Partners:

Bob Latham: Mr. Latham has a general civil practice with an emphasis on medical negligence, products liability, insurance law, insurance bad faith, automobile and trucking liability, and various commercial litigation. He serves as counsel for businesses and medical entities throughout the state. He is a member of the Tulsa County Bar Association, the Oklahoma Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute. He is admitted to the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oklahoma and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma School of Law. Mr. Latham has been assigned an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. Email

Ken Wagner: Mr. Wagner has a general civil trial practice with an emphasis in commercial litigation, professional liability defense, banking litigation, construction law, class actions and nursing home litigation. He has lectured on professional liability and nursing home issues. He is a member of the Tulsa County Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, Arkansas Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute. He is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts of Oklahoma and Arkansas. Mr. Wagner received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa College of Law. Mr. Wagner has been assigned an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. Email

Mark Steele: Mr. Steele has a general civil practice with an emphasis on medical negligence, premises liability, pharmacy liability, construction law and employment law. He has lectured on medical negligence and premises liability issues. He is a member of the Tulsa County Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute. He is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Mr. Steele received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Oral Roberts University, and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa College of Law. Mr. Steele has been assigned an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. Email

Scott Lehman: Mr. Lehman has a general civil practice with an emphasis on creditor’s rights law, collections, bankruptcy, foreclosures, employment law and products liability. He has lectured on creditor rights, foreclosures and bankruptcy issues. He is a member of the Tulsa County Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, Commercial Law League of America and National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys. He is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma. He received both a Bachelor of Arts degree and Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa. Mr. Lehman served as Chair-Board of Directors for the Young Lawyers Division of the Tulsa County Bar and is a former member of the Hudson, Hall and Wheaton Chapter of the American Inns of Court. Mr. Lehman has been assigned an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. Email

Leah P. Keele: Ms. Keele has a workers compensation defense practice representing insurance companies and self-insured employers in Oklahoma. She is a member of the Tulsa County Bar, the Defense Research Institute, the National Self-Insured Association, and the Oklahoma Self-Insured Association of which she is a board member. She is a frequent lecturer on workers compensation law. She is admitted to the Oklahoma Bar Association, The Cherokee Bar Association, and the Native American Bar Association, and for the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Oklahoma. She is certified as a workers compensation mediator for the Cherokee Nation and the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court. She received her Bachelor's of Science degree in Accounting from Northeastern State University and her Juris Doctorate from the University Of Tulsa College Of Law. Ms. Keele has been assigned an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

Rick J. Horton: Mr. Horton has a general civil practice with an emphasis on automobile liability, trucking liability, and product liability. He is a member of the Tulsa County Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, Missouri Bar Association, and Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel. He is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Mr. Horton received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor University and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa College of Law. Mr. Horton has been assigned an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. Email

Marcus Ratcliff: Mr. Ratcliff has a general civil practice with an emphasis in commericial and banking litigation, commercial foreclosures, bankruptcy and general business law matters. Mr. Ratcliff's experience includes representing individuals, corporations an financial institutions in complex transactional matters, including loan documentation, contract negotiation and general business related matters. Mr. Ratcliff graduated from the University Of Tulsa College Of Law, with honors and served as an Articles Editor for the Tulsa Law Journal. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Court for the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma. Email

Lance Freije: Mr. Freije has a general civil practice with an emphasis on medical negligence, products liability, employment law, insurance law, insurance bad faith, pharmacy liability, premises liability, automobile and trucking liability. He is a member of the Tulsa County Bar Association, the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Kansas Bar Association and the Missouri Bar Association. He is admitted to the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma. He is also admitted to practice in Kansas and Missouri and before the United States District Court for Kansas. He has also been granted admittance to practice in Iowa. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Kansas and his Juris Doctorate from the University Of Kansas School Of Law. Mr. Freije has been assigned an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. Email

Ryan Harper: Mr. Harper has a general civil practice with an emphasis on insurance defense, construction law, product liability, bad faith, civil litigation and medical negligence. He is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, Tulsa County Bar Association, American Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, and the Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel. He received his Bachelors of History degree from Davidson College in North Carolina and his Juris Doctorate from the University Of Tulsa College Of Law. Mr. Harper is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma. Email

Patrick S. Parr: Mr. Parr practices primarily in the area of Workers' Compensation defense. He has served on the Oklahoma Bar Association's, Workers' Compensation Section Board of Directors. He represents national corporations, as well as, local business owners and employers. He is a member of the Tulsa County Bar Association and the Oklahoma Bar Association. He is admitted to the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Oklahoma, and all Oklahoma state courts. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa. He also served in the United States Marine Corps from 1988 to 1994. Mr. Parr has been assigned a BV rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

Associates:

Brian Goree: Mr. Goree has a general civil practice with an emphasis on legal research and brief writing in general, and appellate practice and procedure in particular. Mr. Goree is also a registered patent attorney and serves the firm's clients on all intellectual property issues including patent, trademark, and copyright law. Mr. Goree is a member of the Tulsa County Bar Association and is an active member of the Appellate Practice Section and the Intellectual Property Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the 10^th Circuit Court of Appeals, all federal courts of Oklahoma, and the Oklahoma Supreme Court. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1986 and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa of Law in 1989. Mr. Goree has a BV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. Email

Allison Thompson: Mrs. Thompson has a general civil practice, with an emphasis in appellate practice, construction law, legal research and writing, medical negligence, and premises liability. She is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, Tulsa County Bar Association, Tulsa County Women Lawyers Association, National Women Lawyers Association, National Native American Bar Association, American Bar Association, and the Defense Research Institute. Mrs. Thompson was elected to serve as the 2008 President of the Tulsa Women Lawyers Association. Mrs. Thompson is the chair of the LWSL Diversity Committee and serves as a member on the following committees: the Oklahoma Bar Association's Appellate Practice Section, and the Women in Law Committee; the American Bar Association's Tort and Insurance Trial Practice Brief Grading Committee, Section of Business Law Committee on Diversity, Women's Business Law Network, and Direct Women; ant the Defense Research Institute Diversity Committee. She is licensed to practice in Oklahoma and North Carolina (inactive) and is admitted before the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Central Oklahoma, and her Juris Doctorate from the University Of Tulsa College Of Law. Mrs. Thompson has been assigned a BV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. Email

Brandy Wandres: Mrs. Wandres has a general civil practice with an emphasis on medical negligence, insurance law, products liability, automobile and trucking liability and general commercial litigation. She is a member of the Tulsa County Bar, the Oklahoma Bar Association and the National Native American Bar Association. She is admitted to practice before the United States Districts Courts for the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma and the 10^th Circuit Court of Appeals. She received her Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Central Oklahoma and her Juris Doctorate from the University Of Oklahoma College Of Law. Email

Brian L. Carter: Mr. Carter has a general civil practice with emphasis on medical negligence, insurance defense, personal injury, products liability, corporate law, commercial transactions, banking litigation and automobile and trucking litigation. He has lectured on medical and dental malpractice issues. Mr. Carter is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, American Bar Association, Tulsa County Bar Association, and Defense Research Institute and a former member of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Inn of Court. He is admitted to practice before the United States Districts Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma and the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. Mr. Carter received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma and his Juris Doctorate from the University Of Oklahoma School Of Law. He served as the business manger and article editor for the Oklahoma Journal of Law & Technology.

Kimberly Clark: Ms. Clark has a general civil practice with emphasis on insurance law, bad faith, automobile and trucking liability and commercial litigation. She is a member of the Tulsa County Bar Association, the Oklahoma Bar Association, and the Tulsa Women Lawyers Association. She is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for Northern, Eastern and Western of Oklahoma. She received her Bachelor of Science and Bachelor or Arts degree from the Northeastern State University in Oklahoma and her Juris Doctorate from the University Of Tulsa College Of Law.

Lori R. Whitworth: Mrs. Whitworth has a workers' compensation defense practice representing insurance companies and self-insured employers in Oklahoma. She is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association and Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel. She currently is a member of the Board of Directors of the OBA Workers' Compensation Section. Mrs. Whitworth is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Western District. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma in 2000 and received her Juris Doctorate from the University Of Oklahoma College Of Law in 2003.

Carey Calvert: Ms. Calvert has a general civil litigation practice with an emphasis on construction, trucking, products liability, insurance bad faith and commercial litigation. She is a member of the Tulsa County Bar Association and the Oklahoma Bar Association. She is admitted to the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma as well as the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Oklahoma State University and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma. Ms. Calvert has been assigned a BV rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

Dorie Christian: Ms. Christian has a general civil practice with an emphasis on legal research and writing. She received her undergraduate degree in English from Kenyon College, in Gambier, Ohio, in May, 1997. She received her Juris Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, in Cleveland, Ohio, in May, 2000, where she served as an editor for the Internet Law Journal. Ms. Christian is admitted to practice law in both Ohio and Oklahoma. She is a member of the Oklahoma and Tulsa County Bar Associations, and an active member of the Tulsa Women's Lawyers Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Of Counsel:

Neal F. Lehman: Mr. Lehman has a general civil practice with emphasis on Antitrust and Commercial Transactions. He is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association and Texas Bar Association. He is admitted to practice before the Northern District of Oklahoma. Mr. Lehman served as a trail attorney with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Grove City College in Pennsylvania and his Juris Doctorate from St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. Email 

E. Scott Pruitt : Mr. Pruitt has a general civil practice with emphasis on constitutional, contract, insurance, labor, civil rights and employment law. He is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association. Mr. Pruitt received his Bachelors of Arts degree in Political Science and Communications from Georgetown College in Kentucky and his Juris Doctorate from the University Of Tulsa College Of Law. Email

Alex Hammack: Mr. Hammack concentrates his practice in the areas of taxation, estate planning, business planning, business transactions, trusts and estates, probate, non-profits organization, elder law, and employee benefits. He is a member of the Tulsa County Bar Association, Rogers County Bar Association, the Oklahoma Bar Association and State Bar of Texas. He is admitted to practice before the United States Districts Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma and the Northern and Southern districts of Texas. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in accounting from the University of Oklahoma, his Juris Doctorate from the University Of Tulsa College Of Law and his Master of Laws in Taxation from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Email