BACKGROUND
Prior to joining Florida Coastal, Professor Baker taught Trial Practice and Advanced Trial Practice as an adjunct professor at the University of Tulsa College of Law from 2002-2006. She also served as co-coach of Tulsa’s National Trial Competition Teams. She was a litigation associate with a Tulsa-based law firm from 2002-2005 specializing in family law, bankruptcy and general civil litigation. Thereafter, she was a founding member of a small boutique firm specializing in estate planning and family law for the LGBT community. Professor Baker is admitted to practice in the State of Oklahoma and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
EXPERTISE
- Sexuality & Gender Law
- Family Law
- Trusts & Estates
- Civil Procedure
- Trial Advocacy
- Evidence
EDUCATION
- LL.M., Stone Scholar, Columbia Law School, 2007
- J.D. With Highest Honor, University of Tulsa College of Law, 2002
- M.S. in Biological Sciences, University of Tulsa, 2002
- B.S. cum laude in Biology with a minor in Chemistry, John Brown University, 1999
TEACHING and SCHOLARSHIP
- Sexuality & Gender Law
- Family Law
- Trusts & Estates
- Civil Procedure
- Trial Advocacy
- Evidence
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Faculty Advisor to Florida Coastal's Lambda Chapter for LGBT Students (2007-Present)
- Faculty Advisor to Florida Coastal's Mock Trial Team (2007-08)
- Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
- American Bar Association
- Oklahoma Bar Association
PUBLICATIONS
- EEOC Proposes Exempting Retiree Health Care Coverage from the ADEA, OKLA. EMPLOYMENT L. LETTER, June 2004, at 8.
- Does Reassigning an Employee After Sexual Harassment Allegations Equal Retaliation?, OKLA. EMPLOYMENT L. LETTER, Mar. 2004, at 6.
- Domestic Partner Benefits, Marriage, and Employee Handbooks, OKLA. EMPLOYMENT L. LETTER, Nov. 2003, at 1.
- 9/11 Executive Order Has Big Time Consequences for Oklahoma Employers, OKLA. EMPLOYMENT L. LETTER, Aug. 2003, at 1.
- New Hire Reporting: Are you Complying?, OKLA. EMPLOYMENT L. LETTER, Mar. 2003, at 5.
LAW REVIEW ARTICLES
Essential Estate Planning for the Constitutionally Unrecognized Families in Oklahoma: Same-Sex Couples, 40 TULSA L. REV. 479 (2005) (co-authored).
