Background
Brune, Kenneth Leonard was born on August 23, 1945 in Fort Madison, Iowa, United States. Son of Bernard John and Colette Mary (Steffensmeier) Brune.
Brune, Kenneth Leonard was born on August 23, 1945 in Fort Madison, Iowa, United States. Son of Bernard John and Colette Mary (Steffensmeier) Brune.
St. Ambrose College (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). University of Iowa (Master of Arts, 1972). University of Tulsa (Juris Doctor, 1977.
Assistant District Attorney, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, 1977. Special District Judge, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, 1978-1979.
Law clerk United States District Court (northern district) Oklahoma, Tulsa, 1975—1977. Assistant district attorney Tulsa County, Oklahoma, 1977—1978, judge district court, 1978—1979. Associate Holliman, Langholz, Runnels & Dorwart, Tulsa, 1980—1981, partner, since 1981.
General counsel Make Today Count, Tulsa, 1979—1983, Oklahoma Oncology Nursing Society, Tulsa, 1980—1983. Chairman board Legal Services Eastern Oklahoma, 1981, board member, since 1980. Judge temporary court appeals Oklahoma Supreme Court, Tulsa, 1981.
Assistant professor University Tulsa Law School, 1984. Division chairman United Way, Tulsa, 1980—1983. Served to 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1969-1971, Vietnam.
Bar: Iowa 1975, Oklahoma 1975, United States District Court (western and northern district) Oklahoma 1976, United States Court Appeals (10th circuit) 1976, United States Supreme Court 1980.
"Recent Development: Viability Prerequisites in Action for Injuries Sustained by Fetus," Tulsa Law Journal, Volume 10, No. 1, 1974
"Guest Statue: Unconstitutuional as Denial of Equal Protection," Tulsa Law Journal, Volume 10, No. 3, 1975. President, Board of Directors, Legal Services of Eastern Oklahoma, 1985-1986.
Member of Tulsa County Bar Association (speakers committee member 1980-1983), Oklahoma Bar Association, Delta Epsilon Sigma.
Married Judith Ann Sears Brune, October 17, 1970. Children: James Bernard, Adrian Margaret, Sarah Anne.