David T. McKenzie is a 1988 graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law. He was admitted to practice law in the State of Oklahoma on October 5, 1988. He holds a Master of Science degree (1984) in Criminal Justice and a Master of Arts degree (1985) in American
Studies from Northeastern Oklahoma State University. His undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Southwestern Oklahoma State University (1982).
Mr. McKenzie is licensed to practice law in all Oklahoma State Courts, the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.
He received an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell in his first year of rating eligibility (1993) and has maintained that status for over 33 years. He has practiced criminal law, almost exclusively, for 38 years and has appeared in courts in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and California.
Mr. McKenzie has tried approximately 300 jury trials
and his representative clients have included judges, state district attorneys, assistant United States attorneys, federal law enforcement officers, state law enforcement officers and other lawyers.
Mr. McKenzie has been an adjunct professor of law at the Oklahoma City School of Law and has taught hundreds of hours of continuing legal education for Oklahoma Bar Association and well as writing several articles for the Oklahoma Bar Journal. From 2019 to 2022, he was a
member of the Board of Governors for the Oklahoma Bar Association. Mr. McKenzie has been on the Board of Directors for American Civil Liberties Union, Oklahoma County Criminal Lawyers’ Association, and is the former chairman of the Criminal Law Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association.
He was the 1997 recipient of the Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Association “Clarence Darrow Award” for jury trial excellence, the 2010 “Professional Advocate Award, Defender of the Year” given by the Oklahoma Bar Association, Criminal Law Section, the 2011 “Barry Albert
Award” given for exemplary jury trial advocacy by the Oklahoma County Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Association, the 2014 “Golden Quill Award” for the best article written for the Oklahoma Bar Journal and the 2014 “Earl Sneed Award” for excellence in teaching continuing
legal education courses. Both of these awards were presented by the Oklahoma Bar Association.
Mr. McKenzie is an avid Oklahoma Sooner football and Oklahoma City Thunder fan and travels all over the world to see the Flaming Lips perform. He loves to spend time with his three sons and his dog, Annie.
