Judges for Retention Vote in November, 2010

Judge Charles S. Chapel Judicial District No. 1, (Presiding Judge 2003-2005), (Vice-Presiding Judge 1999-2000), (Presiding Judge 1993-1994).

Charles S. Chapel was appointed in 1993 by Governor David Walters to fill the unexpired term of Ed Parks, Jr. He was retained in 1994 and 1998; Presiding Judge in 1996-97. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa College of Law with many academic awards and an LLM degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. He founded one of the largest law firms in Tulsa: Chapel, Riggs, Abney, Neal & Turpin. He has served on several Tulsa County Bar and Oklahoma Bar Association Committees and has been a Trustee for the Oklahoma Bar Foundation. He also served as Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa.