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 1990 / Served to 2009

Glenn D. Adams

Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals

Glenn D. Adams was a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, who joined the court in 1990. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1990–2009 · 19 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1990	Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Adams authored 272 published opinions for the court (1990–2009), plus 10 dissents and 17 concurrences. Most cited: Williams v. Shearson Lehman Bros., Inc. (29 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. 175 of these were attributed to Adams 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
1995	Williams v. Shearson Lehman Bros., Inc.	917 P.2d 998	29
1990	Johnson v. Nasca	802 P.2d 1294	25
1991	Archer v. Archer	813 P.2d 1059	23
2005	Duensing v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.	2006 OK CIV APP 15	22
2006	In Re Adoption of R.L.A.†	147 P.3d 306	21
1994	Wallace v. Sherwood Const. Co., Inc.	877 P.2d 632	18
2002	Mueggenborg v. Ellis· Concurrence†	2002 OK CIV APP 88	16
1992	Lummus Construction v. Vancourt	838 P.2d 43	16
1999	F.B. v. State†	990 P.2d 309	14
1994	Drake v. Wal-Mart, Inc.	876 P.2d 738	14
1999	Brashears v. Sight 'N Sound Appliance Centers, Inc.	1999 OK CIV APP 52	13
1995	Kulscar v. Kulscar	896 P.2d 1206	13
2008	In Re JS	2008 OK CIV APP 15	12
2001	Dorn v. Heritage Trust Co.	2001 OK CIV APP 64	12
1998	Atchley v. Hewes	1998 OK CIV APP 143	12

Showing the 15 most-cited of 299 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 was Glenn D. Adams on?: Glenn D. Adams was a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.

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19 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).