Jane P. Wiseman is a judge on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals

Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals

The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals is an intermediate appellate court in the state of Oklahoma.Cases are assigned to it by the Oklahoma Supreme Court, the state's highest court for civil matters....

, the intermediate appellate court in the state of Oklahoma

Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

. She represents District 1, Office 2. Governor Henry appointed her to this position in March 2005 and she was retained

Retention election

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 by voters on November 7, 2006. She will face another retention election in November 2012, at the end of her 6-year term.

Biography

Judge Wiseman received her B.A. degree from Cornell University in 1969, her M.A. degree in American History from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in 1971 and her J.D.

Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...

degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law 1973. She is now married and has four sons/stepsons.

Legal career

Judge Wiseman began her legal career during law school as a clerk for the firm Rosenstein, Fist & Ringold. She later became a legal intern, and then an associate until 1975. She then worked as a sole practitioner until January 1977. She was appointed a special judge of Tulsa County that month and she worked in this position until 1981, when she became a district judge. On this court, she worked in the Family Relations Division and then the Civil Division. She judged on this court until she was appointed to the Court of Appeals.

External links

• Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals website