Creek County Associate District Judge April Sellers White Among the Fifty Women Making a Difference in Oklahoma

Associate District Judge April Sellers White has been selected by The Journal Record as one of the fifty Outstanding Women Making a Difference in Oklahoma this year. Each year fifty finalists are selected from all sectors of business, the professions and community organizations for their excellence in their chosen field, for their participation in community activities and for their overall contributions to improving life in Oklahoma. Judge White was honored with this award in 2006 and is again being honored with a 2008 award at the Cox Center in Oklahoma City on September 25, 2008.

Perhaps best known for her judicial service on children’s and family cases, Judge White has served on several task forces and boards at local and state levels which deal with children’s and family issues. She chaired the Creek County Juvenile Justice Task Force for 15 years which brought professionals and parents from across the county to help create solutions for problems facing children. She has served continuously on the Executive Board of the Oklahoma Judicial Conference since before 1991. Judge White has served on interim study committees formed by the Oklahoma Legislature addressing issues of adoption law reform and juvenile mental health law.

In 2006, Judge White was invited by the Carl Albert Institute of the University of Oklahoma to participate as a faculty member in residence for a week with college women from across Oklahoma teaching and encouraging them to become more actively involved in their communities. In 2008, Judge White was the only Oklahoma elected official participating a forum on improving public confidence in government held in Georgia by the Southern Women in Public Service.

Judge White is part of Oklahoma’s first and only sister-brother state court judge team with her brother, Jefferson Sellers,who is a District Judge for Tulsa and Pawnee Counties.