Sharon Holmes
Sharon Holmes is a judge of the Oklahoma Judicial District 14.[1] She is the first black woman judge elected to Tulsa County.[2] Her current term ends in 2026.
Career
[edit]Holmes worked for the Tulsa County District Attorney's office as an assistant district attorney and later "ventured into private practice". She was sworn in as a judge on 12 January 2015 after running against Blake Shipley.[3][4] She replaced retired district judge Jesse Harris.[5] She retained her seat in 2018 by capturing 78.12 percent of the 8001 votes cast.[6]
Holmes supported the Biden nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, for the Supreme Court, the first Black woman to serve on the court.[7]
Holmes was also the first judge in Tulsa to hear an Oklahoma Survivors Act retroactive relief case (for resentencing) in Tulsa County.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Holmes has a bachelor’s degree on an ROTC scholarship and spent six years in the Air Force. She attended Oklahoma City University. She is a mother.[9] In 2019, she was hospitalized after being stabbed by her daughter.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Criminal Division". www.tulsacountydistrictcourt.org. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ↑ On 6, News. "Tulsa County Judge Reacts To First Black Woman Nominated To SCOTUS". www.newson6.com. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Cuomo, Lindsay (2015-04-23). "Oklahoma Magazine". Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ↑ "Blake Shipley". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ↑ Correspondent, Ralph Schaefer TBLN (2015-09-23). "Judge Sharon Holmes: New job means new experiences". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ Jones, Fred (2018-11-08). "District Judge Sharon Holmes Retains Her Post". The Oklahoma Eagle. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ↑ On 6, News. "Tulsa County Judge Reacts To First Black Woman Nominated To SCOTUS". www.newson6.com. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Boblitt, Zach (2025-07-23). "Tulsa County holds first resentencing hearing under Oklahoma Survivor's Act". Public Radio Tulsa. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
- ↑ Cuomo, Lindsay (2015-04-23). "Oklahoma Magazine". Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ↑ "Oklahoma judge stabbed in the leg, daughter is charged". AP News. 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ↑ Frontier, Dylan Goforth | The (2019-03-21). "Police videos show confusion in wake of alleged stabbing of Tulsa district court judge". Enidnews.com. Retrieved 2025-06-04.