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1 University of Oklahoma College of Law From the SelectedWorks of Randall Coyne 2012 Legal and Community Service Randall T. Coyne, University of Oklahoma College of Law Available at:

2 RANDALL COYNE Frank Elkouri and Edna Asper Elkouri Professor of Law University of Oklahoma College of Law 300 Timberdell Road Norman, OK (405) SERVICE AND LEGAL REPRESENTATION August 2011 May 2011 October 2012 May 2011 to April 2012 November 2010 April 2010 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 to May 2011 April 2008 April 2008 to August 2008 Editorial Board, of newly-formed British Journal of American Legal Studies. Appellate Co-Counsel to Oklahoma Death Row Inmate Ronald Lott President, Board of Directors, American Civil Liberties Union Oklahoma Affiliate. Habeas Counsel for Oklahoma Death Row Inmate Anthony Sanchez Counsel for Ohio Death Row Inmate Kevin Keith I submitted an amicus brief on the issue of eyewitness identification in support of Mr. Keith s petition for writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court. Consultant to Governor Henry=s Office I served as an unpaid consultant to Andrea Baker, Governor Henry=s clemency attorney on behalf of death row prisoner Kevin Young. Governor Henry granted Mr. Young clemency on July 24, Senior Editor, Amicus Death Penalty Journal, London, England. National Board Member, American Civil Liberties Union. Habeas Counsel for Oklahoma Death Row Inmate Scott Eizember Co-Counsel for High Value Guantanamo Detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani I served as co-counsel to Mr. Ghailani (ISN 10012), a Tanzanian charged with the U.S. Embassy bombing in Dar Es Salaam. Formerly on the FBI s Most Wanted Terrorist List, Mr. Ghailani faced federal indictment in New York, in addition to Page 1 of 6

3 Military Commission charges. March 2006 to December 2007 March 2005 to March 2006 Pro Bono Counsel for Guantanamo Detainee Aminullah Baralai Tukhi. I served as lead counsel in habeas corpus proceeding for Guantanamo detainee Aminullah Tukhi (ISN 1012). Mr. Tukhi, a citizen of Afghanistan, was released from Guantanamo on December 12, 2007 and was transferred to the Polecharky Prison in Afghanistan. He was released from custody in June Pro Bono Counsel for Guantanamo Detainee Abdelnour Sameur. I served as lead counsel in habeas corpus proceedings for Guantanamo detainee Abdelnour Sameur (ISN 659). Mr. Sameur, a British resident from Algeria, was freed from custody and returned home to England on December 19, Expert Witness in connection with a contempt proceeding against defense counsel in State v. Crider.\ April 2004 September 2003 October 2002 September 2002 September 1999 to February 2000 January 2001 to April 2005 January 1998 to January 2001 October 1995 to 2006 May 23, 1995 to July 1997 March 1995 to April 1995 Consultant. Hired by Hughes Law Firm as an expert to prepare research memorandum regarding search and seizure issues on behalf of client Robert Boren. Pro Bono Counsel for Oklahoma Indian Legal Services. Primary author of appellate brief in Sheena Kemp v. Choctaw Municipal Housing Authority. Death Penalty Legislative Resource Counsel. Consultant to Utah Legislature regarding proposed statute implementing the ban on imposing death sentences on mentally retarded defendants. Expert Witness on Fourth Amendment search issue in the arbitration of a complaint against Broken Arrow Police Officer Marcus Fultz. Standby Counsel to Jemaine Monteil Cannon, Oklahoma Death Row Inmate. National Board Member, American Civil Liberties Union. President, American Civil Liberties Union, Oklahoma State Chapter. Vice Chair, ABA Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities, Committee on the Death Penalty. Legal Counsel to Timothy James McVeigh. I served as a member of the McVeigh trial team in United States v. McVeigh. Legal Consultant to Oklahoma Administrative Code Working Group. As an unpaid volunteer, I advised the Oklahoma State Legislature regarding copyright issues relating to computer access to governmental works. Page 2 of 6

4 March 1995 January 1995 to April 1995 May 1994 to January 1998 Member, Advisory Board, Carolina Academic Press, Durham, North Carolina. Death Penalty Legislative Resource Counsel Consultant to Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin American Civil Liberties Union affiliates regarding pending capital legislation. Vice President, American Civil Liberties Union, Oklahoma State Chapter to June 1995 Legal Counsel to Roger Dale Stafford. Served as pro bono counsel assisting Mr. Stafford's postconviction defense team. At Mr. Stafford's request, I drafted his will, witnessed his execution and read his last statement. In addition, I made embalming and burial arrangements for Mr. Stafford to Member, Advisory Committee for Special Death Penalty Habeas Panel Present created by Chief Judge Lee R. West of the Western District of Oklahoma to Executive Committee Member, Association of American Law Schools, 1998 Criminal Justice Section. August 1993 August 1993 to 1998 Expert Witness for the defense in a capital post-conviction hearing for Adolph Munson. I testified that the prosecution had withheld evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland. Mr. Munson was granted a new trial and was acquitted on April 5, Chairperson, Litigation Screening Committee, American Civil Liberties Union, Oklahoma Affiliate to Chairperson, Writer's Committee of Oklahoma Bar Association, Section on 1994 Intellectual Property Media Consultant, local and national news media. Advised television, radio and newspaper reporters on criminal law, capital punishment and terrorism matters. I have worked with ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, Fox and Friends, The O=Reilly Factor, At Large With Geraldo Rivera, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Dallas Morning News, The Daily Oklahoman, The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, The Rolling Stone, The American Lawyer, Le Soir, The New Jersey Star Ledger, BBC Oxford, et al. June 1991-Present Feb to Oct Board Member, American Civil Liberties Union, Oklahoma State Chapter. Volunteer Counsel for Federico Macias. State and federal postconviction representation of Mr. Macias, a Texas Death Row inmate. Mr. Macias was released from jail on June 23, 1993 after serving 9.5 years for a capital murder which he did not commit, becoming the 49 th capital exoneree since When Mr. Macias died Page 3 of 6

5 of a heroin overdose on September 18, 1995, I served as executor of his estate. February 1988 January 1988 to March 1989 Volunteer Attorney Representation of Death Row inmates during various phases of their state and federal post-conviction appeals. Volunteer Attorney, Whitman-Walker Clinic, Washington, D.C. Drafted wills, powers of attorney for persons with AIDS or ARC. Assisted clients in obtaining Social Security benefits. SELECTED LAW SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE 2010 to 2012 Chair of Scholarship and Awards Committee to 2011 Member of the Clinic Review Committee to 2011 Chair of the Legal Research and Writing Director Search Committee Member of Probation and Readmission Committee to 2007 Member of Faculty Mentoring Committee to 2006 Elected to the Personnel Committee. Chair during to 2006 Appointed to the University=s Legal Panel Appointed Legal Advisor to the University=s Discrimination Committee Faculty Advisor to the Black Law Students= Association Moot Court Coach for the National Juvenile Law Moot Court Team, Costa Mesa, California to 2004 Elected Member of Committee A. Chair during to 2002 Moot Court Coach for two law school teams, the Saul Leftkowitz Intellectual Property Team and the John Marshall International Team. September 2001 Law School Resource for Lawyers Helping Lawyers to 1999 Elected Chair of the Faculty Recruitment Committee. Page 4 of 6

6 1998 Member of the University=s Copyright Committee Founder and Faculty Advisor for the American Civil Liberties Union, OU Law School Chapter Faculty Advisor to Phi Delta Phi, Legal Honor Society Member of the University of Oklahoma Speakers Bureau Lecturer for the University=s Mornings With the Professor Program. COMMUNITY SERVICE September 2011 November 2003 to 2006 February 2003 September 2002 to November 2003 October 1999 Sept September 1991 to December 1992 Member of the Board, Performing Arts Society, Norman, Oklahoma. Lay Reader, St. John=s Episcopal Church, Norman, Oklahoma. President of the Gratitude Foundation, a board of directors which insures that meeting places are available for recovering alcoholics and addicts. Board member since 2000; Vice President, Head of the Greeters and Newcomers Committee at St. John=s Episcopal Church, Norman, Oklahoma. Leading Chairperson for the Norman Original Group, an Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group. Legal Advisor, Oklahoma Community Orchestra. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND BAR MEMBERSHIPS American Bar Association (since 1990). American Civil Liberties Union (since 1991). Amnesty International (since 1992). Massachusetts State Bar Association (since February 18, 1987). Page 5 of 6

7 Military Commissions Civilian Defense Counsel (since July 21, 2008) Order of the Coif (since 1987). Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society (advisor since 1990). United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma (since 1999). United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (since May 13, 2008) United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (since 1992). United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (since March 28, 1997). United States Supreme Court Bar (since 1990). Page 6 of 6