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ATTORNEYS

EDUCATION

  • University of Oklahoma (Bachelor of Arts)
  • University of Oklahoma College of Law (Juris Doctor, 1980, with honors)
    • Order of the Coif, Editor-in-Chief of the Oklahoma Law Review

ADMISSIONS

  • State Bar of Oklahoma
  • United States District Courts for the Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • United States Tax Court

EXPERIENCE

  • Represented clients in complex civil litigation matters for more than 40 years
  • Tried numerous cases to verdict in federal and state court
  • Among other matters, represented one of Enron Corporation’s major lenders in Enron securities litigation in the Southern District of Texas
  • Regularly asked to mediate and arbitrate lawsuits and other disputes
  • Has lectured in the areas of trial practice, civil procedure and insurance law

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Bar Association
  • Oklahoma Bar Association: Vice President (2021); Civil Procedure Committee (1995-2000)
  • Oklahoma County Bar Association: Continuing Legal Education Committee – Chair (2003-2005); President (2007-2008); Bench and Bar Committee
  • Oklahoma County Bar Foundation: President and Director

HONORS, AWARDS & RANKINGS

  • Best Lawyers in America – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation-Antitrust, Litigation-Labor & Employment, and Litigation-Securities
  • Best Lawyers 2011, 2017 and 2024 Lawyer of the Year, Oklahoma City – Insurance Law
  • Best Lawyers 2016, 2020 and 2023 Lawyer of the Year, Oklahoma City – Litigation-Antitrust
  • Best Lawyers 2014 Lawyer of the Year, Oklahoma City – Litigation-Securities
  • Best Lawyers 2022 Lawyer of the Year, Oklahoma City – Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Oklahoma Super Lawyers – Business Litigation (Top 50 for 2022)
  • Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers (Band 1 for Litigation: General Commercial and Mediators)
  • Martindale-Hubbell: AV Preeminent
  • Oklahoma Bar Association John E. Shipp Award for Ethics (2022)

NEWS, ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS

  • Green v. USA, 144 F.Supp.3d 1254 (W.D. Okla. 2015), rev’d, 880 F. 3d 519 (10th Cir. 2018)
  • Evans v. McDonald’s Corp., 936 F.2d 1087 (10th Cir. 1991)
  • Wood v. Eli Lilly & Co., 38 F.3d 510 (10th Cir. 1994)
  • Crabtree v. Muchmore, 904 F.2d 1475 (10th Cir. 1990)
  • Woulfe v. Eli Lilly & Co., 965 F.2d 1478 (E.D. Okla. 1997)
  • Craft v. Chopra, 907 P.2d 1109 (Okla. App. 1995)
  • Wilkinson v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., 933 P.2d 878 (Okla. 1997)
  • Champagne Metals v. Ken-Mac Metals, Inc., 458 F.3d 1073 (10th Cir. 2006)
  • BancFirst v. Cox, 2007 OK CIV APP 123, 175 P.3d 957