(405) 354-6000
LEGAL RESOURCES
BILL JAMES
EXPERIENCE:
1982 - present Private Practice Yukon, Oklahoma
1992 - 2015 Indigent Defender Canadian; Blaine;
Kingfisher Counties
1982 - 1992 Chief Public Defender Canadian County
1976 - 1982 First Asst. District Atty Canadian County
1975 - 1976 Asst. Public Defender Oklahoma County
1974 - 1975 Asst. Attorney General State of Oklahoma
Criminal Division
1973 - 1974 Private Practice Oklahoma City, OK
Spring 1973 Legal Intern - Clerk with
U.S. Attorney's Office Western District of
Oklahoma
Fall 1972 Legal Intern with Legal
Aid Society Cleveland County, OK
1969 - 1971 Lt., J.G. United States Navy
EDUCATION
Northwest Classen High School - 1964
Bachelor of Business Administration - 1968
Juris Doctorate - OU College of Law - 1973

W. MARK HIXSON
Attorney at Law
Born and raised in Oklahoma, Mr. Hixson has been an attorney for more than 25 years. He started out interning in the Canadian County District Attorney's Office and then went into private practice in Yukon where he remains. He, too, was an Indigent Defender for Canadian, Blaine and Kingfisher Counties. Mr. Hixson's practice is primarily focused on Family, Juvenile, Adoption and Criminal Law. Mr. Hixson was Oklahoma's Outstanding Young Lawyer in 1998 and is licensed in all Oklahoma Courts.
EDUCATION
Bishop McGuinness High School - 1985
Bachelor of Arts - 1989
Juris Doctorate - OU College of Law - 1992
HEATHER M. WINKLER
Paralegal
Heather was also born and raised in Oklahoma, and she has been a Paralegal for most of her more than 22 years experience in the legal field. While in college, she began working for Bill James in 1988 and left for the corporate world in 1998. Though she has worked for other attorneys in Oklahoma City, she was very happy to come back and work with Mr. James and Mr. Hixson. She returned to our office in 2010.
EDUCATION
Putnam City West High School - 1987
Bachelor of Arts and Sciences - 1999
Certified Paralegal - 2006