Luke Adams was recently named to the Board of Editors of the Oklahoma Bar Journal. The OBJ, published 34 times each year, is the official member publication of the Oklahoma Bar Association. Each issue is sent to more than 16,000 attorneys.
TISDAL & O'HARA partners Mart Tisdal, Pat O'Hara, and Patrick O'Hara, Jr. recently distributed over $200,000 to various educational and civic recipients, including the Erick, Oklahoma Public Schools; Mangum, Oklahoma Public Schools; Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Sayre, Oklahoma; Beckham County Drug Court; Legal Aid of Western Oklahoma; Sayre Memorial Hospital, Great Plains Regional Medical Center; the Washita/Custer County Drug Court; and the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma for Beckham and Greer Counties. These funds were approved for distribution by District Judge Doug Haught in an Order dated May 23, 2012, as part of a cy pres class action distribution in Dodson v. Phillips Petroleum, Case No. CJ-2004-119, Beckham County, Oklahoma.
The cy pres doctrine originated at common law. Today, the cy pres doctrine is utilized by courts in the class action context to direct funds that are not being distributed to individual class members to their "next best use." These distributions come as a direct result of the resolution of the above captioned case by class counsel Mart Tisdal, Pat O'Hara and Patrick O'Hara, Jr. of TISDAL & O'HARA, PLLC., and by Order of the District Court for Beckham County, Oklahoma.
Patrick O'Hara, Jr., Mart Tisdal, and Pat O'Hara present a check in the amount of $90,000
to Jeff Kelly, superintendent of the Erick, Oklahoma Public Schools.
Mart Tisdal, Patrick O'Hara, Jr., and Pat O'Hara present a check in the amount of $50,000
to representatives of Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Sayre. Photo courtesy of SWOSU.
TISDAL & O'HARA attorneys Luke Adams and Carissa King recently participated in a series of mock trials, presented by the Custer County Bar Association in honor of Law Day. Four mock trials were staged in front of more than 300 local fifth grade students. Adams and King played the role of Kris "Shooter" Jones, a high school soccer star charged with texting while driving, resulting in a motor vehicle accident.
(L-R) Associate District Judge Jill Weedon, Carissa King, and a local student selected to serve as bailiff.
(L-R) Special Judge Donna Dirickson, Luke Adams, and a local student selected to serve as bailiff.
Team TISDAL & O'HARA, a Clinton tee ball team comprised of children ages four through six, recently completed their summer season.
Pictured at far right is team coach and TISDAL & O'HARA associate Luke Adams.
TISDAL & O'HARA attorneys and staff participated in the Relay For Life of Custer County, an American Cancer Society fundraiser held on April 20-21, 2012. The event raised $111,000 in support of cancer research, and team TISDAL & O'HARA was recognized as a "Bronze Team" for its fundraising efforts.
Carissa King was appointed as the 2012 Law Day Chair for the Custer County Bar Association, coordinating the local "Ask a Lawyer" program in conjunction with the statewide campaign to answer legal questions by phone.
On September 24, 2011, TISDAL & O'HARA attorneys and staff from the Clinton office participated in the Downtown Dash, which took place in Clinton, Oklahoma. Proceeds benefited the local Food for Kids Backpack Program, a program of the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.
