Tristan Loveless, NonDoc
In a five-minute announcement today that included no opportunity for questions from the press, Gov. Kevin Stitt announced the appointment of Panhandle native Travis Jett to the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
“I am deeply humbled to be in front of you today. Growing up on a ranch near Slapout in the Oklahoma Panhandle, I don’t think I would have believed that I would be honored with this high responsibility. But here’s what I do know. I know that the lessons I learned 190 miles northwest of here — things like honesty, integrity, humility, fairness — that’s what will guide my tenure on our state Supreme Court.”
A Georgetown law graduate, Jett has worked at some of the state’s most prominent law firms, including GableGotwals, Fellers Snider, Crowe & Dunleavy, and the Hodgden Law Firm. He was one of three candidates, alongside district court Judges Donna Dirickson and John Parsley, advanced from a field of 13 candidates by the Judicial Nominating Commission, a 15-member panel that vets applicants for judicial vacancies.
“I considered the nominees very carefully. My first priority is to appoint individuals who will stay true to the Oklahoma and the United States Constitution, and who will uphold the rule of law,” Stitt said. “He is a man of integrity, wisdom. He is well respected in the legal community and the agriculture community. He has spent his life and career serving Oklahoma through [Future Farmers of America] and his legal practice. And I’ve also learned, he is an absolute legend in the FFA community. He was not only the state president, but also the national president of the FFA.”
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