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Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury Defense

Additional Information:

G. Calvin Sharpe is a Shareholder in the Litigation Department and a member of the Firm's Tribal practice group. He represents individuals and both privately-owned and public companies in complex commercial and civil litigation and counsels Native American Tribes on water issues, including tribal claims to water.

G. Calvin has spent his entire legal career inside Oklahoma courtrooms, defending the business interests of a diverse group of national and regional clients. His complex litigation practice includes class action and mass tort defense, with an emphasis in the related areas of products liability, medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury and insurance defense.

Over the years, G. Calvin has gained valuable experience successfully handling environmental matters, including high-profile wind energy project Big Smile Wind Farm at Dempsey Ridge, located in Western Oklahoma. He also has done extensive work with the Oklahoma Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Act, which yielded the reported cases of Jones v. Oklahoma Natural Gas Company and Bond v. Oklahoma Natural Gas Company.

A Native American deeply connected to the culture and tradition of his ancestors, G. Calvin is an advocate in the community and the courts. He is admitted to practice in Cherokee Nation Tribal Court, Supreme Court of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Chickasaw Nation Tribal Court and Osage Nation Tribal Court.

G. Calvin is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has tried dozens of jury trials to verdict and is named to Best Lawyers in America in Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants and to Oklahoma Super Lawyers in Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury Defense and Native American Law. His published works include Limiting Municipal Exposure for Negligent Maintenance of Street Signs, Barricades, Construction Projects and Sidewalks for Municipal Assurance Group and Defense of an 18-Inch Case for American Gas Association Claims Litigation and Protective Committee. In 2010, he received The Journal Record's Leadership in Law Award for his outstanding contributions to the community and the legal profession.

Born and raised in Oklahoma City, G. Calvin and his wife, Carla, reside with their children Anden and Aaron in Crown Heights—one of Oklahoma City's most celebrated historic districts. An outdoor enthusiast to the core, he enjoys hunting, fishing and nearly every other sporting and outdoor activity.

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