Background
Fears, Joe M. was born on August 23, 1955 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States.
Fears, Joe M. was born on August 23, 1955 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States.
Westark Community College and Northeastern Oklahoma State University (Bachelor of Science, 1977). Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1980).
Worked at Barber & Bartz, A Professional Corporation (Tulsa, Oklahoma) specializing in Civil Litigation, Appellate Practice, Indian Law, Products Liability. Admitted to the bar, 1980, Oklahoma. 1981, United States. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma and United States.
Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
1983, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Adjunct Professor University of Tulsa School of Law, 1993, 1996.
Member: Tulsa County and Oklahoma Bar Associations. Cherokee Nation Bar Association.
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Bar Association.
Tulsa County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations. Christian Legal Society. National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel.
Litigation, Railroad Law and Appellate Practice.