About T. Luke
T. Luke Barteaux studied public affairs and administration at the University of Oklahoma and earned his B.A. in 2012. He attended the University of Tulsa College of Law and completed his J.D. in 2012. He later completed a certificate program in Writing for Tribal Judges at the National Judicial College in 2018.
Barteaux began practicing law in 2012. Early in his career he worked at Fry & Elder and also established Barteaux Law, handling trial work in state and tribal courts. He has been active in the Oklahoma legal community since that time, holding roles on committees and taking leadership positions within the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Family Law Section.
His involvement in bar leadership is extensive. He served as chair of the Oklahoma Bar Association Family Law Section in 2016 and chaired the section’s continuing legal education efforts in 2014 and 2015. He also served on the OBA House of Delegates Resolution Committee and was part of the Rules of Professional Conduct Committee. His work inside the bar has included editorial responsibilities; he chaired the Cherokee Nation Editorial Board in 2014 and later contributed to practice manual editing for the family law section.
Barteaux has taught as well. He served on the faculty of the Oklahoma Trial Advocacy Institute in 2016 and is a graduate of that program. His teaching has centered on trial practice and advocacy skills. He has combined classroom work with courtroom practice, moving between litigation and judicial education over the last decade.
In 2017 he took the bench as a district court judge on the Cherokee Nation District Court. That role added adjudicative experience to his years as a trial lawyer. He holds jurisdictional credentials across multiple forums, including the Cherokee Nation, Osage Nation, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the State of Oklahoma, and the Federal Eastern District of Oklahoma.
Barteaux remains engaged in bar association activities at the local, state and national levels. He is an active member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Tulsa County Bar Association. His career blends trial work, bar leadership and judicial service. He maintains a practice that centers on litigation in state, federal and tribal courts.
