JOI E. MIKSEL
AWARD WINNING TRIAL ATTORNEY
Attorney at Law Joi McClendon Miskel received her Bachelor’s Degree in English from the University of Oklahoma in 2000. In 2003, she received her Master’s in American Literature from the University of Oklahoma.
She graduated from Oklahoma City University with her Juris Doctorate in 2006. While in law school, Ms. McClendon was a class officer from 2002-2006, a member of Phi Alpha Delta, American Trial Lawyers Association, Native American Lawyers Association, as well as vice-president of the school’s National Women’s Law Student Association and national President of the National Women’s Law Student Association.
She has taught English and Philosophy at the college level for over ten years. Ms. McClendon is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Oklahoma County Bar Association, and the Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
After graduation from law school, Ms. McClendon was an assistant Public Defender before opening her own practice, focusing on criminal and family law, and litigating numerous jury and bench trials.
HISTORY OF CASES AT JURY TRIAL
Trafficking Drugs: Not Guilty
Trafficking Drugs: Not Guilty
Trafficking Drugs: Dismissed
Accessory to Murder in the First Degree: Not Guilty
Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon: Not Guilty
Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon: Not Guilty
Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon: Not Guilty
Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon: Not Guilty
Domestic Assault and Battery by Strangulation: Not Guilty
Domestic Assault and Battery: Not Guilty
Burglary in the First Degree: Not Guilty
Possession of Drugs: Not Guilty
Possession of Drugs: Not Guilty
Possession of Drugs: Dismissed
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia: Not Guilty
Felon in Possession of a Firearm: Not Guilty
Murder in the First Degree: Not Guilty
Murder in the First Degree: Not Guilty
Murder in the First Degree: Not Guilty
Murder in the First Degree: Not Guilty
Murder in the First Degree: Not Guilty
Murder in the First Degree: Not Guilty
Murder in the First Degree: Dismissed
Murder in the First Degree: Dismissed
Murder in the First Degree: Dismissed
Murder in the First Degree: Dismissed
Murder in the First Degree: Dismissed
Murder in the First Degree: Dismissed
Murder in the First Degree: Dismissed
Murder in the Second Degree: Not Guilty
Murder in the Second Degree: Not Guilty
Manslaughter: Not Guilty
Manslaughter: Not Guilty
AWARDS
2017 Recipient of the
Clarence Darrow Award for Defense Lawyer
of the year for the State of Oklahoma
2016 Recipient of the
Barry Albert Award for Excellence in Advocacy
by the Oklahoma County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association