News from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission

Matt Skinner, Public Information Officer

Phone: (405) 521-4180, FAX: (405) 522-1623,  www.occ.state.ok.us

 

February 27, 2002

 

 

PROMINENT OKLAHOMA ATTORNEY NAMED TO GENERAL COUNSEL’S POST

 

(Oklahoma City) Oklahoma City attorney R. Clark Musser has accepted the position of General Counsel to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.

 

Commission General Administrator Larry Shaver said it was a “stroke of good fortune” that led to Mr. Musser’s accepting the General Counsel’s position.

 

“We were very fortunate to have the position open at a time when Mr. Musser was looking to shift gears in what has been a very successful law career,” said Shaver. “Mr. Musser was considering public service, which is what the General Counsel’s job is all about.”

 

A noted oil and gas attorney and past President of the Oklahoma County Bar Association, R. Clark Musser has been the recipient of many honors over his 32 year career.  They include Oklahoma Bar Association awards for meritorious service, as well as outstanding writing and teaching. The University of Oklahoma College of Law bestowed the Eugene Kuntz Award on Mr. Musser for his contributions to natural resources law and policy.

 

An adjunct professor of oil and gas law at OU’s Colleges of Engineering and Business for 20 years (1979-1999), Mr. Musser has served as chairman of the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Ethics Committee, and is currently a member of the Association’s Diversity Committee. He is an Oklahoma Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, past President of the Oklahoma City Real Property Lawyers Association, past President of the William J. Holloway, Jr. American Inn of Court, and a member of the honorary legal fraternity, the Order of the Coif.

 

An Oklahoma City native, Mr. Musser was Director and President of the law firm of Musser & Bunch. He is presently Of Counsel to the Oklahoma City law firm of Mullins, Hirsch & Parrish. He will assume the General Counsel position on March 25, 2002.

 

 

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NOTE TO PRINT EDITORS: A JPEG FILE PHOTO OF MR. MUSSER IS ATTACHED FOR YOUR USE.

 

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