OBA Meeting Photo Review

November 11th-14th, Oklahoma City

OBA Outstanding Bar of the Year 2020-2021 TCBA Board of Directors

OBA Maurice Merrill Golden Quill Award – Scott B. Goode

This award is issued for the author of the best written article published in the Oklahoma Bar Journal. Scott Goode is awarded the Maurice Merrill Golden Quill Award for authoring “Perceptions, Pills and Practicing,” which appeared in the December 2020 issue of the Oklahoma Bar Journal. Mr. Goode is the co-owner and managing partner of the Military Law Group PLLC in Tulsa and practices primarily in the areas of criminal defense, divorce/paternity and Native American law with an emphasis on active duty, reserve, and veterans. He received his J.D. from the TU College of Law in 2005 with a certificate in Native American law.

2022 OBA Board of Directors President – James R. Hicks

James “Jim” Hicks practices in Tulsa with the law firm of Barrow & Grimm PC. His focus is on the litigation and transactional needs of individuals and businesses. He also represents clients in probate, estate planning and family law matters. He attended OU and received his bachelor’s degree in finance before attending the TU College of Law. Admitted to practice in 1985, he served as a member of the OBA Board of Governors from 2015 to 2019. He also served as president of the Tulsa County Bar Association from 2013 to 2014 and the Tulsa County Bar Foundation from 2017 to 2019. He has been recognized as an outstanding young lawyer by the TCBA and received the TCBA President’s Award. In 1995, he was recognized as the OBA’s outstanding young lawyer. Mr. Hicks participated as a member of Leadership Tulsa, Class XX. He has served as senior warden of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Tulsa since 2013 and continues to volunteer his time to several nonprofit organizations. Married to Nancy Hicks since 1983, he is most proud of his granddaughter. Jim has served as President to both the Tulsa County Bar Association and the Tulsa County Bar Foundation. Jim was elected as 2021 OBA president-elect and he will automatically become president on January 1, 2022.

We are pleased to share that these TCBA members were recognized at the OBA Annual Meeting.

OBA Diversity Committee Award Trent Shores

Trent Shores, a former U.S. attorney, is a shareholder in the Tulsa office of GableGotwals, where he advises clients regarding complex litigation, cybersecurity, and Native American law and policy. He was recently named a Tribal Supreme Court justice for the Kaw Nation and a member of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition’s Oklahoma Advisory Committee. Mr. Shores graduated with a degree in political science from Vanderbilt University and received his J.D. from the OU College of Law. As a member of the Choctaw Nation, he established national initiatives to address the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people and led a presidential task force that investigated allegations of sexual abuse at the Indian Health Service.

He also previously worked as the Tribal Liaison for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, ensuring the Justice Department upheld its federal trust responsibility to federally recognized tribes and leading investigations into public corruption, embezzlement from tribal gaming operations, and a variety of violent crime violations. He has also represented the United States at the United Nations and Organization of American States arguing for the recognition of basic human rights for indigenous peoples worldwide. His work has been featured in national media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Real Clear Politics, and the Associated Press.