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 2005 / Active

Robert D. Bell

Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals

Robert D. Bell is a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, serving since 2005. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2005 · 21 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2005	Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Bell authored 104 published opinions for the court (2005–2018), plus 2 dissents and 5 concurrences. Most cited: Edwards v. Ardent Health Services, L.L.C. (9 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. 63 of these were attributed to Bell 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
2010	Edwards v. Ardent Health Services, L.L.C.· Concurrence†	2010 OK CIV APP 113	9
2005	Savage v. Burton	2005 OK CIV APP 106	9
2015	In re the Marriage of King· Dissent†	371 P.3d 1139	8
2012	Leding v. Furr†	287 P.3d 394	7
2011	Gregory v. Gregory	2011 OK CIV APP 89	7
2009	Carts & Parts, Inc. v. Rosales†	225 P.3d 1	7
2006	Alternative Medicine of Tulsa, Inc. v. Cates	2006 OK CIV APP 65	7
2005	Stroud National Bank v. Owens†	134 P.3d 870	7
2015	WILSON v. FRANEK†	2015 OK CIV APP 67	6
2010	Hudson v. Fisher· Concurrence†	2010 OK CIV APP 69	6
2007	Tull v. Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety	2008 OK CIV APP 10	6
2007	Horn v. Horn	2007 OK CIV APP 114	6
2005	Eimen v. Eimen	2006 OK CIV APP 23	6
2005	Richard v. OU PHYSICIANS· Concurrence†	2005 OK CIV APP 108	6
2011	Siemens Financial Services, Inc. v. MTG Guarnieri Manufacturing, Inc.†	269 P.3d 36	5

Showing the 15 most-cited of 111 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 Robert D. Bell on?: Robert D. Bell is a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.

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21 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).