Henry Names Deborah Barnes To Civil Court

From The Tulsa World ~ Tulsa attorney Deborah Browers Barnes was appointed to the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals by Gov. Brad Henry on Friday.

She replaces John Reif of Skiatook. Henry named Reif to the Oklahoma Supreme Court in October.

Barnes, 53, earned a law degree from the Oklahoma City University School of Law in 1983. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma. She served as staff attorney for state Supreme Court Justice Ralph Hodges in 1985-89. Since then, she has worked in civil litigation, administrative law, and commercial and business law.

Barnes worked as vice president, corporate secretary and associate general counsel at Oneok Inc. in Tulsa from 1997 until 2001. Starting in 2002, she has worked in private practice at Crutchmer, Browers & Barnes.

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