Tulsa Attorney Blog 5 Posts Tagged 'Janice Steidley'


  • Audit: Rogers County DA Office Deleted Financial Records

    By James M. Wirth, Esq., June 28th, 2016

    State auditors cited two Oklahoma felony laws as criteria for a finding that the District Attorney’s Office in Rogers County deleted financial records. The audit also cites a misdemeanor provision of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, which forbids public officials from deleting public records.

  • Former Rogers County Commissioner Charged With 2011 Embezzlement

    By James M. Wirth, Esq., April 27th, 2015

    The former Rogers County Commissioner who filed a libel suit against critics over a petition that asked a grand jury to investigate embezzlement allegations has been charged with embezzlement. A Claremore detective who circulated the petition was among those who first investigated the embezzlement allegations — two years before the citizens’ petition sought a grand jury investigation.

  • Rogers County Commissioners Fire District Attorney

    By James M. Wirth, Esq., October 7th, 2014

    Janice Steidley may continue to represent Oklahoma in criminal matters but her office can no longer act as legal counsel for Rogers County. Why?

  • Grand Jury Calls for Standardized Oklahoma Giglio Policies

    By James M. Wirth, Esq., August 27th, 2014

    No Rogers County Officials Indicted An Oklahoma grand jury has recommended that the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office draft model policies to guide prosecutors’ handling of information that could assist criminal defendants. The recommendation was the most substantive result of a grand-jury investigation into alleged wrongdoing among Rogers County prosecutors and police. The clock ran out […]

  • Rogers County Cops and Courts Controversies Timeline

    By staff, July 29th, 2014

    Wirth Law Office compiled a timeline of Rogers County controversies that include allegations of lying by police, a grand jury investigation of the DA, public officials libel lawsuits against other officials and the local newspaper, and the landslide electoral defeat of the Rogers County District Attorney.