At the time of the farm financial crisis in the 1980s, Janie Simms Hipp was in private practice in Oklahoma City, representing banks and handling commercial litigation. As part of her job, she helped clients take people’s homes and businesses. Until, she says, she couldn’t do it anymore. “I just literally woke up one morning, and I walked into my partner’s office, and I said, ‘I quit,’” says Hipp, a 1984 graduate of the Oklahoma City University School of Law. “I cannot live with myself if I do this.”
Nov 24, 2025 9:08 AM CST
