ATTORNEYS

Cole B. McLanahan

Associate

Expertise

Litigation

Litigation

Appellate Practice

Appellate Practice

Insurance Law and Litigation

Insurance Law and Litigation

Trust and Estate Litigation

Trust and Estate Litigation

Oil and Gas Litigation

Oil and Gas Litigation

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
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