United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma
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][16]
- John Green: 1982[12]
- David Russell: 1981–1982[17][18]
- Larry Patton: 1978–1981[19][12]
- John Green: 1977–78[12]
- David Russell: 1975–1977[17][18]
- Bill Burkett: 1969–1975[20]
- 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 2011-05-29.
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- ^ "John C. Richter". www.kslaw.com.
- ^ "Fellers Snider - Robert G. McCampbell". www.fellerssnider.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09.
- ^ "Daniel Webber - Ryan Whaley Attorneys". 31 July 2020.
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- ^ "Judge Miles-LaGrange Inducted into Oklahoma Hall of Fame - Vassar, the Alumnae/i Quarterly". www.vassar.edu.
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- ^ "William S. (Bill) Price | Phillips Murrah, PC". www.phillipsmurrah.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-04.
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- ^ a b "The Honorable David L. Russell | Constitution Award | Rogers State University". www.rsu.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-09-16.
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