Areas of Practice:
- Commercial Law
- Litigation
- Arbitration
- Bankruptcy
- Lender Liability
- Health Care Law
- Employment Law
Litigation Percentage:
85% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
- Oklahoma, 1983
- U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma, 1983
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1984
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma, 1984
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1984
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1991
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2004
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2005
- New Mexico, 2005
- Arkansas, 2006
Education:
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, Oklahoma, 1983, J.D.
Honors: Order of Barristers
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: Jessup International Law Moot Court Team, Captain, 1981-1982
Honors: Albert C. Hunt Practice Court Award, 1982-1983
Law Review: Oklahoma Law Review, Note Editor, 1982 - 1983
Harvard University, 1976
A.M.
Harvard University, 1973
A.B.
Honors: Cum Laude
Published Works:
"Medical Leases and Patient Referrals Under Oklahoma Law: Are They Mutually Exclusive?", 87 J. Okla. St. Med. Ass'n, 1994
Representative Cases:
Diamond v. Union Bank & Trust of Bartlesville, 776 F.Supp. 542 (N.D. Okla. 1991)
Grove Holding Corp. v. First Wisconsin Nat'l Bank of Sheboygan, 803 F.Supp. 1486 (E.D. Wis. 1992)
City Savings, F.S.B. v. Welsh, 793 F. Supp. 1046 (W.D. Okla. 1992)
Cimmaron Federal Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. McKnight, 840 P. 2d (Okla. Ct. App. 1992)
Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. Allied Tower, Ltd., 874 P. 2d 36 (Okla. 1993)
Brannon v. Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc., 952 F. Supp. 1478 (W.D. Okla. 1997)
Marshall v. American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, 996 F. Supp. 1334 (W.D. Okla. 1998)
CD Partners v. Grizzle, 424 F.3d 795 (8th Cir. 2005)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Oklahoma County Bar Association, Member
Oklahoma State Bar Association, Member
American Bar Association, Member; Commercial, Banking and Financial Transactions Committee