Laura McConnell-Corbyn, Partner

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

Practice Areas
  • Litigation
  • Family Law
  • Employment Law
Professional Biography
  • Listed one of Top 25 Female Oklahoma Super Lawyers, 2006-2008
  • Listed one of Oklahoma Super Lawyers (Family Law)
  • Recognized in Best Lawyers in America in the area of:
    Family Law
  • Listed in Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers
  • Listed in Benchmark Top Business Litigators
  • Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
  • Leadership Oklahoma Class XVI
  • 2006 Leadership in Law Honoree
  • 2007 COALA Attorney of the Year
Bar Memberships
  • State Bar of Oklahoma
  • American Bar Association
  • Labor and Employment Law Sections of the Oklahoma and American Bar Associations
  • Family Law Section of the Oklahoma and American Bar Associations
  • Litigation Section of the American Bar Association
  • Admitted to practice in the State of Oklahoma; United States District Court of the Western, Eastern, and Northern Districts of Oklahoma; the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals; and the United States Supreme Court
Education
  • Oklahoma Baptist University (B.S., Biology, 1983 – magna cum laude)
  • University of Oklahoma, College of Law (J.D., 1987 – with highest honors)
  • Order of the Coif
  • Awarded the Corpus Juris Secundum Award
  • Member of the Oklahoma Law Review
Civic
  • Chair, Bench & Bar Committee, Oklahoma County Bar Association, 2005-2006
  • President Elect, Oklahoma County Bar Association
  • Co-Chair, Oklahoma County Fundraising Committee for Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma
Personal
  • Husband, George Corbyn and two children, Danielle and Ryleigh McConnell
Published Opinions
  • deSilva v. Pitts, 481 F. 3d 1279 (10th Cir. 2007)
  • Robinson v. City of Edmond, 160 F. 3d 1275 (10th Cir. 1998)
  • Robinson v. City of Edmond, 68 F. 3d 1226 (10th Cir. 1995)
  • Crysco Oilfield Services, Inc. v. Hutchinson-Hayes International, 913 F. 2d 850 (10th Cir. 1990)
  • Smith v. Speligene, 1999 OK CIV APP 95, 990 P. 2d 312
  • Horton v. State of Oklahoma, 1996 OK 137, 915 P. 2d 352
  • Dorn v. Heritage Trust Co., 2001 OK CIV APP 64, 24 P.3d 886
  • In the Matter of the Adoption of CDM, 2001 OK 103, 39 P.3d 802
  • Myers v. Lashley, 2002 OK 4, 44 P.3d 553
  • Smith v. Smith, 2003 OK CIV APP 28, 67 P.3d 351
  • Kerby v. Kerby, 2007 OK 36, 164 P.3d 1053
  • Kerby v. Kerby, 2007 OK 35, 164 P.3d 1049