Protecting Oklahoma Families and Parental Rights
Oklahoma CPS defense attorney
Ryan G. Cannonie focused his practice on defense of parents caught up in CPS investigations after many years of working the other side of child welfare cases. His extensive experience as a child welfare prosecutor handling CPS investigations, deprived child adjudications, permanency hearings, termination actions and reunification proceedings uniquely prepares him to defend your rights as a parent.
Contact the Oklahoma CPS Investigation Defense Law Office for answers to all of your questions about CPS investigation timelines, how you know if DHS is investigating you, what to do when child welfare workers calls on you or any other matter involving Oklahoma Dept. of Human Services Child Protective Services.
Ryan G. Cannonie, Esq. – Oklahoma CPS Investigation Defense Attorney
Professional Background
Assistant District Attorney, District 27: 2013-2016, 2019-2020
- Juvenile, deprived child and delinquent matters
- General felonies and misdemeanors
- Child abuse
- DUI/manslaughter
- Narcotics and drug trafficking
- Civil Asset Forfeiture
- DA’s representative to the Multidisciplinary Child Abuse Task Force
Assistant District Attorney, District 12: 2018
- Misdemeanors and felonies
- DA’s representative to the Multidisciplinary Child Abuse Task Force
Assistant District Attorney, District 11: 2016-2018
- Supervising attorney for Nowata County
- Prosecuted all misdemeanors and felonies
- Represented the DA on the Multidisciplinary Child Abuse Task Force
Northeastern State University: 2012-2013
- Communication Studies Adjunct Professor
- Criminal Justice (research and writing) Adjunct Professor
Education
Juris Doctor: University of Tulsa College of Law, 2012
- American Bar Association – Law School Division
- Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity
- Student Bar Association
Bachelor of Arts, Mass Communication: Northeastern State University, 2008
- President’s and Dean’s Honor Rolls
- Magna Cum Laude
- NSU Honor Society
- Rho Theta Sigma Honor Society
- Phi Lambda Chi Fraternity
- Tsa-Li-Gi Student Magazine
- Tahlequah Daily Press – special contributing writer
- The Northeastern
Masters of Arts of Communication – Northeastern State University, 2013
- Lamda Pi Eta Honor Society
- Central States Communication Association