Barrera, Patricio T.D.

James Barnett has been in the private practice of law in the Oklahoma City area since 1991, previously serving more than 13 years as Executive Director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. His practice areas include water, environmental, administrative and natural resources law.

Jim obtained a bachelor’s degree in government from the University of Oklahoma in 1964 and graduated from the OU College of Law in 1967. He was Chief of Law Reform at the Legal Aid Society of Oklahoma County, Inc., following service in the Military Intelligence Branch of the U. S. Army, where he achieved the rank of First Lieutenant. He later served as an Oklahoma Assistant Attorney General from 1972-1977.

Jim serves on the Water Resources Advisory Board to the Oklahoma Water Resources Research Institute and is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA) Environmental Law and Government/Administrative Law sections, and the Oklahoma County Bar Association. He is also a member of the Natural Resources and Environment Section’s Water Resources Committee of the American Bar Association.