Class of 2009
Christa (Barber) Moss graduated summa cum laude from ORU in 2009 with a bachelor's
degree in Government, Pre-Law and a minor in Worship Leadership. While at ORU, she
participated in Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature, ORU Worship, Front Line, Music
Missions (Team Indonesia) and the ORU Extraordinary Tour. After graduating from ORU,
she attended the College of William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, earning
her J.D. in 2012. Following law school, she married the love of her life: fellow ORU
alum and track athlete Maurice ('06), who she met through mutual friends after learning
he had timed her during a track event the summer before her freshman year. Christa
began her legal career as an Assistant City Attorney for the City Attorney's Office
in Kansas City, MO, representing the City's Neighborhood and Housing Department in
nuisance abatement, dangerous building demolition, and vacant property issues. She
and Maurice returned to Tulsa in 2015, where she practiced civil defense litigation
as an Associate Attorney at Latham, Wagner, Steele & Lehman P.C. Christa, Maurice,
their sweet baby boy James O.T., and their lab-mix Jax, recently moved back to Missouri,
where Christa is currently a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable David P. Rush, United
States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Missouri, Springfield Division.
Christa loves spending time with family and friends, working with kids, and volunteering
in the community. She has coached volleyball for eight years and enjoys mentoring
young girls to be happy, confident, and successful.