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Meet Reggie Whitten
Meet Reggie Whitten
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I became a lawyer was in the eighth
grade I felt uh by going to church I
felt like I had been called to be a
preacher and I was too shy to publicly
speak like a preacher did so I joined
the high school debate program just to
get over my shyness and high school
debate was really a wonderful thing for
me because it taught me how to argue
both sides of the question because you
had to do that in high school debate and
I learned you know that sometimes you
get the the good question or the good
side and other times you didn’t but you
had to deal with the the cards that you
were dealt and I learned how to Advocate
the best that I could and and I quickly
decided that the law was for me
thank you
foreign
began really about 21 years ago I lost
my firstborn son to opioid addiction 21
years ago and shortly after that I spoke
to the very first young person it was
one of my daughter’s boyfriends he had
an addiction problem
and he told me that talking to him
helped change his life so that’s when I
really began getting heavily involved in
non-profit work I formed a non-profit
called fate fighting addiction through
education and I do a lot of work on the
side helping people all over the state
and in some cases the country I’m on the
board of directors of shatterproof which
is the leading National Organization to
help educate and eventually find a way
to to appropriately deal with addiction
also I’m on a couple of other addiction
related non-profits I’m a co-founder of
the state of the art addiction treatment
facility in Oklahoma called Arcadia
Trails those are a couple of examples
there’s there’s more I I don’t have any
uh Hobbies like golf or playing cards
really my hobby is doing non-profit work
in the community
Oklahoma City, OK personal injury attorney Reggie Whitten shares why he became a lawyer and discusses his service to the community. He became a lawyer when he was in the eighth grade. He felt a calling to be a preacher through his church involvement but was too shy to speak publicly like a preacher. To overcome his shyness, he joined the high school debate program. High school debate played a pivotal role in his life as it taught him how to argue from both sides of an issue, a skill he honed by participating in debates where he had to argue various perspectives. Despite sometimes getting assigned to the less favorable side, he learned to advocate effectively. This experience led him to the realization that a career in law was his true calling.
About 21 years ago, he tragically lost his firstborn son to opioid addiction. This profound loss inspired him to become heavily involved in non-profit work. He initiated conversations with young individuals grappling with addiction, and his support played a transformative role in their lives. His commitment to helping those in need led him to establish a non-profit organization called “Fate: Fighting Addiction Through Education.” Through this organization, he provided assistance to people across the state and even nationwide.
In addition to his work with “Fate,” he serves on the board of directors for “Shatterproof,” a prominent national organization dedicated to addiction education and seeking effective solutions to address addiction-related challenges. He actively participates in other addiction-related non-profits and co-founded “Arcadia Trails,” a state-of-the-art addiction treatment facility in Oklahoma.
His passion for community engagement and non-profit work has become his primary focus and hobby, with no interest in activities like golf or playing cards.
