Janice Steidley has experience as a prosecutor, drug court coordinator, attorney in private practice, college teacher, mother of three and school volunteer. The Steidley family’s roots go back four generations in Rogers County.
Janice, 39, is a cum laude graduate of the Oklahoma City University School of Law, where she met her husband Larry during her first year.
They returned to his home town of Claremore, where she joined the District Attorney’s office in 1999, handling misdemeanors, felonies and juvenile cases in Rogers County,
In April 2003, she and her husband formed the Steidley Law Firm in Claremore, where she handles criminal defense, deprived and delinquent juvenile cases and guardian ad litem appointments to domestic and guardianship cases.
She has been Drug Court Coordinator for Mayes and Craig counties since 2003. The court works to rehabilitate certain offenders through intense treatment and supervision.
She also has served as a part-time adjunct professor at both Rogers State University and Northeastern State University, teaching courses in Torts and Litigation, Criminal Law II and Criminal Evidence.
The Steidley family includes children Nathaniel, 10; Matthew, 6, and Emily, 4. They reside in Verdigris and the children attend Verdigris Schools, where she is an active volunteer. She is a member of St. Cecilia Catholic Church.
