The Sustainable Energy and Resources Law (SERL) Board of Visitors comprises approximately 40 professionals pursuing prestigious legal careers. The mission of the SERL Board of Visitors is to create externships and mentoring opportunities for TU Law students, as well as to ensure that faculty and students stay apprised of the latest developments in the practice of energy, environmental, water and natural resources law. This newsletter will highlight selected board members in every issue.
The SERL Board of Visitors wishes to welcome our newest board member, Isaiah N. Brydie. Brydie is an attorney in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. His practice focuses on navigating the unique business concerns of the emerging (indeed, exploding) cannabis industry, government cannabis regulation and serving Black-owned businesses. He has been recognized as one of the top five cannabis attorneys in the state. Much of his practice deals with licensing, permitting, and other aspects of state administrative law. He also provides his cannabis clients with wrap-around services, including attention to water issues, well drilling, and environmental concerns.
A distinguished graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law, Brydie won the Black Law Student Association’s Nelson Mandela International Negotiation Competition and was inducted into the Order of Solicitors for the OU College of Law. Before law school, Brydie attended Jackson State University, a historically black college, where he was honored as a McNair Scholar and a Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fellow.
Growing up in historic North Tulsa, Brydie dreamed of ways he would contribute to his city’s civic and business life. A graduate of Tulsa’s storied and celebrated Booker T. Washington High School, Brydie was president of his school’s chapter of a fraternal and mentorship organization, Men of Power. The seeds of many of his lifelong mentoring relationships and friendships in Tulsa were planted there. This African American graduate of Booker T. Washington High School has returned to Tulsa to establish his business law practice in service of the community he loves.