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Admitted: 1983, Pennsylvania; 1984, U.S. Army Court of Military Review; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, Oklahoma; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma; 2006, Arkansas; 2007, Kansas

Law School: College of William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D., 1983

College: Dickinson College, B.A., 1980

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Practice Areas: Alternate Dispute Resolution, Environmental Law

Additional Information: Capt., U.S. Army Active Duty, 7th Infantry Division Light; JAGC Trial Counsel and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of California, 1984-1988

Frequent Guest Speaker before audiences including: Association of Oil Pipelines; ARMA International; Environmental Federation of Oklahoma; Air and Waste Management Association; OSU Environmental Management Program; International Pipeline Security Forum; Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality; Transportation Security Agency; ENTELEC (Energy Telecommunications and Electrical Association). Adjunct Instructor, Oklahoma State University (OSU) Engineering Extension Environmental Management Certificate Program. Instructor, OSU/Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers Joint Continuing Education Program. Certified Mediator, The Mediation Institute. TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential) Qualified. Listed in Oklahoma Super Lawyers. Co-Founder and Former Partner, Joyce & Paul, PLLC. Former In-House Counsel, Sun Company, Sun Pipe Line Company. Former Environmental Manager, Sun Company, Tulsa Refinery. Former Partner, Gardere & Wynne, LLP. Civic Involvement and Leadership include: American Legion; Arthritis Foundation (Former Member and Board Chair, Eastern Oklahoma Chapter; Former Member and Audit Committee Chair, National Board of Directors); Association of the United States Army, Leadership Oklahoma (Class XXII, 2009); Leadership Tulsa (Class XXII, 1990); National Rifle Association; Tulsa Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure (Legal Advisor).

Member: Law Office Management and Technology Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association

Firm Members: Ronald Little

Firm Members: Charles Plumb

Firm Members: Rachel Blue

Firm Members: Bill Freudenrich, Jr.

Firm Members: Brita Haugland-Cantrell

Firm Members: Charles Greenough

Firm Members: Richard Hix

Firm Members: J. Buchan

Firm Members: Susan Walker

Firm Members: Kathy Neal

Firm Members: Philip Bruce

Firm Members: Jason McVickers

Firm Members: Emalie Foster