Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-138.2: Appointment of county indigent defender and assistants

The office of county indigent defender shall be assumed by such

attorneys, authorized to practice law in the State of Oklahoma, as

shall be appointed either on a full-time or part-time basis by the

judges of the courts of record of such county and shall continue to

serve at the pleasure of said judges, and the attorney designated by

said judges as the person in charge of such office shall be the

county indigent defender, and all other attorneys who may be

appointed to assist such county indigent defender shall be

designated as assistant county indigent defender, of such county.