Stacy L. Acord

Focus Areas of Practice

• Adoptions – finalized hundreds of adoptions representing adoptive and birth parents through all aspects of adoption, from termination of parental rights through finalization.

• Family Law – represents individuals in divorce, child custody, support modification and other domestic proceedings.

• Guardianship – represent clients seeking guardianship of minor children, adults, special needs children entering adulthood and other incapacitated individuals to safeguard their person and property.

Professional Honors

• OBA Family Law Section Mediator of the Year, 2024

• Martindale-Hubbell AV® rating

• Super Lawyer® Top 25 Women, 2024, 2025,

• Super Lawyer® 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

• Super Lawyer® Rising Star 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

• OBA Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute, 2016

• OBA Family Law Practice Manual Editor

• Leadership Jenks, 2013-14

• Oklahoma Bar Association Leadership Academy 2010

• The Journal Record’s Achievers Under 40 award, 2008

Professional Organizations

• 2023, 2024 Tulsa County Bar Association Delegate to the Oklahoma Bar Association

• 2022 Chairman of the OBA Family Law Section

• Founder and Chairman of OBA Adoption Section

• OBA Family Law Section Executive Board

• OBA Family Law Section Continuing Legal Education Committee

Speaking Engagements

• “Adoption Essentials” - May 2025

• “OBA Year End Review - Family Law” - December 2024

• “An Attorney Primer on ICWA” - May 2024

• “Making Money Moves” - OBA Women in Law Section, October 2022

• “Family Law Legislative Update” - February 2022, 2023, 2024

• "Adoption is Not Basic" - Tulsa County Bar Association, May 2018

• "Adoption Beyond the Statutes" - Tulsa County Bar Association, December 2017

• "The Legal Process" - Crisis Pregnancy Outreach, Inc., Waiting Families Workshop, June 2014, November 2014, June 2015, November 2016, June 2017, November 2017, June 2018

• "Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption Without Consent" - OBA Family Law Spring CLE, April 2017

• "The Adoption Process" - Tulsa County Adoption Advocates, October 2016

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act – Choctaw Nation Headstart In-Service Training, 2007

• The Best Interest of the Child: Making the Most of the IEP Meeting – Lorman Education Services, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2007

• On to Adulthood – Oklahoma Bar Association, lecture to high school students at various public schools, 2007

Publications

• Editor / Writer for OBA Family Law Practice Manual

Community Leadership

• Judge for High School Mock Trial Competition

• Resonance Center for Women, Inc. – former Board Member and Legal Counsel

• Co-Chair of the "Art for the Soul" Fundraising event for Resonance, 2008

• National Association of Women Business Owners – former Member and Board Member

• LifeChurch.tv Jenks volunteer emcee for Konnect, 1st-4th grade children’s services

• KOSU Radio, former host of the Legal Lowdown business law segment

Education

• Juris Doctorate, University of Oklahoma, 2000

  • Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society

  • Several American Jurisprudence Awards for top grade in class

  • Licensed Legal Intern

• Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Broadcasting, Oklahoma State University, 1996

  • Majored in Broadcast Journalism