Free Special Death Penalty Habeas Corpus Panel Application - Oklahoma

SPECIAL DEATH PENALTY HABEAS CORPUS PANEL APPLICATION

Name: Last Office Address, including name of firm: First Middle Initial

Mailing address, if different from above:

Office Telephone: Facsimile: Cellular Phone: Social Security Number: Legal Education: Law School Degree Date Degree Conferred Email:

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Bar Admissions - All Courts before which you are currently admitted to practice, indicating jurisdiction and date of admission: Date State Supreme Courts United States District Courts United States Courts of Appeal United States Supreme Court Are you currently admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court? Yes No If so, when were you admitted?

Legal Experience: Please describe your current practice. Include dates of practice and the names of attorneys with whom you practice currently.

Please describe your past legal practice, if different from the preceding paragraph. Include dates and colleague information.

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Do you consider yourself:

Primarily a trial lawyer Primarily an appellate lawyer Equally involved in both areas Capital Litigation Experience: List the number of cases in which you have been involved and the capacity in which you acted:

Lead Counsel State District Court State Appellate Court State P.C. Dist. Ct. State P.C. Appeal Federal Habeas Dist. Ct. Federal Habeas Appeal Non-Capital Criminal Law Experience:

Second Chair

Consult

List the number of non-capital criminal cases in which you have been involved and the capacity in which you acted:

Lead Counsel State District Court State Appellate Court State P.C. Dist. Ct. State P.C. Appeal

Second Chair

Consult

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Lead Counsel Federal Habeas Dist. Ct. Federal Habeas Appeal Appellate Experience: Number of oral arguments presented to:

Second Chair

Consult

State Supreme Court State Criminal Appellate Court Circuit Court of Appeals United States Supreme Court If you have argued cases which resulted in published opinions, please provide citation or case number, if unpublished.

Number of Petitions for Writ of Certiorari to United States Supreme Court you have prepared

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Civil Litigation Experience: List the number of general civil cases in which you have been involved and the capacity in which you acted:

Lead Counsel State District Court State Appellate Court Federal District Court Federal Appellate Court

Second Chair

Please list the names of the United States District Judges and United States Magistrate Judges before whom you have practiced, and the district in which you practiced.

Judge or Magistrate

District

Yes If you are chosen as a Panel member, are you willing to volunteer to become involved in state capital post conviction proceedings?

No

If you are chosen as a Panel member, are you willing to allow an attorney seeking Panel membership to observe and to participate in your case as a training experience? 5

Yes

No

Do you understand that the creation of a Special Death Penalty Habeas Corpus Panel does not deprive the court of the authority to appoint an attorney who is not on the Panel?

Do you understand that appointment to the Panel does not confer a vested interest in Panel membership and that Panel members may be removed without cause?

Has a final adjudication or any other finding been made by any Bar Association, Ethics Committee, Court or other judicial or quasi-judicial body concerning your conduct, fitness to practice law or any other disciplinary matter regarding you? If the answer is "yes", please attach a copy of the finding, if available or a complete explanation to this form. Please provide a recent writing sample of a publicly filed legal document.

The answers and information provided in this form are true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

Signature

Date

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Return promptly by conventional mail, fax, or email to: Susan M. Otto Federal Public Defender Suite 109 Old Post Office Bldg. 215 Dean A. McGee Avenue Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 [email protected] 405-609-5932 (fax)

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