Keynote Speaker:

The Honorable Judge Kenneth Stoner

Oklahoma County District Judge

The Honorable Judge Kenneth Stoner was appointed to serve as Oklahoma County District Judge in 2018.  Prior to his appointment, he had been in private practice since 2006, focusing on many fields of law, including criminal law with a particular concentration on working with clients suffering from addiction and mental health issues.  He began his legal career in 2001 in the Oklahoma County district attorney’s office, serving as a prosecutor on the domestic violence task force and later as a general felony prosecutor.  Judge Stoner’s primary motivation for becoming a judge was to provide leadership to our drug, mental health, and diversion courts.  Upon his appointment, Judge Stoner stated, “I believe the right conditions exist for us to create nationally recognized programs in these critical areas.  We need to build additional public-private partnerships and explore ways that technology can help.  Addiction is the public health crisis of our time and is a significant underlying factor in the majority of cases at our courthouse.  We can’t wait for somebody else to solve this problem for us. We have to be responsibly creative and innovate in this area.”  Judge Stoner has served on the board of directors for the Oklahoma County Bar Association and the UPTown 23rd Development District.  He has served as a member of the Oklahoma Behavioral Health Association, Addiction and Mental Health Professionals of Oklahoma, and Lawyers against Domestic Abuse, as well as Parents Helping Parents, and Troop 78 of the Boy Scouts of America.