TCBA Member Event - Sunday, December 12th The Nutcracker Performance

Golden Rule Award 1st Quarter

Kimberly Moore

Kimberly Moore served as President of the Tulsa County Bar Association this past year, 20202021, during a challenging time. She managed to accomplish a lot during her tenure and provided much needed leadership. Kimberly has served multiple roles with the TCBA over the last several years, including secretary, 2011-13; treasurer, 2014-15, and director at large, 2015-17. Committees assignments include special events, 2014-16; Law Day, 2010-12 and Law Day chair, 2012; pro bono committee, 2013-present, and Legally Pink. 2013. She is an attorney with Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma where she serves as the Statewide Housing Advocacy Coordinator. She has served the underprivileged throughout her 16- year legal career. She also served as an Oklahoma Bar Association delegate, 2013-2017; OBA alternate delegate, 2010-12; YLD board of directors, 2008-11, and OBA Law Day committee, 2017. Perhaps her greatest qualification to receive the Golden Rule Award is her demonstrated ability to work effectively with pro se litigants. Having served as an attorney with Legal Aid for 15 years, she has worked with hundreds of pro se litigants. She is patient, respectful and supportive but most importantly, compassionate. Kimberly epitomizes the kind of person worthy of receiving a Golden Rule Award. Linda Morrissey shared..."I’ve enjoyed working with Kimberly in her role as the President of the Tulsa County Bar Association. She is a team player who will step up to get the job done, whatever the job is. For example, I recently suggested the TCBA form a group called Lawyers Supporting Law Students in order to provide law students a resource and support system when dealing with particular challenges. Kimberly was the first person I called, and she immediately jumped on board and agreed to work with me and Dean Rachel Baker to launch the program. It’s truly amazing to me that she has assumed a leadership role at TCBA given all of her other responsibilities.” She went on to add that "Kimberly Moore is a phenomenal lawyer and wonderful person. Some 20 years ago, Kimberly served as my judicial extern, so I worked side by side with her for a long time and came to appreciate the kind of person she truly is. During that time, I was particularly impressed with her dedication to her grandparents, whom she cared for while attending law school and working as my judicial extern. Although she had tremendous responsibilities as her grandparents’ primary care taker and as a single mom to her two young sons, she managed to complete her externship duties with excellence, and never expressed stress about the demands on her. Those are qualities that reveal a person’s character, “when no one is watching." Millie Otey shared..."I worked closely with Kimberly for YEARS doing pro Bono on the Landlord /Tenant docket. I believe she is a fine example of a career philosophy that has focused on helping people. She stepped up every time to help the less fortunate in our community. She was always prepared; yet, if a case dropped into her lap with only a moment’s notice, she knew the law so well that she could help a person quickly, which resulted in no delay and a satisfactory resolution for both sides. She truly deserves this award."

GOLDEN RULE

1: capitalized G&R : a rule of ethical conduct: do to others as you would have them do to you 2: a guiding principle