OKLAHOMA VOICE: A Growing Lack of Attorneys in Rural Oklahoma Counties Is Creating Access Disparities

OKLAHOMA VOICE: A growing lack of attorneys in rural Oklahoma counties is creating access disparities

OKLAHOMA CITY — After earning his graduate law degree from New York University, Brent Howard accepted a job in Oklahoma City.

A growing lack of attorneys in rural Oklahoma counties is creating access disparities

OKLAHOMA CITY — After earning his graduate law degree from New York University, Brent Howard accepted a job in Oklahoma City.

A growing lack of attorneys in rural Oklahoma counties is creating access disparities • Oklahoma Voice

Oklahoma Supreme Court Vice Chief Justice Dana Kuehn and Justice M. John Kane IV speak July 10, 2025, to the Stillwater Frontier Rotary Club. (Photo by Barbara Hoberock/Oklahoma Voice)OKLAHOMA CITY — After earning his graduate law degree from New York University, Brent Howard accepted a job in Oklahoma City. But he quickly decided the long hours that came with practicing law in a metropolitan area wasn’t for him, and moved back to his hometown o…