Robert Donald Gifford II

Winner of the 2025 Clarence Darrow Award and named one of the 50 Most Influential People in Oklahoma, Mr. Gifford is the Founder of GIFFORD LAW, P.L.L.C. in Oklahoma City. A former federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, a tribal court judge, a former state prosecutor, and former Army JAG defense counsel, prosecutor, and Staff Judge Advocate with a nationwide practice specialty in complex litigation in White Collar/Criminal Defense (including Pardons and Commutations), Civil Rights, Family Law, Native American Law, Military Law, and Government Contracting. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for the ACLU; the Board of Directors for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; Board of Directors for the Oklahoma County Bar Association; and Trustee for the Oklahoma County Law Library.Mr. Gifford has also previously served as is the Chair of the Oklahoma Bar Association's Criminal Law Section, and formerly served on the state bar's Board of Governors and as the Chair of the Military & Veteran's Law Section. Mr. Gifford is a tribal member of the Cherokee Nation, also serves as a tribal court judge for five Native American tribes, Special Judge for the City of Oklahoma City, and a retired Colonel from the Army Reserves with over 23 years of active and reserve service, a former Editor on the American Indian Law Review, and has served as an adjunct law professor at three law schools teaching Trial Practice, Military Law, Indian Gaming, & National Security Law.