
(Linda and Bill Peterson in court, the late 1980's)
Linda is a native of Tahlequah, Oklahoma and graduated from Northeastern State University in 1979. After graduation from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1983, she practiced law in Okemah, Oklahoma for two years before serving as the sole full time Assistant District Attorney in the Hughes County DA's office in Holdenville, Oklahoma from 1985 until her retirement in 2011.
Linda and her family make their home in Hughes County, Oklahoma. A few weeks after retiring from the DA's Office, she began her private law practice in Holdenville.