Practice Areas - Personal Injury
- Aviation Law
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| University | University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1966 |
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| Law School | University of Oklahoma, LL.B., cum laude, 1968 |
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| Admitted | 1968, Oklahoma and U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Federal and American (Vice Chairperson, Section of Tort and Insurance Practice, Committee on Aviation and Space Law, 1986-1987) Bar Associations; Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1980); American Association for Justice, formerly known as The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Parliamentarian, 1974-1978; Secretary, 1980-1981; Treasurer, 1981-1982; Chairman, Home Office and Budget Committee, 1982-1984; Chairman, State Development Fund Board, 1985-1986); International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Inner Circle of Advocates (Vice President, 2001-2003; President, 2004-2006); American College of Trial Lawyers. |
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| Born | Duncan, Oklahoma, February 18, 1944 |
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| Biography | Order of the Coif. Member, Oklahoma Law Review, 1966-1968. Author: "Jury Analysis for the Plaintiff," Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education, 1971; "Trial Techniques-Opening Statements for the Plaintiff," Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education, April 1972; "Trial Techniques-Closing Statements for the Plaintiff," Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education, April 1972; "Availability and Use of FAA Aircraft Airmen and Accident Record," ABA National Institute on Small Aircraft Accident Legislation, 1974; "Crashworthiness Update, Law and Techniques," ATLA Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, 1985; "Discovery & Admissibility of Government Records and Depositions of Personnel in Aircraft Accident Cases," ABA Third National Institute on Litigation in Aviation, 1984 and ATLA Annual Convention, Seattle, 1984. Member, Governor's Advisory Committee, 1976. Vice-President, 1986-1987 and President, 1987-1988, Oklahoma Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. |
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| Reported Cases | Hinds v. Warren Transport, Inc., 882 P.2d 1099 (Okla. Ct. App. 1994); Prettyman v. Halliburton Co., 841 P.2d 573 (Okla. 1992); Duane v. Oklahoma Gas & Elec. Co., 833 P.2d 284 (Okla. 1992); Manora v. Watts Regulator Co., 784 P.2d 1056 (Okla. 1989); Wilson v. Gipson, 753 P.2d 1349 (Okla. 1988); Lee v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., 743 P.2d 1067 (Okla. 1987); Lamke v. Futorian Corp., 709 P.2d 684 (Okla. 1985); Redwine v. Baptist Medical Center of Oklahoma, Inc., 679 P.2d 1293 (Okla. 1983); Lee v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., 688 P.2d 1283 (Okla. 1984); Vanderpool v. Oklahoma, 672 P.2d 1153 (Okla. 1983); Horst v. Sirloin Stockade, Inc., 666 P.2d 1285 (Okla. 1983); Scott v. Thunderbird Industries, Inc., 651 P.2d 1346 (Okla.Ct.App. 1982); Stephens v. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., Japan, 627 P.2d 439 (Okla. 1981); Hershel v. University Hospital Foundation, 610 P.2d 237 (Okla. 1980); Fields v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., 555 P.2d 48 (Okla. 1976); Fuller v. Rahill, 494 P.2d 785 (Okla. 1972); Repp v. Anadarko Municipal Hospital, 43 F.3d 519 (10th Cir. 1994); Blair v. Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., 962 F.2d 1492 (10th Cir. 1992); Smith v. FMC Corp., 754 F.2d 873 (10th Cir. 1985); Needham v. Phillips Petroleum Co. of Norway, 719 F.2d 1481 (10th Cir. 1983); Callaway v. U.S., 568 F.2d 684 (10th Cir. 1978); Gates v. Ford Motor Co., 494 F.2d 458 (10th Cir. 1974); Sade v. Northern Natural Gas Co., 483 F.2d 230 (10th Cir. 1973); Woolf v. Trans World Airlines, Inc., 443 F.2d 841 (10th Cir. 1971); Brown v. Wichita State University, 547 P.2d 1015 (Kan. 1976); Brown v. Wichita State University, 540 P.2d 66 (Kan. 1975). |
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| ISLN | 904125830 |
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