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Lay, R. Thomas was born on November 4, 1948 in Nowata, Oklahoma, United States.
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R. Thomas Lay
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Oklahoma State University (Bachelor of Science, 1970). Oklahoma City University School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1973).
Career
State of Oklahoma and State of Texas v. State of New Mexico, United States. Supreme Court, Number. 109, Original (1990); Ricks Exploration v. Oklahoma Water Resources Board, 695 P. 2d 498, Oklahoma Supreme Court, 1984; Oklahoma Water Resources Board v. Texas County Irr. and Water Resources Association Incorporated., 711 P. 2d 38, Oklahoma Supreme Court, 1984; Reherman v. Oklahoma Water Resources Board, 679 P. 2d 1296, Oklahoma Supreme Court, 1984; Field v. Oklahoma Water Resources Board, 645 P. 2d 511, Oklahoma Supreme Court, 1982; Oklahoma and Texas v. New Mexico, 107 South.Ct. 2279, 482 United States. 124, 96 L.Ed.2d 105 (1987).Worked at Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, A Professional Corporation (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) specializing in Environmental Law, Water Law, Administrative Law, General Civil Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1973, Oklahoma and United States. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma.
1985, United States.
Supreme Court. Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award. Author: "Beneficial Use Requirements of Appropriative Water Right and Loss of Rights due to Nonuse," 37 Oklahoma
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67 (1984); "Dam Failures, Common and Emerging Theories of Liability," 43 Oklahoma L. Review 103 (1990). Adjunct Professor, Oklahoma State University, Environmental Law, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1991. Assistant Municipal Counselor, Oklahoma City, 1973-1976.
Assistant Attorney General, Oklahoma, 1976-1979.
General Counsel, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, 1979-1985. Member: Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations.
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Member: Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations.
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American