John Barker is senior vice president, general counsel and assistant secretary of ONEOK, and executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of ONEOK Partners. He joined the company in December 2004 after a 30-year career with the Tulsa law firm of GableGotwals. While president of GableGotwals, Barker represented ONEOK on a regular basis for many years on business and transactional matters, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial matters including sales and acquisitions of significant assets and public securities offerings. A Missouri native, Barker earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1969 from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and a Juris Doctorate degree in 1974 from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.