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MICHAEL W. MITCHEL
graduated from
Perryton High School, Perryton, Texas. He received his B.S.
degree from Northwestern Oklahoma State University and his Juris
Doctorate degree from the University of Oklahoma School of Law.
Mr. Mitchel is a Senior Partner in the law firm of Mitchel,
Gaston, Riffel & Riffel, P.L.L.C and has practiced law in
Northwestern Oklahoma for thirty-five years. The firm has
offices in Alva, Woodward, Fairview and Enid. Mr. Mitchel is a
member of the Woodward County Bar Association, Oklahoma
Association for Justice, Association of Trial Lawyers of
America, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers,
Woodward Chamber of Commerce, 101 Classic Bowl Foundation and
the Woodward Industrial Foundation. He is a member of the
Oklahoma Bar Foundation where he served on the Board of Trustees
and the Oklahoma Bar Association where he served as
Vice-President and on the Board of Governors of the OBA. The
OBA awarded him the Outstanding Young Lawyer Award in 1981. He
has served on numerous OBA committees and has been a guest
lecturer for its Continuing Legal Education seminars. Mr.
Mitchel has also served on the Oklahoma State Board of
Vocational and Technical Education for two (2) terms and the
State Board of Education for one term and additional term of two
(2) years prior to his appointment to the Board of Regents. He
received the Oklahoma Vocational Association Distinguished
Service Award. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees of
the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Foundation. He and
his wife, Connie, have three children and live in Alva,
Oklahoma. He enjoys sports, golf and his hobby of sports
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