lawyers have served as governors, at noon! I am confident you state legislators, judges, prosecutors, general will find his message thought counsel, law firm managing partners, heads of To experience provoking. corporate, energy, banking, government and Of course, as always, the nonprofit organizations. And we continue to something first challenge for each of us is do so. to actually attend the OBA Likewise, at the national level, of our 44 different, you Annual Meeting in November. U.S. presidents, 26 have been lawyers, not to As my physics professor once mention the many lawyers who have served have to do observed, momentum favors in Congress and throughout the halls of gov- stasis. Applied to the world ernment over the years — perhaps more than something you and I live in that translates from any other profession. But as noted by roughly like this: To experience Stanford law professor Deborah L. Rhode in different. something different, you have her book, Lawyers as Leaders, published by to do something different. So, Oxford University Press, “The legal profes- my challenge to you is to do sion attracts a large number of individuals something different this year. with the ambition and analytic capabilities to Be a leader! Begin by leading be leaders, but frequently fails to develop other qualities that are essen- yourself! Sign yourself up for the Annual tial to effectiveness.” Developing these “other qualities” requires actu- Meeting. Then actually lead yourself out of ally doing something. the office, away from what you do every day and go to the Annual Meeting! Meet With all that in mind, the theme for this year’s other lawyers whom you may not know – annual meeting to be held in Oklahoma City, face to face – not by email, text or on Twitter! Nov. 4-6, 2015, will be leadership. You may have Renew old friendships. Reacquaint your- noticed that in several of my columns in the bar self with your profession and other profes- journal this year I have again and again touched sionals! Get some CLE before December! on the role lawyers play as leaders in society, Or just get away for a day or two and think particularly as leaders in preserving the rule of about something other than the rule in law in our American way of life, as mentors in Shelly’s case! our respective communities and as citizens with specialized knowledge and training who We all know that if we don’t get up and can make a positive contribution to the legisla- do something different, nothing about our tive process at the State Capitol. Our Annual professional life will change of its own Meeting will continue with that overall theme: accord. No doubt about it. But if you are Leadership U. looking for something new or different, start by attending the OBA Annual Meet- In that vein, this year’s Thursday luncheon ing in Oklahoma City this year! You’ll be speaker will be Eric Liu, a Harvard-educated law- glad you did. I promise. President Poarch yer, professor and author, and the founder of Citi- practices in Norman. zen University, a nonprofit initiative encompass- I look forward to seeing you there! [email protected] ing projects aimed at the work of community- 405-329-6600 1812 The Oklahoma Bar Journal Vol. 86 — No. 24 — 9/12/2015 THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL is a publication of the Oklahoma Bar Associa- tion. All rights reserved. Copyright© 2015 Oklahoma Bar Association. Statements or opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Oklahoma Bar Association, its officers, Board of Governors, Board of Editors or Volume 86 u No. 23 u Sept. 5, 2015 staff. Although advertising copy is reviewed, no endorsement of any product or service offered by any advertisement is intended or JOURNAL STAFF BOARD OF EDITORS implied by publication. 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