Education:

BBA (Finance and Accounting) with Academic Distinction, University of Oklahoma

Master of Science (Information Systems), University of Oklahoma

Juris Doctorate with Honors, University of Oklahoma

Admissions:

All Oklahoma Trial and Appellate Courts

United States Supreme Court

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary for the Western Circuit

American Bar Association

2009-10 Co-Chair, State Membership Committee
2009-10 Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Leadership Academy Steering Committee
2009-10 TIPS Leadership Diversity Task Force
2008-10 Vice-Chair, TIPS Trial Techniques Committee
2008-09 TIPS Leadership Academy

Oklahoma Bar Association

Canadian County Bar Association

Oklahoma County Bar Association

Practice Management Software: A Case Study

Oklahoma Discovery Code

Oklahoma Lawsuit Reform Act of 2009

2008-10 Board of Directors, Oklahoma Hemophilia Foundation

2009 Oklahoma Academy for State Goals, Panel Recorder

Real Estate

Represented seller in lawsuit to enforce purchase agreement against buyer in $1,100,000 commercial real estate transaction
Represented buyer in complex $4,000,000 commercial real estate transaction
Represented seller of large recreational real estate parcel in lawsuit brought by buyer alleging fraud in survey results
Represented buyer in lawsuit to rescind residential real estate transaction based on mutual mistake
Retained by title insurance company to represent seller in lawsuit to reform deed to recover mistakenly conveyed mineral interests

Estates & Trusts

Represented guardian and heir in complex multi-state litigation between siblings over their parents' $7,000,000 plus estate
Represented administrator in will contest filed by decedent’s heirs-at-law alleging undue influence and lack of capacity in execution of will
Represented settlor/trustee in construction of trust litigation brought by contingent beneficiaries of trust
Represented heir in trust litigation alleging undue influence in creation and administration of $2,000,000 plus trust
Represented administrator in litigation to quiet title to real property on behalf of the estate

Oil & Gas

Represented multiple mineral owners in lawsuit against multiple leasehold owners to cancel oil and gas leases holding 350+ mineral acres in large Woodford shale field
Represented mineral owners in oil and gas lease negotiations
Represented surface owner in lawsuit over surface damages
Acted as general counsel and performed royalty accounting for oil and gas well operator

Courts Martial

Represented Marine charged with first degree murder in case involving multiple forensic science experts and sophisticated demonstrative evidence
Represented Marine drill instructor charged with homicide in the drowning death of a fellow drill instructor