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Published on: 10/11/2008
Last Visited: 10/23/2008
Sheila J. Sewell currently serves as chief deputy court clerk for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
She has a long and distinguished legal career dedicated to public service.
Ms. Sewell first served as an assistant district attorney in Comanche County and then as an assistant city attorney in Lawton.
She previously served as general counsel to the Pardon and Parole Board and as assistant general counsel for the Oklahoma City Public Schools.
For many years, Ms. Sewell was the deputy director of the Administrative Office of the Courts and also served as administrative secretary for the Council on Judicial Complaints.
She later assumed the position of trial court administrator for Oklahoma County District Court.
She has served on numerous committees including the Public Defender Committee and Administration of Justice.
She was a charter fellow of the Young Lawyers Division, is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Foundation and was the co-founder of the OBA Attorney Art Show.
Her community activities include serving as president of the Little Theatre Board, member of the Lyric Academy Parents Support Board and as technical crew or prop mistress for eight (and four upcoming) community theater productions.