Armand Paliotta, Partner

Phone: (405) 235.7000
Fax: (405) 996.3403
E-Mail: apaliotta@hartzoglaw.com

Practice Areas
  • Business and Financial Transactions, Securities, and Business Law
  • Tax Planning and Tax Controversies
  • Commercial Law
Professional Biography
  • Recognized in Best Lawyers in America in the areas of: 
    Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
    Corporate Law
    Mergers & Acquisitions Law
    Securities Law
  • Listed in Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers
  • Listed in Oklahoma Super Lawyers in the following practice areas:
    Corporate Finance Law
    Securities Law
  • Appointed by Governor Brad Henry as a Commissioner on the Oklahoma Securities Commission (Chairperson, 2009-2010)
  • Adjunct Professor of Law in Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporations, and Business Planning Law at Oklahoma City University School of Law
  • Adjunct Professor of Law in Business Entities at the University of Oklahoma College of Law
  • Frequent speaker and writer on various corporate, tax and securities law matters at professional and continuing legal education seminars
  • Recognized by The Journal Record as one of Oklahoma's "Achievers Under Forty"
  • Serves on the Editorial Board of The Business Owner
Bar Memberships
  • State Bar of Oklahoma
  • Admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court
Education
  • University of Oklahoma (B.B.A., 1989 – with distinction)
  • University of Oklahoma, College of Law (J.D., 1992 – with highest honors), graduated second in his law class academically, was a member of the Order of the Coif, and served as the Assistant Article Editor of the Oklahoma Law Review
Professional Publications
  • “What Do You Need to Know about Oklahoma’s New Education Lottery?” 76 Oklahoma Bar Journal (January 15, 2005)
  • “The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,” 73 Oklahoma Bar Journal (December 14, 2002)
  • “Oklahoma Adopts Statutes Permitting Conversions of Business Entities to Limited Companies,” 73 Oklahoma Bar Journal (May 11, 2002)
  • “IRS Adopts New Safe Harbor for Reserve-Starker Like Kind Exchanges.” 72 Oklahoma Bar Journal (February 10, 2001)
  • Jurisdiction: Burnham v. Superior Court: Adding Confusion to Transient Jurisdiction,” 44 Okla. L. Rev. 551 (1991)
Personal
  • Wife, Amanda and son, Joshua
  • Member at Westminster Presbyterian Church