OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor J. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday announced the appointment of Judge M. John Kane IV, of Pawhuska, to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. This is Governor Stitt's first appointment to the state Supreme Court. Judge Kane has served Osage County as District Judge for the 10th Judicial District since 2005. During his 14 years on the bench, he has presided as a judge in thousands of cases, and he has served in a number of other capacities to include as president of the Oklahoma Judicial Conference from 2013-2014, as presiding judge-elect of the Northeastern Judicial Administrative District in 2019, and as presiding judge of the Oklahoma Court on the Judiciary in 2019...
