Vicki Miles-LaGrange at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
- Jurisdiction
- Oklahoma · Federal
- Judicial service
- November 28, 1994–present
Vicki Miles-LaGrange
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Lecturer, Women's Studies Program, University of Maryland, 1981
- Professional Career: Assistant district attorney, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, 1983-1986
- Professional Career: Private practice, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1986-1993
- U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1993-1994
- State senator, Oklahoma, 1987-1993
- Private practice, Oklahoma City, OK, 1986-1993
- Assistant district attorney, Oklahoma County, OK, 1983-1986
- Trial attorney, Office of Enforcement Operations, U.S. Department of Justice, 1982-1983
- Lecturer, Women's Studies Program, University of Maryland, 1981-present
- Special assistant, African Development Group, Washington, D.C., 1980-1981
- Graduate fellow, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1979-1980
- Law clerk, Hon. Woodrow Seals, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1977-1979
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, W.D. Oklahoma, 1994-present
Education
- Vassar College · B.A., 1974
- University of Ghana · 1973
- Howard University School of Law · J.D., 1977
- Bishop McGuinness High School
Personal record
Born 1953 · Oklahoma City, OK
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/1385121CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2246/vicki-miles-lagrange/Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts