Noma D Gurich was born on September 26,1952 and is an American attorney and jurist who is serving as an associate justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
16 Facts About Noma Gurich
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Noma Gurich is the third woman in state history after Alma Wilson and Yvonne Kauger to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
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Noma Gurich received a bachelor's degree in political science in 1975 from Indiana State University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1978.
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Noma Gurich was a lawyer in private practice in Oklahoma City ten years later when Republican Governor Henry Bellmon appointed her a judge of the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court.
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Noma Gurich was reappointed for a second term to that court by Democratic Governor David Walters in 1994.
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Noma Gurich served as a Research Editor for the American Indian Law Review.
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Noma Gurich worked on campus as a student government associate, and as a member of the Student Legal Research Board.
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In 1976, Gurich served as a student assistant for the United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, working under acting US Attorney John E Green.
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Justice Noma Gurich has the distinction of receiving nominations to fill judicial vacancies by four separate Oklahoma Governors, with two of them being Republican and two being Democrats.
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In 1988, Noma Gurich was appointed to serve as a judge on the Workers' Compensation Court by Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon.
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Noma Gurich was re-appointed to the court for a six-year term by Oklahoma Governor David Walters.
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Noma Gurich remained in this position until being nominated to serve as judge in the District Court of Oklahoma County.
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Noma Gurich began her career as a district judge on July 1,1998.
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In 2010, after receiving the commission's recommendation, Noma Gurich was again nominated by the Oklahoma Judicial Nominating Commission to fill a vacancy in the Oklahoma Supreme Court, following the death of Justice Marian Opala on October 11,2010.
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Noma Gurich was sworn in on March 31,2011, to serve as the third woman on the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
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Justice Noma Gurich was sworn in by fellow justice, Yvonne Kauger.