Judges for Retention Vote in November, 2008

Charles A. Johnson Vice-Presiding Judge Judicial District No. 2, (Vice-Presiding Judge 2006-2008), (Presiding Judge, 1995-1996), (Vice-Presiding Judge, 2001-2002).

Judge Johnson graduated from Ponca City High School. He received a B.A. degree from the University of Oklahoma. He then received his LLB from the University of Oklahoma in 1955, where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Alpha Delta. He is married to Janis Grant-Johnson, now a private practitioner in Norman, Oklahoma, and has two children, Mike and Jill. Judge Johnson was active in church and civic matters in Ponca City for many years serving as an Elder and Sunday School teacher in his church, serving on the Board or as President of the Chamber of Commerce, YMCA, Kay Guidance Association, Boy Scouts, United Fund and other various civic organizations. He remains active in many OBA and County Bar Association activities.

Judge Johnson was active in the U.S. Air Force and the Reserve component of the Air Force retiring as a Colonel, USAFR, having received the Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Merit. Judge Johnson engaged in the practice of law after release from active duty with the U.S. Air Force, starting in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and later moving to Ponca City, Oklahoma, where he started a solo law practice.

Judge Johnson was a senior law partner with the law firm of Phipps, Johnson, Holmes & Hermanson, later Johnson & Hermanson, and finally the Johnson Law Firm. He continued to be a private practitioner of law until his appointment to the Court of Criminal Appeals by the Honorable Henry Bellmon, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, effective November, 1989. He served as President of the Kay County Bar Association (1971-72), was a selectee as one of three Outstanding Young Oklahomans selected by the Oklahoma Junior Chamber of Commerce, has been a past Member and Chairman of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and is an active member of the Oklahoma and American Bar Associations together with the Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association. He was honored as the 1993 Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association Outstanding Appellate Judge of the year.

Gary L. Lumpkin Presiding Judge Judicial District No. 3, (Presiding Judge 2007-2008), (Vice-Presiding Judge 2005-2006), (Presiding Judge 2003-2004), (Vice-Presiding Judge 1999-2000), (Presiding Judge 1993-1994).

Judge Lumpkin was appointed to the Court on November 15, 1988. He is a native of Sentinel, Oklahoma and graduated from Weatherford High School. He Attended Northwestern State College and graduated from Southwestern State College in 1968 with a degree in Business Administration. Judge Lumpkin is married with one child.

Judge Lumpkin received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma School of Law in 1974. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1968-1971, serving 18 months in Vietnam. Judge Lumpkin currently holds the rank of Colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve.

Judge Lumpkin has worked as staff attorney for the Oklahoma Department of Consumer Affairs and as an Assistant District Attorney. He served as Associate District Judge and District Judge, 20th Judicial District, Madill, 1982-1989.