Background
Frizzell, Gregory Kent was born on December 13, 1956 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of D. Kent and Shirley Elaine (Piatt) Frizzell.
Frizzell, Gregory Kent was born on December 13, 1956 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of D. Kent and Shirley Elaine (Piatt) Frizzell.
University of Virginia. University of Tulsa (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1981). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1984).
Omicron Delta Kappa.
Phi Alpha Theta. Member, Mortar Board. Law Clerk to the Honorable Thomas R. Brett, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma, 1986.
Born in Wichita, Kansas, Frizzell received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Tulsa in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 1984. He was a law clerk, Honorary Thomas R. Brett, United States. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma from 1984 to 1986, thereafter entering private practice in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1986 to 1995, and then serving as general counsel to the Oklahoma Tax Commission from 1995 to 1997.
He was a District judge, 14th Judicial District, State of Oklahoma from 1997 to 2007.
On January 9, 2007, Frizzell was nominated by President George West. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma vacated by Sven East. Holmes. Frizzell was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 1, 2007, and received his commission on February 2, 2007.
He was elevated to Chief Judge on March 14, 2012.
Counsel board directors Tulsa Speech and Hearing Association, 1987-1995, president, 1994-1995. Member Oklahoma Bar Association (young lawyers representative to client security fund com.1990-1992), American Inns of Court, Rotary.
Married Kelly Susan Nash, March 9, 1991. Children: Benjamin Newcomb, Hannah Kirsten, Robert Nash, David Gregory, Elizabeth Piatt, Jubilee Kathryn.