Announcements
· Legal Aid of Oklahoma FREE CLE: If you are a volunteer pro bono attorney for Legal Aid of Oklahoma or if you are willing to become a volunteer (i.e. Agree to take at last one case per year on a pro bono basis), you are eligible to attend “Family Law Basics” CLE on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at OSU-Tulsa. This program is absolutely free and worth 7 hours of CLE credit. If interested, contact Lauren Lester Allison.
· Judge Maley’s Pin: Judge Maley will receive his 50 year Oklahoma Bar Association Pin on March 27th at Okmulgee County Bar Association Meeting scheduled for 12:00 P.M. at the Okmulgee Golf & Country Club. All Creek County Bar Members are invited to attend. Golf to follow the meeting for those who play!
· Law Day: May 1st is Law Day: If you have any ideas for Law Day, please contact Lauren Lester Allison.
· Court Rules: Creek County Bar Association Court Rules Committee has completed its review of the pending Creek County Court Rules. We hope to have an update from the committee immediately before these rules are set to go into effect.
· Social Outings: We need to brainstorm some social outings and/or casual meeting locations for our group over the summer. In the past, members have suggested a picnic or a bowling outing. Any ideas?
· Lt. Gov. Jari Askins: We have been in contact with Lt. Gov. Jari Askins about speaking to our group this fall. We would like to invite the Okfuskee County and the Okmulgee County Bar Associations to attend. More information coming soon!
· Next Month’s Meeting: Thursday, April 9, 2009, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM, Avalon Steakhouse, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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A grand jury investigation needs to begin into the illegal practices. The Sapulpa Creek County Jail is currently allowing two bondsman to solicit business in the jail in violation of title 59 O.S. Section 1310 (14) which prohibits "soliciting business in or about any place where prisoners are confined, arraigned, or in custody." To the extent that the officials willfully fail to enforce the law and willfully ignore this illegal practice, they are failing to do their duty. Two bondsman in Sapulpa write 90 per cent of all bonds. They are allowed to enter the jail and talk to all of the new arrests and to have the inmates sign the bondsman contracts and then the bondsman calls the parents and relatives to pay them the money after they have illegally solicited the business. Other states such as San Bernandino California have prosecuted the bondsman and county Sheriff for this illegal practice. Boss Hogg should not be in charge of the jail in Creek County. Inmates illegally solicited should have a solid defense against having to pay illegal solicitations by corrupt bondsman.
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