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 2008 / Active

Deborah Browers Barnes

Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals

Deborah Browers Barnes is a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, serving since 2008. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2008 · 18 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2008	Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Barnes authored 91 published opinions for the court (2008–2019), plus 2 concurrences. Most cited: Brewer v. Murray (32 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. 58 of these were attributed to Barnes 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
2012	Brewer v. Murray· Concurrence†	292 P.3d 41	32
2010	MTG Guarnieri Manufacturing, Inc. v. Clouatre	2010 OK CIV APP 71	18
2009	WILBANKS SECURITIES, INC. v. McFarland	2010 OK CIV APP 17	15
2010	Dunbar Engineering Corp. v. Rhinosystems, Inc.	2010 OK CIV APP 49	14
2017	SWEETEN v. LAWSON†	2017 OK CIV APP 51	13
2012	Mullendore v. Mullendore· Concurrence†	288 P.3d 948	13
2009	Willbros USA, Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London	2009 OK CIV APP 90	12
2013	McClish v. Woodarts Inc. & /Or TTC Ilinois, Inc.†	324 P.3d 409	11
2011	McKIDDY v. ALARKON	2011 OK CIV APP 63	11
2017	Ford v. Tulsa Public Schools†	405 P.3d 142	10
2016	Grindstaff v. Oaks Owners' Ass'n†	386 P.3d 1035	10
2010	Amundsen v. Wright	2010 OK CIV APP 75	10
2017	STATE v. SHADE†	2017 OK CIV APP 68	9
2015	SPANE v. CENTRAL OKLAHOMA COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY†	346 P.3d 437	9
2013	First Bank & Trust v. Maynahonah†	313 P.3d 1044	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 93 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 Deborah Browers Barnes on?: Deborah Browers Barnes is a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.

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18 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).