Areas of Practice

• General Practice
• Family Law
• Business Law
• Employment Law
• Consumer Law
• Criminal law
• Premises Liability
• Contracts
• Personal Injury
• Business Formation
• Torts
• Litigation & Appeals
• United States and State Court Practice

Litigation Percentage

• 98% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Certification/Specialties

• Certified Mediator -- Early Settlement, Oklahoma Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Oklahoma, 1998
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma, 1998
• U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma, 1998
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1998
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2002

Education

• University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma, August, 1997
  J.D.
  Honors: Twenty-Five Percent of Class
  Honors: Dean's Honor Roll
  Honors: Student Bar Association Representative
  Honors: Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature Delegate
  Honors: Phi Delta Phi
  
  
• Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1995
  International Legal Studies
  
  
• Oklahoma City University, May, 1994
  M.B.A.
  Major: Global Logistics Planning
  Major: International Business
  
  
• University of Oklahoma, May, 1993
  B.A.
  Honors: Student Lobby Association
  Honors: Large Chair & Intern Coordinator, Univ. of Oklahoma Student Govt. Assoc.
  Major: Political Science
  Minor: History
  
  

Representative Clients

• Computers
• Science
• Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Distribution
• Retail

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Tulsa County Bar Association, 1999
  Member
  
  
• Tulsa County Bar Association, Employment Law, Family Law Sections, 2003 - Present
  Member, Tulsa County Professional Responsibility Commission
  
  
• Tulsa County Bar Association, Corporate, Criminal, Employment, Family, Young Lawyers & Litigation Sections, 2005 - 2006
  Member
  
  
• Oklahoma County Bar, 1998 - 2000
  
  
• OBA Young Lawyers Association, April 24, 1998 - 2007
  
  
• OBA Young Lawyers Association, 1998 - 2001
  Chair, Health Law Committee
  
  
• American Bar Association, August 13, 2002 - Present
  Member
  
  
• American Bar Association, Business, Litigation & Family Law Sections, 2004 - 2006
  Member
  
  
• American Bar Association, Young Lawyers, 2002 - Present
  Member
  
  
• American Bar Association, Business Law Section Young Lawyers Forum, 2005 - 2006
  Member
  
  
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, March 19, 1999 - Present
  
  
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Business Torts & Family Law Sections, 2005 - 2006
  
  
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Young Lawyers, 1999 - Present
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• U.S. House of Representative, Intern, 1992

Pro Bono Activities

• Presentations to Patients and Families and Nursing Homes on End of Life Decision Making Issues

Ancillary Businesses

• Business Consulting
• Public Speaking
• Author

Birth Information

• 1972, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America