Richard Lerblance

Richard Charles Lerblance (March 9, 1946 – July 25, 2026) was an American and Muscogee attorney and politician who served on the Muscogee Nation Supreme Court from 2012 to 2026. He previously served in the Oklahoma Senate representing the 7th district from 2003 to 2012 and in the Oklahoma House of Representatives between 2002 and 2003.

Early life and education Richard Lerblance was born in Oklahoma City on March 9, 1946, to W. P. Lerblance and Alyce Knight. He was raised in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, where he graduated high school in 1964. He later graduated from Eastern Oklahoma State College in 1967 with an associate degree, Central State University in 1970, and the Oklahoma City University School of Law in 1978.

Lerblance also served as a city attorney for Wilburton, Oklahoma, and a supreme court justice for the United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians.

Lerblance died in McAlester, Oklahoma, on July 25, 2026, at the age of 80.