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 2024 and 2025– 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)
Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year 2025 – Litigation – Antitrust
Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year 2025 – Litigation – Securities
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)
