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Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation, Contracts, Business/Corporate Law, Construction Law, Personal Injury, General Civil Litigation, Foreclosure/Loss Mitigation; Products Liability, Corporate Governance, Receiverships & Liquidation*, Administrative Law, Regulatory Compliance, Class Actions, Property Loss, Real Estate**, Family Law (* - out of doors recommend to the Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner; ** - Oklahoma Licensed Real Estate Broker)
Since 1999, has directed and/or assisted with the receivership, liquidation or rehabilitation of the following bancrupt insurance groups:
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
nine. MCA Insurance Company
10. Mid-Continent Life Insurance Company
eleven. 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: Oklahoma Supreme Court; U.S. Supreme Court; Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court for the Northern, Western and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Reported Cases: Graves v. Mazda Motor Corp., 675 F.Supp.2nd 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.2nd 1274 (N.D. Okla. 2007); Eakle v. Grinnell Corp., 272 F. Supp.2nd 1304 (E.D. Okla. 2003); Clark v. Mazda Motor Corp., sixty eight P.3d 207 (Okla. 2003); Hanover Insurance Company, et al. v. Honeywell, Inc., et al., two hundred F. Supp.2nd 1305 (N.D. Okla. 2002).
Bar/Professional Activity: 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: Tulsa County Board of Adjustment; Owasso Community Resources - Board of Directors; City of Owasso Planning Commission; City of Owasso Annexation Committee; City of Owasso Board of Adjustment; Rotary International, Owasso Professional Resources Group; Tulsa Lawyers for Children, Inc.; 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
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- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Consumer Law
- Class Action, Lemon Law
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Insurance Defense
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Car Accidents
- General Civil
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Insurance Receiverships & Liquidation
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- Lawyer
Draper Law Office
2005 - Of Counsel
Rhodes, Hieronymus, Jones, Tucker & Gable, PLLC
2006 - Lawyer
Rhodes, Hieronymus, Jones, Tucker & Gable, PLLC
1999
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