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ATTORNEYS

Cole B. McLanahan

Associate

Expertise

EDUCATION

  • University of Oklahoma College of Law (Juris Doctor, 2018 – With Distinction)
    • Dean’s Honor Roll (all semesters)
    • American Jurisprudence Award: Legal Research and Writing II
    • Best Brief Award: Legal Research and Writing II
    • Best Write-On Submission: Oklahoma Law Review
    • Best Student Note: Oklahoma Law Review
    • Executive Articles Editor: Oklahoma Law Review
    • Legal Extern, Hon. Scott L. Palk, District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma
  • Oklahoma State University (Bachelor of Science in Finance, Bachelor of Science in Accounting, 2010)
    • Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Scholarship
    • Oklahoma State University Academic Scholarship

ADMISSIONS

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

EXPERIENCE

  • Represented clients, from individuals to multibillion-dollar corporations, in a wide variety of complex commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts, including oil, natural gas, and energy litigation, banking and finance litigation, construction litigation, and business litigation
  • Representation of clients includes responsibility for all phases of litigation, including discovery, motion practice, depositions, trial, and appeals
  • Obtained favorable dispositions of lawsuits, including dismissals, summary judgments, trial verdicts, and related appeals

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

  • Oklahoma Bar Association
  • Oklahoma County Bar Association

HONORS, AWARDS & RANKINGS

  • Oklahoma Super Lawyers, Oklahoma Rising Stars: 2023 and 2024

ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS

  • Gavel to Gavel: Is your contract actually binding?, The Journal Record (July 18, 2024)
  • United States v. Carloss: Should the Police Act Like Good Neighbors?, Oklahoma Law Review, 70 Okla. L. Rev. 519 (Winter 2018)

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

  • Metropolitan Library Endowment Trust – Trustee