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Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation, General Civil Litigation, Products Liability, Insurance Receiverships & Liquidation*, Personal Injury, Property Loss, Construction Law, Business/Corporate Law, Real Estate Transactions, Family Law. (* - outside counsel to the Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner).

Since 1999, has directed and/or assisted with the receivership, liquidation or rehabilitation of the following insolvent insurance companies:

1. AmCare Health Plans of Oklahoma, Inc.
2. American Standard Life & Accident Insurance Company
3. Eagle Life Insurance Company
4. Eagle Insurance Agency Holdings, LLC
5. Fairway Employment Services, Inc.
6. Frontier Insurance Company
7. Heritage National Insurance Company
8. Hospital Casualty Company
9. MCA Insurance Company
10. Mid-Continent Life Insurance Company
11. Pegasus Insurance Company, Inc.
12. Provider Medical Trust
13. Security General Life Insurance Company

Education: Juris Doctor, with Honor, 1999 - University of Tulsa (Public Policy and Regulation Certificate); Master of Business Administration, 1996 - University of Oklahoma; Bachelor of Science (Business Admin.), 1994 - Oklahoma State University.

Court Admissions: United States Court of Federal Claims (2008); Muscogee (Creek) Nation (2007); United States Supreme Court (2002); U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (2001); Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals (1999); U.S. District Court for the Northern & Eastern Districts of Oklahoma (1999); Oklahoma Supreme Court & all Oklahoma State Courts (1999).

Reported Cases: Graves v. Mazda Motor Corp., 675 F.Supp.2d 1082 (W.D. Okla. 2009); Graves v. Mazda Motor Corp., 598 F.Supp.2d 1216 (W.D. Okla. 2009); C-P Integrated Services, Inc. v. Muskogee City-County Port Authority, 215 P.3d 835 (Okla. App. 2009); U.S. v. Redcorn & Frost, 528 F.3d 727 (10th Cir. 2008); State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Holland v. Heritage National Insurance Company,184 P.3d 1093 (Okla. App. 2008); International Asset Management, Inc. v. Holt, 487 F. Supp.2d 1274 (N.D. Okla. 2007); Eakle v. Grinnell Corp., 272 F. Supp.2d 1304 (E.D. Okla. 2003); Clark v. Mazda Motor Corp., 68 P.3d 207 (Okla. 2003); Hanover Insurance Company, et al. v. Honeywell, Inc., et al., 200 F. Supp.2d 1305 (N.D. Okla. 2002).

Bar/Professional Activity: Super Lawyers Magazine - Super Lawyers Magazine - Oklahoma Rising Stars (2011, 2010, 2008); Martindale-Hubble Peer Review Rated; American Bar Association; Oklahoma Bar Association (Strategic Planning Committee, Rules of Professional Conduct Committee, Civil Procedure & Evidence Code Committee, Young Lawyers Division Liaison to OBA); Tulsa County Bar Association (Community Outreach Committee); Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel (Oklahoma Bar Association Committee; Amicus Committee; Legislative Committee); Defense Research Institute; Supreme Court Historical Society; International Association of Insurance Receivers

Community Activities/Service: Asbury United Methodist Church; Owasso Community Resources - Board of Directors (2006); Rotary International; City of Owasso Planning Commission (2005 - 2008); City of Owasso Annexation Committee (2005 - 2008); City of Owasso Board of Adjustment (2003 - 2005); Owasso Professional Resources Group (2005 - 2006); Tulsa Lawyers for Children, Inc. (2000 - 2004); Special Olympics of Oklahoma; Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program

Representative Clients: Centurion Communications, LLC; Centurion Health Systems, Inc.; Cleveland & Associates, Inc.; DSE-Coffee Creek, LLC; DSE Properties, LLC; DSE-OSS, LLC; Excel Title & Closings, LLC; Frontier Insurance Company, in Rehabilitation; Heritage National Insurance Company, in Receivership; International Asset Management, Inc.; Isuzu Motors America, Inc.; Marianna Homes, Inc.; Mazda Motor Corporation; MCA Insurance Company, in Receivership; MurrCompanies, LLC; Muskogee City-County Port Authority; Providence Homes, LLC; Security General Life Insurance Company, in Receivership; The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company