GableGotwals Shareholders Participate in Judicial Conference

Graydon D. Luthey, Jr.		Trent Shores

Two GableGotwals shareholders recently spoke to the Oklahoma Judicial Conference at its annual meeting on topics requested by the conference organizers. Dean Luthey, along with Court of Civil Appeals Judge Stacie Hixon, gave a presentation on court awarded attorney fees. Trent Shores participated on a panel that included tribal Attorneys General regarding the United States Supreme Court decision in McGirt v. State of Oklahoma, holding that the Muscogee Nation’s historical reservation had not been disestablished.

The Oklahoma Judicial Conference, composed of the state’s appellate and trial judges, meets annually for a private educational program limited to its members and their staff. It invites practicing lawyers, along with judges, to give presentations.