Governments at its 50th Anniversary celebration with the “Robert J. LaFortune” award. The Tulsa Press Club also honored he and his wife as their “Headliners” for 2017, the first time that honor has been bestowed upon a married couple. Tulsa County Bar Association Professionalism Committee and Board of Directors LaFortune has also been active in local bar association activities, having served on the Tulsa County Bar Association Professionalism Committee and Board of Directors (elected by his peers). Addressing concerns about impacts of juror stress In 2016, Judge LaFortune wrote a column in which he described reports of traumatic stress experienced by many jurors from having to hear and/or view disturbing evidence in certain types of cases, especially capital murder and child abuse cases. Using his own observations and reports from other professionals in the field, he emphasized that such traumas often do not just go away on their own with the passage of time, but constitute a real problem, just like many other traumatic experiences. The judge expressed his opinion that trial courts need to play a bigger role in helping jurors obtain professional help when needed to recover from such events. He noted that, at his instigation, the University of Tulsa Psychology Department had begun a pilot program to address the issue. See also List of mayors of Tulsa, Oklahoma Notes References Living people Mayors of Tulsa, Oklahoma Oklahoma Republicans District attorneys in Oklahoma Oklahoma state court judges University of California, Santa Barbara alumni University of Tulsa College of Law alumni 1957 births 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American judges 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American lawyers