OKLAHOMA CITY – Tom Colbert has been sworn in as the first African-American chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
The Tulsa World reports (http://bit.ly/VoBcOh ) Colbert was sworn in Friday.
Former Gov. Brad Henry appointed Colbert to the state Supreme Court in 2004.
Colbert is the first African-American to serve on the state’s nine-member high court.
He served on the state Court of Civil Appeals prior to his service on the Supreme Court.
Colbert earned a law degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1982. He was an assistant district attorney from 1984 until 1986 in Oklahoma County. He had a private law practice from 1986 until 2000 in Oklahoma City.
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