Linda Morrissey

Linda Morrissey
Born	(1953-03-27)March 27, 1953 Washington D.C.
Alma mater	Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma College of Law
Occupation	Tulsa County District Judge
Spouse(s)	John Nicks

Linda Morrissey is a Tulsa County district judge. During her time as a judge, Morrissey has influenced the addition of the first courtroom in Tulsa County that dealt strictly with child support, as well as the Families in Transition Plan that removes disputing families from the courtroom and gives them an audience with mediators. In 2003, among other awards, Morrissey was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame for her contributions to the Tulsa County judicial system.

Early life

Linda Morrissey was born in Washington D.C. on March 27, 1953. When she was only a year old, her family moved to Oklahoma and she spent the majority of her childhood on her grandmother's farm in Haskell, Oklahoma. Morrissey graduated from high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After high school, Morrissey attended Oklahoma State University where she earned a bachelor's degree in teaching and a master's in counseling in 1977. While working on her master's at OSU, Morrissey served on the Academic Appeals Board, an opportunity from which she decided to pursue a career in law rather than teaching. Immediately after, she went to the University of Oklahoma where she earned her Juris doctorate in 1980.^[1]

Career

Toward the beginning of 1981, Morrissey went to work as a lawyer for City Service Oil Company. For about ten years, Morrissey worked as an oil an gas lawyer. She later went to work for the Resolution Trust Corporation. When they closed their Tulsa office, Morrissey went to work at the Court of Civil Appeals. She worked as a staff attorney for justice Paul Boudreaux. After she worked for the Court of Civil Appeals for three years, Morrissey applied for a position on the district court as a special judge. In 1995, Morrissey was selected as a special judge and has been on the bench ever since.^[2] In this position Morrissey presides over the Felony Criminal Docket, a Drug Court Docket, a Mental Health Docket, a Domestic Violence Docket, and the Child Support Enforcement Docket. During her time as a judge, Morrissey has influenced the addition of the first courtroom in Tulsa County that dealt strictly with child support, as well as the Families in Transition Plan that removes disputing families from the courtroom and gives them an audience with mediators.^[3]

Awards

For all of her work in the Tulsa County judicial system, Morrissey has been recognized with many awards, including:

Judge of the Year by the National Child Support Enforcement Association (1997)
Pinnacle Award for public service (1997)
"A Rising Star" by Tulsa People (1997)
President's Award from the Tulsa County Bar Association (1998)
Newsmaker Award Recipient (1999)
Inductee in the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame (2003)^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Nykolaiszyn, Juliana (May 15, 2009). "Oral history interview with Linda Morrissey". Inductees of the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame Oral History Project. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
↑ "Civil Division". Tulsa County District Court. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
↑ "Linda G. Morrissey". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
↑ "2003 Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame". Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
↑ "Ceremony to honor accomplishments of state inductees". The Oklahoman. March 23, 2003. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

External links

Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame

1980–1989

1982	Hannah Diggs Atkins Kate Barnard June Brooks Gloria Stewart Farley Aloysius Larch-Miller Susan Ryan Peters Christine Salmon Edyth Thomas Wallace

1983	Zelia N. Breaux Kate Frank Leona Mitchell Jean Pitts Juanita Stout Alma Wilson

1984	Angie Debo Jeane Duane Kirkpatrick Jewell Russell Mann Zella J. Patterson

1985	Mae Boren Axton June Tompkins Benson Pam Olson Betty Durham Price Bertha Frank Teague

1986	Sara Ruth Cohen Vinita Cravens Rubye Hibler Hall Elizabeth Ann McCurdy Holmes Grace Elizabeth Hudlin Wilma P. Mankiller Edna Mae Phelps Evelyn La Rue Pittman

1990–1999

1993	Marie Cox Anita Faye Hill Moscelyne Larkin Jasinski Jacqulyn C. Longacre Shannon Lucid Clara Luper Opaline Deveraux Wadkins Pat Woodrum

1995	Nancy Goodman Feldman Barbara J. Gardner Ruthe Blalock Jones Mona Salyer Lambird Gloria Grace Langdon Bernice Compton Mitchell Donna Nigh

1996	Betty Boyd Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher Lela Foreman Sandy Ingraham Lorena Males Bernice Shedrick Valree Fletcher Wynn

1997	Isabel Keith Baker Jessie Thatcher Bost Norman Eagleton Kay Goebel Ruth Gilliland Kistler Hardaman Beverly Horse Mazola McKerson Penny Baldwin Williams

2000–2009

2001	Jari Askins Shirley Bellmon Dorothy Moses DeWitty Sandy Garrett Lynn Jones Yvonne Kauger Jill Zink Tarbel Dana Tiger

2003	Esther Houser Vicki Miles-LaGrange Linda Morrissey Lynn Schusterman Donna Shirley

2005	Wanda L. Bass Nancy L. Coats Mary Fallin Amelia Elizabeth "Bessie" Simison McColgin Jeanine Rhea Stephanie Kulp Seymour

2007	Sherri Coale Ginny Creveling Joe Anna Hibler Maxine Horner Kay Martin Terry Neese Claudia Tarrington Carolyn Taylor Della Warrior

2009	Rita Aragon Suzanne Edmondson Edna Hennessee Kim Henry Marabeau Looney M. Susan Savage Carolyn Whitener

2010–2019

2011	Laura Boyd Chloe Brown Joy Culbreath Marcia Mitchell Ardina Moore Cynthia Ross Kathy Taylor Helen Harrod Thompson

2013	Ida Blackburn Elaine Dodd Lou Kerr Terri Watkins Nancy Miller Linda Haneborg

2015	LaDonna Harris Mary Mélon Marion Paden Thelma Parks Ramona Paul Patty Roloff Avis Scaramucci

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