Kevin Gray
OK · Judge, Oklahoma District Court, Judicial District 14, Office 12
Kevin Gray is a Tulsa County district judge, first elected in 2022, and a former Tulsa County assistant district attorney. As juvenile division head he oversaw the county's youth detention center and in 2024 asked to give up that role after abuse claims there.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 7 records
An appeals court reversed his refusal to reopen a case after finding the defendant lacked proper notice.
July 31, 2026
Source: okcourtsandmore.org
Presided over a six-day medical malpractice trial in which jurors awarded $15 million to a child harmed by an untreated infection.
May 20, 2026
Source: jrlawfirm.com
An appeals court reversed his child welfare ruling after a jailed father’s video feed dropped and the trial continued without him.
December 16, 2025
Source: okcourtsandmore.org
Asked Tulsa County commissioners to take over management of the juvenile detention center he oversaw.
July 10, 2024
Source: okappleseed.org
Fired Anthony Taylor as director of Tulsa’s juvenile detention center.
May 6, 2024
Source: okappleseed.org
Asked jurors to sentence convicted officer-killer David Ware to death; they recommended it.
April 27, 2022
Source: kjrh.com
Prosecuted officer Betty Shelby on a manslaughter charge in Terence Crutcher’s shooting; jurors acquitted her.
May 17, 2017
Source: cbsnews.com
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 3 favorable
An appeals court upheld his finding that the state made efforts to keep a Seminole child with family before ending parental rights.
December 7, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: okcourtsandmore.org
Received Tulsa County’s prosecutor-of-the-year award for his work on the Robert Bates case.
February 4, 2017Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: tulsatoday.com
Prosecuted former deputy Robert Bates for Eric Harris’s fatal shooting; jurors found Bates guilty of manslaughter.
April 27, 2016Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: readfrontier.org
Past race Kevin Gray ran in:
- District Judge District 14, Office 12 · November 3, 2026 · Tulsa County, Oklahoma · incumbent