Deborah Reed holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Tulsa and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oklahoma. She is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, and an active member the American Bar Association, the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Tulsa County Bar Association, the Oklahoma Indian Bar Association, the Cherokee Nation Bar Association and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Bar Association. Prior to her legal career, Ms. Reed worked in Central Asia and the Middle East as an International Development Consultant. It was her work on the Women’s Integrated Legal Literacy Project in Uzbekistan that inspired her interest in the rule of law, and eventually in the practice of law. Ms. Reed is admitted to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.