Jon Velie received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Native American Studies from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989 and graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1993. He is a member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court for the Northern, Eastern and Western districts of Oklahoma, Anadarko Court of Indian Offenses, Absentee Shawnee Tribal Court and Oklahoma Supreme Court.