Bill Barksdale is a lifelong resident of Okmulgee, OK. While an undergraduate student at the University of Oklahoma (1966 - 1970), he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and the OU Men's Tennis Team. He graduated OU Law School in 1973.

After serving on active duty as a Captain in the U.S. Army, he returned to Okmulgee to practice law with his father, John H. W. Barksdale, and Dale F. Rainey until their deaths. He was appointed City of Okmulgee Municipal Judge in 1979. He has continued his service as Municipal Judge while maintaining an active law practice. Bill has an AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

Bill is admitted to practice before Oklahoma District Courts and U. S. District Courts, Northern, Western, and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth District and U. S. Supreme Court; and Muscogee (Creek) Nation District Court, Okmulgee, Oklahoma.

Admission Details

• 1973, Oklahoma
• 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
• 1976, U.S. Supreme Court
• 1973, U.S. District Court, Northern, Western and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma
• Muskogee Creek Nation District Court, Okmulgee, Oklahoma

Law School Attended

• University of Oklahoma School of Law
  Class of 1973
  J.D.

University Attended

• University of Oklahoma
  Class of 1970
  B.A.
  English

Military

• Capt., U.S. Army Reserve, Retired

Associations & Memberships

• Oklahoma Bar Association.

Hobbies & Interests

• Member of Missouri Valley Tennis Association, United States Tennis Association