Jana L. Knott
President & Chief Executive Officer
- (405) 605-4573
- Fax: (405) 262-4058
- 104 N. Rock Island, P.O. Box 157, El Reno, OK 73036
Jana L. Knott joined Bass Law in 2018. Her practice focuses primarily on appellate litigation, advocacy, briefing, and consultation. She handles civil appeals in all areas of the law in both state and federal court, including oil and gas, trusts and estates, divorce, parental termination, municipal law, appeals from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, real property, and bankruptcy. She also represents clients who wish to participate in an appeal as an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”).
She represents clients in the district courts across the state in civil litigation cases as both trial counsel and embedded appellate counsel. She often provides district court level brief-writing and complex motion-writing to other lawyers and firms in all areas of the law, including trust and estate disputes, business disputes, oil and gas litigation, and real property disputes.
Prior to joining the firm, she worked for seven years as a staff attorney to the Honorable Noma D. Gurich, Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. In addition, Jana has worked as an Adjunct Professor for the Oklahoma City University School of Law, teaching Civil Practice & Procedure.
Jana co-hosts and produces “Oklahoma Appeals: The Podcast,” where she and her co-host, Gabe Bass, discuss new cases published by the Oklahoma Supreme Court and Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals and interview guests on all topics related to civil litigation at both the district court and appellate court levels.
Education
- B.S., Sociology, University of Oklahoma, Summa Cum Laude, 2008
- Juris Doctor, Oklahoma City University School of Law, Magna Cum Laude, 2011
Admissions
- All Oklahoma Trial and Appellate Courts
Memberships
- Oklahoma Bar Association
- Appellate Practice Section (2013-Present)
- Military Assistance Committee (2012-14)
- Canadian County Bar Association
- William J. Holloway Inn of Court (2012-16)
Academia
- Adjunct Professor, Oklahoma City University School of Law
Community
- Rotary Club Yukon (2017-present)
- Oklahoma Zoological Society Board of Young Professionals (2013-17)
Published Opinions
- Hobson vs Cimarex
- McClure vs Strack et al
- Compl of NW Electric Coop against OG&E
- Lawson vs Citizen Energy et al
- State of Oklahoma vs Johnson & Johnson et al
- Tres C, LLC vs Raker Resources et al
- Oil Valley vs Moore
- Donaldson vs City of El Reno
- Appl of Okla Turnpike Authority
- Randle et al vs City of Tulsa et al
- Lawson vs Sequoyah Co 911 Trust et al
- Excencial Wealth Advisors et al vs Ventura et al
- Cathey et al vs Board Of County Commissioners For McCurtain County et al
- Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Corp. Commission
- Grayson v. Citizenship Board of Muscogee Creek Nation
- In re Constitutionality of NCA 24-077
In The News
- Muscogee Nation Supreme Court denies rehearing of Freedmen citizenship case
- El Reno attorney seeks justice for Tulsa Race Massacre survivors
- If court validates bonds, Turnpike Authority to resume talks with federal agency on south extension
- Divided OK Supreme Court rules sex offender residency restriction can be retroactive
- Bass Law changes hands