Position: Member

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Admitted: 1973, Oklahoma and U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma; 1980, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: University of Oklahoma, J.D., 1973

College: University of Oklahoma, B.S., 1970

Birth Date and Place: Lubbock, Texas, December 2, 1947

Practice Areas: Employment Law; Defendant's Civil Rights Law; Discrimination; Insurance Defense; Appellate Practice

Additional Information: Biography: Phi Delta Phi. Author: "Handbook of Section 1983 Litigation," Aspen Publishers, Inc. (2002); "Defending 42 U.S.C. 1983 Actions", 6th Ed.; "Grand Juries in Oklahoma: Where Are We Now?" 68 Oklahoma Bar Journal, July 26, 1997; "Burden Shifting and Summary Judgement in Federal Employment Discrimination Cases," 67 Oklahoma Bar Journal 2861 (1966); "Qualified Immunity Under 42 U.S.C., 1983 for Public Officials, 25 The Urban Lawyer 97, 1993. Adjunct Professor, Oklahoma City University School of Law, 1985�. Reported Cases: Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988).

Firm Members: George Emerson

Firm Members: Danny Shadid

Firm Members: Melvin Hall