Pickens Lawyers

Admitted to the bar in 2007, Oklahoma; also admitted to practice before U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma. Preparatory education, Texas A&M University (B.A. 2001); legal education, University of Arkansas School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007), fraternity: Phi Delta Phi, Dean's list: spring-fall, 2005; spring-fall-2006; spring, 2007. Attorney for: Rural Water District #1, 2009-; Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center, 2007-; 911 Trust Authority, 2014-; LeFlore County Detention Center Public Trust, 2019-. Member: LeFlore County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations. email: ranada@hwbalaw.com.

Matt was born and raised in Oklahoma. He earned his Bachelor's of Science in Business at Oklahoma State University in 2007, before getting his Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma in 2010. He started his career as an Assistant District Attorney in Pushmataha County, where he gained trial experience and a working criminal law knowledge. He then went to work as an Associate for Gotcher and Beaver Law Firm in McAlester, with a varied practice from domestic law to criminal defense to personal injury. In 2015, Matthew was appointed to serve as the Special District Judge for Pittsburg County. His dockets...