Marthanda J. Beckworth earned a B.A., with honors, from Northeastern Oklahoma State University and a J.D., with honors, from the University of Tulsa College of Law. While in law school she was an Ungerman Scholar, she was named to the Order of the Curule Chair and the Tulsa Law Journal, and she was recipient of the Travis I. Milsten Award for Decedent’s Estates and Trusts. She is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa College of Law. She was admitted to the bar in Oklahoma in 1983 and served for six years as Law Clerk of Judge William W. Means at the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. Ms. Beckworth practices in the areas of civil rights and employment law as well as medical and legal malpractice defense, with an emphasis on appellate advocacy.

Areas of Practice:

Bar Admissions & Professional Licenses:

• Oklahoma, 1983
• U. S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma
• U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma
• U. S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
• U. S. Supreme Court

Education:

• University of Tulsa College of Law
  J.D., with honors, 1983
• Northeastern Oklahoma State University
  B. A., with honors, 1971

Honors and Awards:

• Order of the Curule Chair
• Ungerman Scholar
• Recipient, Travis I. Milsten Award for Decedent’s Estates & Trusts, 1980-83

Professional Experience:

• Law Clerk for Judge William W. Means, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, 1983-89
• Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Tulsa, 1985 – present

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Tulsa County Bar Association, Professional Responsibility Committee
• Oklahoma Bar Association, Legal Ethics Committee, 2001-2003; Legal Assistant
• Services Committee
• American Bar Association

Classes and Seminars Taught:

Appellate Advocacy, Professional Responsibility, Conflict of Laws, University of Tulsa College of Law