Kevin B. Ratliff, Member

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

Practice Areas
  • Wealth Transfer Planning, Trusts, and Estates
  • State and Local Taxation
  • Tax Planning and Tax Controversies
Professional Biography
  • Listed in Oklahoma Super Lawyers as a "Rising Star" in Tax Law, 2008 - 2009
  • Recognized by The Journal Record as one of Oklahoma's "Achievers Under Forty", 2007
  • Leadership in the Law Award given by The Oklahoma City Journal Record, May 2006
  • Frequent lecturer to various groups regarding estate planning, probate, sales and use tax, and other tax related topics
  • Oklahoma City Estate Planning Council
  • Oklahoma City Tax Lawyers Group
Bar Memberships
  • Oklahoma Bar Association (Tax and Estate Planning sections)
  • Oklahoma County Bar Association
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
  • United States Tax Court
Education
  • University of Oklahoma (B.B.A., Economics, 1994)
  • Oklahoma City University, School of Law (J.D., 1998 – with honors)
  • CALI Award for Excellence in the Study of Estate and Gift Taxation
  • CALI Award for Excellence in the Study of Oil and Gas Law
  • Phi Delta Phi
Civic
  • Lyric Theater Understudies (2002-present): Board of Directors (2002-2007); President (2004-2005); Vice President (2003-2004)
  • Lyric Theater: Auxiliary Board Representative to Board of Directors (2004-2005)
  • Lyric Theater: Broadway Ball Committee (2005-2006)
  • Arthritis Foundation: Associate Board of Directors (2002-2003)
Professional Publications
  • Close Examination of the Oklahoma Manufacturing Sales Tax Exemption, The Oklahoma Bar Association Section of Taxation Journal, Vol 6. No. 1, May 2002
Personal
  • Wife, Catherine, and son, Brock