Daniel J. Boudreau (born 1947), a native of Massachusetts and a graduate of the University of Tulsa College of Law, is an Oklahoma attorney who was a Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court from 1999 to 2004. After retiring from the Supreme Court, he now practices arbitration.
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Early life and educational background
Daniel J. Boudreau was born in Natick, Massachusetts on May 10, 1947. He received his higher education at Boston College (B.A., 1969); Rutgers University (M.S.W., 1972) and University of Tulsa College of Law (J.D., 1976).He was admitted to the Oklahoma bar in 1976.
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Judicial experience
Lower courts
In 1990, Governor George Nigh appointed Boudreau to the Tulsa County Trial Court, where he spent about two years. On March 18, 1992, Governor David Walters selected Boudreau to fill a vacancy on the Oklahoma Court of Appeals. Boudreau had spent the previous nine years as a District Judge in Tulsa, presiding over civil disputes.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Governor Frank Keating appointed Boudreau as a Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court on October 12, 1999, replacing retiring Justice Robert Simms, who had been the previous Chief Justice. On November 2, 1999, Boudreau was sworn in as Chief Justice by Justice Hardy Summers. The new Chief Justice's first official act was to swear in Jerry Goodman, Boudreau's replacement as vice chief justice on the Court of Civil Appeals.
As a Supreme Court Justice, Boudreau participated on the Appellate Division of the Oklahoma Court of the Judiciary, a separate constitutional court whose role was to address judicial misconduct issues.
Justice Boudreau sent a letter of resignation to Governor Brad Henry in July 2004, the resignation was effective on September 1, 2004. In the letter, Boudreau said that he had an opportunity to teach law at his alma mater, the University of Tulsa College of Law. He also told the governor that he was considering other opportunities in the area of alternative dispute resolution. At the time, Boudreau was presiding judge of the Sixth Judicial District, which covered Tulsa County.
Dispute resolution consulting
In 2005, Daniel Boudreau joined Dispute Resolution Consultants (DRC), where he remains at present. He had been specifically interested in this area before retiring from the court, having earned a Mediator's certificate in 2003 and an Alternative Dispute Resolution Certificate in 2004 from the National Judicial College.
In 2016, Boudreau was retained to arbitrate a dispute between the Citizen Tribe Potowatami (CTP) and the state of Oklahoma. The dispute arose in 2014, when CPN claimed $27 million in state tax exemptions for an 8.5 percent sales tax on alcoholic drinks served to its casino patrons who were not members of the tribe. After auditing the CPT, the state revoked alcoholic beverage permits for both of CPN's casinos and threatened to close the casinos, as well as other tribal businesses for failing to report all sales tax receipts. Bordeaux, then with the American Arbitration Association, ruled in favor of CTP, saying that the state could not collect the taxes in question. Oklahoma immediately appealed to the 10th Circuit Court, claiming that the arbitration itself was an error and asking that the lower court's judgment be overturned.
Professional affiliations
- National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN);
- Oklahoma Supreme Court Standing Committee to Monitor, Update and Revise the Oklahoma Civil Jury Instructions;
- American Inns of Court - Hudson-Hall Wheaton Chapter;
- Alumni Association of the University of Tulsa College of Law;
- Legal Services of Eastern Oklahoma.
References
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