Background
Forsyth, John Emery was born on November 26, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John Smith and Geraldine (Mihalek) Forsyth.
Forsyth, John Emery was born on November 26, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John Smith and Geraldine (Mihalek) Forsyth.
Regis College; Creighton University (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 1976). University of Oklahoma (Juris Doctor, 1978). Phi Alpha Delta. Editor, Oklahoma Law Review, 1977-1978.
Worked at Forsyth & Sexton, A Professional Association (Cushing, Oklahoma) specializing in Civil and Commercial Trial Practice, Banking, Corporations, Oil and Gas, Probate and Real Estate. Admitted to the bar, 1978, Oklahoma. 1982, United States. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma.
1984, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma. 1985, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma. Phi Alpha Delta. Editor, Oklahoma Law Review, 1977-1978.
Assistant District Attorney, Payne County, Oklahoma, 1979-1981.
Member, 1979-1984, 1990 and Chairman, 1982-1984, Cushing City Planning Commission. Member, 1984-1987; 1993.
Chairman, 1985-1987, Cushing City Commission. Chairman, Cushing Hospital Authority, 1985-1987.
Member: Payne County (President, 1994) and Oklahoma Bar Associations.
Commissioner Cushing Planning Commission, 1979-1984, 90-, chairman 1982-1984. Commissioner Cushing City Commission, 1984-1987, chairman, 1985-1987. Chairman Cushing Hospital Authority, 1985-1987.
Member American Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, Payne County Bar Association, Cushing Chamber of Commerce, Cushing Junior Chamber of Commerce, Lions.
Married Mary Lynn Gilliam, January 11, 1975. 1 child, Bonnie Lynn.