How do judges of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals / Joined 2012 / Active

Brian Jack Goree

Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals

Brian Jack Goree is a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, serving since 2012. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2012 · 14 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2012	Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Goree authored 49 published opinions for the court (2012–2019), plus 1 dissent and 2 concurrences. Most cited: Cosper v. Farmers Insurance Co. (19 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 52 of these were attributed to Goree by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2013	Cosper v. Farmers Insurance Co.†	309 P.3d 147	19
2015	Graves v. Johnson†	359 P.3d 1151	15
2016	WILJO INTERIORS, INC. v. RIALS†	394 P.3d 327	9
2013	Taylor v. State†	308 P.3d 183	9
2015	In re the Marriage of King†	371 P.3d 1139	8
2015	ESTENSON LOGISTICS v. HOPSON†	2015 OK CIV APP 71	6
2014	BURGGRAF SERVICES, INC. v. H2O SOLUTIONS†	2014 OK CIV APP 88	6
2013	Pope v. Fulton†	310 P.3d 1110	5
2015	Steed v. Bain-Holloway†	356 P.3d 62	4
2013	IN THE MATTER OF A.F.K.†	317 P.3d 221	4
2014	ADUDDELL LINCOLN PLAZA HOTEL v. CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S OF LONDON†	348 P.3d 216	3
2014	BURGIN v. LEACH†	320 P.3d 33	3
2016	Howard Ex Rel. Payne v. Grady County Criminal Justice Authority· Concurrence†	394 P.3d 299	2
2015	MARCHANT v. HEARTLAND PARTS AND SERVICES, INC.†	348 P.3d 225	2
2014	ONEWEST BANK, F.S.B. v. JACOBS†	2014 OK CIV APP 72	2

Showing the 15 most-cited of 52 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court is Brian Jack Goree on?: Brian Jack Goree is a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.

Sources

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14 years on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).