John P. Zelbst

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John P. Zelbst: Attorney with Zelbst, Holmes & Butler
Attorney Awards
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer AV Preeminent Rating
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Biography

Member, Board of Trustees of Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Lawton, Oklahoma. Board and Faculty Member, Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, DuBois, Wyoming. Listed: Oklahoma Super Lawyer, 2006-present; Best Lawyers in America, 2016; American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); Top Attorneys in Oklahoma; The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers; Martindale-Hubbell, Preeminent Lawyers; Commissioner, Oklahoma Wildlife Commission (2010-2018).

Areas of Practice (11)

  • Personal Injury
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Federal Practice
  • Civil Trial
  • Criminal Law
  • Trial Practice
  • Wrongful Termination
  • Products Liability
  • Premises Liability
  • Torts
  • Class Action

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Cameron University, B.A., 1976
Law School Attended:
University of Tulsa, J.D., 1980
Year of First Admission:
1980
Admission:
1980, Oklahoma; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas; U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1980, U.S. District Court, Western, Eastern and Northern Districts of Oklahoma
Memberships:
Oklahoma and American Bar Associations; Oklahoma Association for Justice (President, 2001); American Association for Justice; Oklahoma Criminal Defense Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates.
Birth Information:
Lawton, Oklahoma, April 6, 1954
Reported Cases:
Mr. Zelbst and his associates have obtained many large settlements and verdicts on behalf of their injured clients. Including the largest known personal injury verdict in the state of Oklahoma-24 million dollars, Henderson v. Petro Energy Transport Co. et al., DC Jackson County CJ-95-64; largest personal injury verdict in Oklahoma against the United States of America on behalf of a husband and wife in the amount of Seven Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars.
ISLN:
902533170

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580-360-0399  Phone

580-248-6916  Fax

www.zelbst.com

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