Chance Deaton

Chance Deaton

Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

Chance Deaton grew up in Marlow, Oklahoma and now lives in El Reno. Chance primarily focuses his law practice on estate planning, trusts, probate, property, and oil and gas.

Chance attended the University of Oklahoma, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in political science and graduated with distinction in 2011. In 2010 he won the Benson Undergraduate Paper Award, which is awarded each year to the most outstanding political science undergraduate research paper. Chance attended law school at Oklahoma City University School of Law and received his J.D. in 2014. While in law school, Chance was a member of the Oklahoma City University Law Review and published an article with the Law Review in 2013.

Chance is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association and the Canadian County Bar Association. Chance has been selected to Super Lawyers Rising Stars for estate planning and probate each year since 2019. He is currently serving as an Associate Bar Examiner for District Nine of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

Awards

  • Super Lawyers Rising Stars – Estate Planning and Probate (selected each year from 2019 to the present)

Academia

  • Adjunct Professor, Redlands Community College

Community

  • Associate Bar Examiner for District Nine of the Oklahoma Supreme Court (2017-present)
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Redlands Community College Foundation (2018-present)
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Oklahoma City University School of Law Alumni Association (2020-present)
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Oklahoma Chapter of National Association of Royalty Owners (OK-NARO)