Gregory Blackwell
2021 - Present
2029
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Gregory Blackwell is a judge for District 3 Office 1 of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. He assumed office on August 9, 2021. His current term ends on January 7, 2029.
Blackwell ran for re-election for the District 3 Office 1 judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. He won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.
Blackwell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Blackwell was appointed by Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) on July 21, 2021, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of P. Thomas Thornbrugh.[1]
Education
Blackwell received his undergraduate education from the University of Oklahoma and his J.D. from the Oklahoma University Law School.[1]
Career
Blackwell's professional experience has included serving as a federal judicial clerk to Judge Michael Mihm of the Central District of Illinois, as well as working for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Oklahoma intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals District 3 Office 1
Gregory Blackwell was retained to District 3 Office 1 of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals on November 8, 2022 with 65.1% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
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| ✔ | Yes |
65.1
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662,686 | ||
No |
34.9
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355,364 | |||
Total Votes |
1,018,050 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gregory Blackwell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Blackwell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1999 with a B.A. in Letters and a minor in Linguistics. I received my law degree from the University of Oklahoma, graduating with honors in 2004. Immediately upon graduation, I served a one-year federal clerkship with the Honorable Michael Mihm in the Central District of Illinois. From there, I joined the United States Department of Justice as a trial attorney in Washington, D.C., where I defended the United States and numerous federal agencies in complex environmental litigation.
In 2008, I returned to Oklahoma and worked in the land department of a local oil and gas company and then as head of appellate litigation at a mid-sized law firm in the Oklahoma City metro. Immediately prior to my appointment, I was honored to serve on the staff of Judge Bay Mitchell, who sits on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals in Oklahoma City.
More than twenty-two years ago, I realized my greatest achievement, marrying the love of my life (and my high school sweetheart), Joanna. Together, we are raising two delightful children, James and Penelope.- I believe in transparency in government. Citizens should have easy access to relevant information about all candidates for public office. To that end, I have created the following website where all voters can easily access my opinions online: https://judgeGCB.com/Opinions.html
- Judicial independence is one of the pillars of our government and our society. I will never allow anything other than a fair application of the relevant law to the particular facts of a case to determine my vote.
- I believe I have just the right toolset to be a great appellate judge. I am fiercely independent, intelligent, and deliberative.
However, I will say that I believe the judiciary's role in our government is purposefully limited. Duly enacted laws, absent constitutional infirmity, must be enforced as written and not created or expanded by the judiciary. When judges at any level step away from their role of interpreting the law and find themselves making law, they have abdicated their role as judges. I can say with absolute confidence that, if retained, I will continue to faithfully and strictly apply the laws of this State, bound only by the prior interpretation of those laws by higher courts.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals District 3 Office 1 |
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Footnotes
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Federal courts:
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Oklahoma, Northern District of Oklahoma, Western District of Oklahoma • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Oklahoma, Northern District of Oklahoma, Western District of Oklahoma
State courts:
Oklahoma Supreme Court • Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals • Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals • Oklahoma District Courts • Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims
State resources:
Courts in Oklahoma • Oklahoma judicial elections • Judicial selection in Oklahoma
