CHD Report post Posted August 12, 2004 Environmentalist Dies TULSA - Blake Champlin, a Tulsa lawyer and environmental activist, died Monday at his home when a tree supporting a hammock fell and crushed him. Champlin, 45, died instantly, said Gerald Hilsher, an attorney with Shipley & Kellogg, Champlin's former law firm. Champlin was a member of Sierra Club and Save the Illinois River, and the director of Keep Tulsa Beautiful. He also pushed for an agreement between Oklahoma and Arkansas on phosphorus limits in northeast Oklahoma waters, Hilsher said. Champlin was a past director of the Oklahoma Society of Environmental Professionals and a past chairman of the Environmental Law Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association. He was a featured speaker at numerous environmental seminars throughout the region and represented many individuals in northeast Oklahoma who sued poultry companies for alleged water and air pollution, specifically around the Grand Lake area. Champlin became a named-partner of Shipley, Jennings & Champlin and, in 2002, he joined the Tulsa law firm of Boone, Smith, Davis, Hurst & Dickman, where he headed their environmental law department. A memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at Asbury United Methodist Church in Tulsa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HillBilly_Al Report post Posted August 12, 2004 all right!!! two in one fell swoop - a tree hugger AND a lawyer!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
az4life Report post Posted August 12, 2004 (edited) Poetic Justice if I ever heard it! 1 down... At least a million to go! a follow-up on this story. Word has it the guy's law firm is suing hammock maker for strangling the tree into a weak and vulnerable position which caused the tree to collapse. They are also considering suing the state for not providing safety escapes from such a dangerous device as a hammock! Git er done! Edited January 1, 1970 by az4life Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
