United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma | |
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First holder | John Embry |
The United States attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma is the chief federal law enforcement officer in forty Oklahoma counties. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted by the U.S. attorney. Sanford Coats, who was appointed by Barack Obama in 2009 was the U.S. attorney for the District until 2016.[1]
Jurisdiction
Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cimarron, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Jackson, Jefferson, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Major, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne, Pottawatomie, Roger Mills, Stephens, Texas, Tillman, Washita, Woods, and Woodward. The court sits at Chickasha, Enid, Guthrie, Lawton, Mangum, Oklahoma City, Pauls Valley, Ponca City, Shawnee, and Woodward.
Organization
The office is organized into divisions handling criminal and civil matters.
List of U.S. attorneys for the Western District of Oklahoma
- Timothy J. Downing:2019-2021
- Mark A. Yancey: 2016–2019(Acting)
- Sanford Coats: 2009–2016[2]
- Robert Troester: 2009[3]
- John Richter: 2005–2009[4]
- Robert McCampbell: 2001–2005[5]
- Daniel Webber: 1999–2001[6]
- Patrick Ryan: 1995–1999[7][8]
- Rozia McKinney-Foster: 1994–1995[9]
- Vicki Miles-LaGrange: 1993–1994[10][11]
- John Green: 1993[12]
- Joe Heaton: 1992–1993[13]
- Tim Leonard: 1989–1992[14]
- Robert Mydans: 1989[12]
- Bill Price: 1982–1989[15]
- John Green: 1982[12]
- David Russell: 1981–1982[16][17]
- Larry Patton: 1978–1981[18][12]
- John Green: 1977–78[12]
- David Russell: 1975–1977[16][17]
- Bill Burkett: 1969–1975[19]
- Andrew Potter: 1961–1969[12]
- Paul Cress: 1954–1961[12]
- Fred Mock: 1953–1954[12]
- Robert Shelton: 1947–1953[12]
- Charles Dierker: 1938–1947[12]
- William Lewis: 1934–1938[12]
- Herbert Hyde: 1931–1934[12]
- Roy St. Lewis: 1925–1931[12]
- William Maurer: 1921–1925[12]
- Robert Peck: 1920–1921[12]
- Frank Randell: 1920[12]
- John Fain: 1914–1920[12]
- Isaac Taylor: 1913–1914[12]
- Homer Boardman: 1912–1913[12]
- Isaac Taylor: 1912[12]
- John Embry: 1907–1912[12]
References
- ↑ Sanford C. Coats sworn in as U.S. Attorney Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, Shawnee News-Star, December 30, 2009
- ↑ "USDOJ: US Attorney's Office - Western District of Oklahoma Meet the Attorney Page". www.justice.gov. Archived from the original on May 29, 2011.
- ↑ Oklahoma man sentenced 30 months mortgage fraud scheme NMP Magazine
- ↑ "John C. Richter". www.kslaw.com.
- ↑ "Fellers Snider - Robert G. McCampbell". www.fellerssnider.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013.
- ↑ "Daniel Webber - Ryan Whaley Attorneys". July 31, 2020.
- ↑ "Patrick M. Ryan - Oklahoma Lawyers - Lawyer in the White Hat". Super Lawyers.
- ↑ US Attorney swearing in set newsok.com
- ↑ "Press release". Clinton Presidential Materials Project White House Virtual Library. May 19, 1995. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
- ↑ "Judge Miles-LaGrange Inducted into Oklahoma Hall of Fame - Vassar, the Alumnae/i Quarterly". www.vassar.edu.
- ↑ Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present fjc.gov
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "The Political Graveyard: U.S. District Attorneys in Oklahoma". politicalgraveyard.com.
- ↑ Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present fjc.gov
- ↑ Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present fjc.gov
- ↑ "William S. (Bill) Price | Phillips Murrah, PC". www.phillipsmurrah.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014.
- 1 2 Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present fjc.gov
- 1 2 "The Honorable David L. Russell | Constitution Award | Rogers State University". www.rsu.edu. Archived from the original on September 16, 2014.
- ↑ Glass dor story newsok.com
- ↑ Ex US Attorney to head DHS Panel newsok.com