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MERRILL, LAMBERT
JOIN GABLEGOTWALS
Joshua Merrill and Michael
Lambert join GableGotwals as
new Associ-
at e s wi t h
GableGotw-
als law firm.
Me r r i l l s
primar y fo-
cus will be
on transac-
t i onal l aw
in the Tulsa
office, while
Lambert will
f o c u s h i s
practice on
litigation in
bot h st at e
and federal
courts in the
Ok l a h o ma
City Office.
A Universi-
ty of Oklahoma School of Law
graduate, Merrill served as a
summer associate at Gable-
Gotwals.
Lambert, who graduated from
the Oklahoma City University
School of Law, worked for the
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Civil Court . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Legals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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LAMBERT
MERRILL
Commitment, fairness,
candidates goal
Judicial excellence is Kelloughs focus
Tulsa District Judge William C.
Kellough loves his job.
That brief description plus the
desire to keep going forward to-
wards a commitment to excellence
in the judiciary in Tulsa County are
among the reasons he is seeking a
third four-year term to Ofce One
in the 14th judicial district.
I have a commitment to the
people who elect me to do the best
job possible, he said. During my
tenure I have accumulated the ex-
perience on the criminal docket
because I have presided over 150
felony trials that included murder
cases.
Kellough prides himself that,
as presiding judge, he had an ef-
cient court with harmony among
judges.
He is especially proud of his role
in helping bring the Integrated Do-
mestic Violence Specialty Court to
Tulsa that is being supported with
a $300,000 federal grant.
I didnt bring that court pro-
gram to Tulsa alone, Kellough
said. A lot of people were involved
in that process.
People in Tulsa and Pawnee
Counties under the courts juris-
diction where Kellough campaigns
want to know about public safety
and what they might expect from
the legal system.
Kellough said that his goal as a
judge is to consider each case and
when a person is convicted to im-
pose the appropriate sentence.
On the other hand, that in-
cludes working with agencies help-
ing individuals who can be reliably
molded back into society and be-
come productive citizens.
We want to put the bad guys
away, he said.
Judicial work extends beyond
the bench and courthouse, Kel-
lough said. It also means getting
into the community and talking
to groups and people to help them
have a better understanding about
the role of the judiciary and how it
impacts their lives.
BY RALPH SCHAEFER
ralphs@tulsabusiness.com
William C. Kellough
Upholding Constitutions, laws, Walls goal
Caroline Walls goal, if elected
Tulsa District Judge Ofce 1, is to
strictly uphold the U.S. and Okla-
homa Constitutions and laws of
the land.
These are the same goals she
had when she served as an asso-
ciate district judge from 2004 to
2008.
My goal is to assure that a jury
verdict is upheld on appeal, she
said. It is not right or fair to the
victim to have a death penalty case
verdict reversed. I will be rm on
the evidence and not buddy up to
any side.
The basic responsibility of a
judge is to respect the law and all
parties involved in cases, whether
criminal or civil.
Many times in civil cases the
victim has gone to court to seek
relief for being wronged by the de-
fendant and has led a counter suit
to further address the wrong.
Wall said she has almost 25
years as a family lawyer includ-
ing four years on the bench and
has worked on a variety of cases
during her legal career.
Those cases included guardian-
ships for grandparents who are
raising their grandchildren because
the childrens parents have been
involved with substance abuse and
methamphetamine use.
I am very well prepared be-
cause of my legal experience to
hear any and all types of dockets,
Wall said. As a Christian family
lawyer and I do not discrimi-
nate against people of other faiths
many clients have sought me
out because they want someone to
bring these principles to their daily
work.
Wall said that she relied on her
faith when doing a very difcult
job as a judge and would routinely
pray over the jurors and their ver-
dicts.
Wall, who earned her law de-
gree from Loyola University in
Chicago, is licensed in Illinois as
well as Oklahoma.
BY RALPH SCHAEFER
ralphs@tulsabusiness.com
Caroline Wall
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