Chris D. Jones will serve a three-year term on the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Board of Governors starting January 2026. He will be part of the OBA’s 17-member Board of Governors, which meets monthly and governs the association.
He will represent Supreme Court Judicial District 2, which consists of Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Haskell, Johnston, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, McIntosh, Marshall, Pittsburg, Pushmataha and Sequoyah counties.
Jones was raised in Bryan County. He graduated from Calera Public Schools and attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University, earning a bachelor’s degree in mathematics education. He then obtained an MBA from the University of Central Oklahoma. After graduating cum laude from the OCU School of Law, he threw out a shingle in Durant, where he is currently a solo practitioner. He is admitted to practice in the federal courts of the Eastern, Western and Northern districts of Oklahoma. Jones, his wife, Leann, and their two young children run a cattle ranch in Bryan County.
New officers and Board of Governors members will take office Jan. 1. They will officially be sworn into office Jan. 16. OBA leadership roles are voluntary positions in which lawyers serve while continuing to practice law. The 19,000-member Oklahoma Bar Association, headquartered in Oklahoma City, was created by the Oklahoma Supreme Court to advance the administration of justice and to foster and maintain learning, integrity, competence, public service and high standards of conduct among Oklaho- ma’s legal community.
