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Ronald E. Stakem earned a AB degree from Harvard College in 1969 and a JD degree from the University of Oklahoma. He has been in private law practice in Oklahoma City since 1975. Ron pursues a broad civil practice with emphasis on utility regulation, commercial litigation and school law. At the Corporation Commission, Ron represents national and international telecommunications companies and local public utilities. Ron serves as outside counsel to the Cooperative Council of Oklahoma School Administration which he advises on all aspects of the law of public education. Ron represents individuals and businesses on a myriad of personal and commercial legal matters. As an experienced trial lawyer, Ron handles all types of personal and commercial civil litigation in state and federal courts. He is a also a mediator and one of the original arbitrators for the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. Ron has the AV rating by the Martindale-Hubbell lawyer peer-rating agency. Since 2007, he has been considered a "Super Lawyer" in Oklahoma. Long active in professional organizations, he served for many years on the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma County Bar Association and its Fee Grievance and Ethics Committees. Ron continues as a member of Bench and Bar Committee. Ron is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He belongs to the OBA's Section of Public Utility Law and Section of Litigation. Ron was a founding member of the Work Activity Center, Inc., a non-profit sheltered workshop for handicapped adults, and of the Meadowbrook Acres Center for Independent Living, a non-profit independent residential home for handicapped men and women. Ron belongs to the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City - Club 29. He is the past Chairman of the Schools and Scholarship Committee for the Harvard Club of Oklahoma City. He also finds time for numerous other charitable and civic activities.
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