The Areas of Law that are the focus of our firm are Civil Defense Litigation, Criminal Law, Employment Law, Family Law (Divorce and Child Custody, Etc.), Insurance Settlement, Personal Injury, Probate and Estate Law, and Workers Compensation.  Please scroll down or  simply click on the bookmarks above for a description.

The practice of Civil Litigation covers a diverse span of legal issues ranging from product liability to dog bite and /or marinating a hazardous nuisance. 

Criminal Law is the practice of defending felony charges placed against citizens by the appropriate governmental agency.  Typically, these are filed by the State of Oklahoma or the Federal Government and concern charges that may require a period of incarceration in excess of one year in a state or federal institution and/or a large fine.  Examples of this type of case are: Possession of narcotics. Burglary, Robbery, etc.  Charges brought by a municipality are not normally considered criminal charges, IE: speeding citations, zoning violations, health code violations and/or fire or building code violations.

The practice of Employment Law covers a wide variety of cases, ranging from:

1. The defense of wrongful termination allegations; It should be noted that even thought Oklahoma is an employment at will state, implied contractual obligations, verbal contracts  and the lack of proper documentation in employee manuals can provide a basis for litigation.

2. Sexual harassment charges;

3. Employment contracts;

4. Unsafe or hostile work environment; Defense of litigation arising from OSHA requirements up to an including discrimination allegations and retaliation for previous court mandated employment remedies.  

The practice of Family Law encompasses all aspects of the state statutes concerning divorce, child custody, child support,  powers of attorney, Guardianship, Wills, etc.

These types of cases normally arise from the failure of an insurance company to meet policy requirements for payment.  They can range from negotiating the amount to be paid for a claim to bad faith litigation where the company has intentionally failed to meet the requirements of the policy and it can be demonstrated that this was an intentional breech of contract.

Personal injury cases are normally those where you have sustained some type of injury in vehicle accident, a fall caused by negligence or an act of omission at a location other then your own property.  These type of cases may be filed against another person (s) or their insurance companies or may be against your own insurance company for failure to cover uninsured medical costs due to an accident.

Probate cases involve the disposition of the assets of  an estate according to the dictates of a will or in those cases where there is no will, the dictates of the court, to the creditors, IRS, heirs, and other claimants as the situation warrants.  It may also involve defending the estate against unwarranted and/or improper claims.

Workers Compensation claims are filled with the State of Oklahoma and / or the insurance company in question.  It is frequently necessary to present and defend these claims in a workers compensation hearing.