Michael Minnis graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism in 1966 and subsequently received his Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma School of Law in 1969. For more than twenty-five years, his practice has concentrated in the areas of Media and First Amendment Law and Indian Law. Mr. Minnis is active in numerous community organizations and professional associations. He also served on active duty in the United States Marine Corps as Trial/Defense Counsel for the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the United States Air Force Reserve. He was appointed as Judge of the Court of Appeals Temporary Division No. 174 in 1982, and served as Chief Judge of the Town of Valleybrook 1982-1983. Mr. Minnis specializes in the areas of Media and First Amendment Law and Indian Law and has received an A-V Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating.
