Aaron Bundy
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OKC, Tulsa, Bentonville, Joplin - One Law Firm, Three States
I am a trial lawyer. I represent individuals in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. My work involves high-stakes family law and civil cases that often include allegations of criminal misconduct.
I work with my clients to resolve important matters privately and by agreement when possible. When the other side is unreasonable or will not agree, I have the training and trial experience to provide skilled advocacy and representation in court for my clients. I am board-certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a family law trial lawyer. I am a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Academy of Family Lawyers.
My process for legal work is goal-oriented: to obtain the best result possible for each client in any given situation. I focus on providing the highest level of customer service while seeking the best outcome possible. I am committed to industry-leading best practices, so I spend much of every year training in various settings alongside the finest accountants, psychologists, financial advisers, and lawyers worldwide. My case preparation, negotiation, and trial work methods are objectively supported by skills training and cutting-edge psychological research. In 2021, I completed a year-long certificate program at SMU for financial planning, covering taxation, investments, insurance, retirement, and estate planning courses, all to better my knowledge and hone my skills for advising and representing people about their life's work and savings.
- Divorce
- Contested Divorce, Property Division, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Commercial Litigation (Contract and Property Disputes)
- FaceTime
- Google Meet
- Skype
- Zoom
- Credit Cards Accepted
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Contingent Fees
for injury cases only
- Arkansas
- Arkansas Judiciary
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- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
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- Missouri
- The Missouri Bar
- ID Number: 76228
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
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- Oklahoma
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- 8th Circuit
- ID Number: 23-0477
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- 10th Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- Lawyer
- Bundy Law
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- Fry & Elder
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- Southern Methodist University
- Certified Financial Planner™ certificate (2021) | Financial Planning
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- A year-long program covering a wide range of advanced courses on complex financial issues
- Activities: Taxation, Investments, Insurance, Estate Planning, Retirement and Employee Benefits
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- University of Tulsa College of Law
- J.D.
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- Honors: Phi Delta Phi
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- University of Tulsa
- B.S. (2002) | Marketing
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- 500 Leading Family Lawyers
- Lawdragon
- The Lawdragon Family Lawyers guide recognizes top lawyers who specialize in “private client” or “high-net worth” divorces.
- Best Lawyers®
- The Best Lawyers in America(c)
- Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication company in the legal profession. Recognition by Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by their peers.
- Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- This peer designation is awarded only to a select number of accomplished attorneys in each state. The Super Lawyers selection process takes into account peer recognition, professional achievement in legal practice, and other cogent factors.
- Band 1 - High Net Worth
- Chambers
- A listing in the Chambers directory is one of the most exclusive, prestigious recognitions that an attorney may receive. Less than 2% of attorneys in the U.S. are ranked by Chambers, and a ranking cannot be purchased. Some have called Chambers USA "the legal industry's version of the Michelin Guide to the best restaurants." Its Band 1 ranking is the highest possible achievement.
- Top Recommended
- Spears 500
- Spear's publishes annual rankings of the top private client advisers and service providers to High Net Worth individuals. Aaron Bundy is included again in this selection of the best US family lawyers for high-net-worth clients.
- Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
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- Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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- The Missouri Bar
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- Arkansas Bar Association
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- Activities: Family Law Section; Litigation Section
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- International Academy of Family Lawyers
- Fellow
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- Activities: I have represented a number of parents in Hague Convention child abduction proceedings, successfully obtaining the return of their children to the appropriate home country. I advise and represent people from other jurisdictions -- U.S. states and foreign countries -- across a range of legal matters. Representative countries include Australia, the U.K., Uzbekistan, Turkey, Mexico, Honduras, Venezuela, and Canada.
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- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- Fellow
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- Activities: I served as the President of the Oklahoma chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers from 2021 - 2023. I have served on several AAML committees on the national level, including the AAML / AFCC Conference Committee and the Member Recruitment Committee.
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- Oklahoma Bar Association
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- Oklahoma Bar Journal
- Associate Editor
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- Marijuana and Family Law
- Oklahoma Bar Journal
- Delete Boilerplate to Improve Discovery and Avoid Trouble
- OBA Family Law Section Practice Manual
- Where to Start? Preparing to Examine a Family Law Expert
- Oklahoma Bar Journal
- Show Them Yours
- Tulsa Lawyer Magazine
- Leading the Way
- Oklahoma Bar Journal
- Overcoming Counterfeit Objections and Preserving Evidence for Review, https://www.straffordpub.com/products/txhnpaelna?utm_campaign=txhnpaelna
- Strafford
- Attorneys Kathleen Egan and Aaron Bundy taught on identifying and successfully dealing with speaking objections and using the formal offer of proof to encourage the court to reconsider an adverse evidentiary ruling.
- Breaking Bad Discovery Habits
- Oklahoma Bar Association
- A CLE webinar for all Oklahoma attorneys concerning attorney responsibility and ethical behavior in the discovery process
- Divorce Law: What to do When Asset Division Goes Wrong
- National Business Institute
- Ensuring clients secure their fair share of the marital estate and financial security for the future. Discussion of how to avoid some of the most common - and potentially disastrous - financial mistakes when finding, classifying, valuing and dividing assets so you can win more favorable divorce settlements
- Marriage, Murder & Molestation, Annual Meeting, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Bar Association, Family Law Section
- The Rules of Evidence: A Practical Toolkit, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- National Business Institute
- Certified Financial Planner™ certificate
- SMU Continuing & Professional Education
- Board certified family trial lawyer
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
Cross-centric trial strategy
This video describes preparing for trial by prioritizing facts established on cross-examination over the development of facts on direct examination
Assessing a situation for trial
General information about risk tolerance, risk & reward, and decision making for trial (with iPad visual effects!)
Mediation
This video discusses the three possible outcomes of mediation
Parenting coordinators
This video offers general information about parenting coordinators and some of the benefits of having a parenting coordinator in a child custody case
Financial Support Claims in Divorce USA Chambers Expert Focus
Danya and I discuss the complexities of calculating child support and alimony, spotlighting the issues faced by high net worth parents and the case-by-case determination of alimony.
- Q. Right now I'm depending on my wife for income basically everything and she always threatens to leave me s
- A: There are many factors that could impact your claim for spousal support in the event of separation or a divorce. Each spouse's earning capacity will be one factor. Another factor will be the length of the marriage. Support claims are fluid and fact-sensitive, so you would benefit from a private consultation with an experienced divorce lawyer who can discuss your situation with you in more detail.
- Q. My visits and phone calls are being used to get money from me
- A: Unfortunately, scenarios like the one you describe still occur. That is precisely what family law courts are for. If you are the other parent, you are able to take action to ask a judge to address her conduct and even possibly change custody. Your children's statements about what happen when they are in her care may be Hearsay, but there are ways to get their statements to the judge. You may ask for the judge to appoint a Guardian Ad Litem to interview the children and investigate their home life with each parent. You may ask for the judge to order that the minor children begin seeing a qualified therapist who may also report concerns based on what the children may disclose. All of this ... Read More
- Q. I am being kept away from my grandchildren by their parents. Is this legal?
- A: Grandparent rights are a very sensitive issue, both practically and legally. Oklahoma has a comprehensive grandparent rights statute. A grandparent seeking visitation rights must overcome a number of hurdles, including showing parental unfitness or that the child in question would suffer harm or potential harm without the requested grandparent visitation. On top of that, grandparent must also show that the intact nuclear family of the child has been disrupted in some way such as by divorce or death of the grandparent's child who is the child's parent. The grandparent most prove that they had a preexisting relationship with the minor child that pre-dated the disruption of the nuclear ... Read More
