Litigation

Our firm has a very active civil litigation practice, with particular emphasis in commercial, real estate, oil and gas, bankruptcy, debtor/creditor rights and lender liability, insurance bad faith and contractual liability and general business litigation. Our firm's attorneys routinely make appearances in the state and federal district courts in Oklahoma, the various bankruptcy courts sitting in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Supreme Court, the United States Tax Court, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Tenth Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Several attorneys in the firm are also licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

In recent years, we have represented diverse clients in the areas of contract and business relations litigation, real estate foreclosure, business, municipality and consumer bankruptcy cases, insurance company rehabilitations and liquidations, oil and gas contract disputes (including several large take-or-pay cases), collection actions, general contractual and insurance bad faith claims, tax controversy litigation, probate litigation, securities fraud claims, directors and officers liability matters, products liability cases, eminent domain, environmental actions, class actions employee benefits and employment discrimination matters (representing employers) and appeals ensuing from many of these matters. We have also been very active in negotiating and documenting reorganization and rehabilitation plans, out-of-court insolvency work out arrangements, settlements in lieu of foreclosure, and other compromises involving sophisticated lenders and borrowers. In addition, we have conducted and participated in numerous arbitration and mediation proceedings involving both court-referred actions and private disputes.