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OELA current members with their, bios, legal services, and contact information.
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Mark E. Hammons, Sr.
Hammons, Hurst & Associates
325 Dean A. McGee Ave.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
Email Address: Mark@HammonsLaw.com
Phone: (405) 235-6100
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, FMLA, Wage & Hour
Other Areas of Practice: Sexual harassment, age discrimination, national origin, and race discrimination
Biography: Mark E. Hammons, Sr. attended undergraduate school at the University of Oklahoma and received his Juris Doctorate from Oklahoma City University in 1976. He served three terms as an Oklahoma state representative from 1972 to 1978. Mr. Hammons is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma, the Northern District of Texas, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is the founder and former President of the Oklahoma Employment Lawyers Association and the head of the Tenth Circuit affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers Association. He was appointed to serve on the Executive Board of the National Employment Lawyers Association. Mr. Hammons has been selected for two (2) full terms on the Executive Board and has served as Co-Chairman of the Nominating Committee and Co-Chairman of the Affiliate Relations Committee along with other committee appointments.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 100
Website Address: www.HammonsLaw.com
Amber L. Hurst
Hammons, Hurst & Associates
325 Dean A. McGee Ave.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
Email Address: Amber@HammonsLaw.com
Phone: (405) 235-6100
Fax: (405) 235-6111
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, FMLA, Wage & Hour
Other Areas of Practice: Sexual harassment, age discrimination, national origin, and race discrimination
Biography: Amber Hurst is a partner at the firm of Hammons, Hurst & Associates. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma, where she graduated in 2006 as a member of the Oklahoma Law Review.
Ms. Hurst practices primarily in the area of employment law, representing private and public sector employees who have been harassed, discriminated against or wrongfully terminated from their employment. She is the 2014 Chair of the Labor & Employment Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association and the current President of the Oklahoma Employment Lawyer's Association.
Ms. Hurst as been a frequent speaker on employment related topics. She has written papers and spoken before several organizations, including the OBA Labor & Employment Law Section, the Oklahoma Employment Lawyers Association, and various private organizations. Frequent topics of Ms. Hurst's presentations include the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, USERRA, and MMSEA.
Ms. Hurst is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association and the National Employment Lawyers Association. Ms. Hurst is admitted to practice before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 100
Website Address: www.HammonsLaw.com
Lauren Johnston
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
215 Dean A. McGee Ave, Ste. 524
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Email Address: lauren.johnston@eeoc.gov
Phone: (405) 231-5829
Mobile: (202) 227-7712
Website Address: www.eeoc.gov
Patrick Holman
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
215 Dean A. McGee Ave., Suite 524
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Phone: (405) 231-5829
Fax: (405) 231-4125
Emily Van Volkinburg
Leonard & Associates, PLLC
8265 S. Walker
Oklahoma City, OK 73139
Email Address: emilyv@leonardlaw.net
Phone: (405) 239-3800
Fax: (405) 239-3801
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Federal Sector Employees, FMLA, Union & Labor Law, USERRA, Wage & Hour, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 100
Website Address: www.leonardlaw.net
D. Colby Addison
The Center for Employment Law
1133 N. Portland Ave.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73107
Email Address: colby@centerforemploymentlaw.com
Phone: (405) 252-1180
Direct: (405) 252-0535
Biography: Click here
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 100
Website Address: www.centerforemploymentlaw.com
Charles Battle
The Battle Law Firm, PLLC
1415 NW 43rd Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118
Email Address: charles@battlelawfirmok.com
Phone: (405) 420-0082
Fax: (405) 416-5492
Areas of Practice: Discrimination
Other Areas of Practice: Personal Injury
Biography: Plaintiff's attorney previously employed by Timmons & Associates and Brown & Gould, PLLC.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 95
Website Address: www.battlelawfirmok.com
Howard Berkson
Boston Avenue Law PLLC
401 S Boston, Suite 500
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
Email Address: howard@bostonavenuelaw.com
Phone: (539) 777-1287
Fax: (405) 509-7100
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, Federal Sector Employees, FMLA, USERRA, Wage & Hour, Whistleblower Protection
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 91%
Website Address: www.BostonAvenueLaw.com
Barrett Bowers
Barrett T. Bowers, PLLC
P.O. Box 891628
Oklahoma City, OK 73189
Email Address: btb@fastmail.com
Phone: (405) 727-7199
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, FMLA, Wage & Hour, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation
Other Areas of Practice: Insurance bad faith, civil rights, personal injury
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 95
Katherine Bushnell
Katherine Bushnell, Esq.
1804 N Draper Ave
Choctaw, Oklahoma 73020
Phone: (405) 664-6890
Email Address: kathybushnellesq@gmail.com
Rachel Bussett
Bussett Legal Group PLLC
414 NW 4th St., Suite 200
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
Email Address: rachel@bussettlegal.com
Phone: (405) 605-8073
Fax: (405) 702-4984
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation
Other Areas of Practice: Personal Injury, Civil, Rights, Small Business Civil, Family Law, Probate and Estate Litigation
Biography: Rachel is the owner and Senior Attorney at Bussett Legal Group in Oklahoma City, OK. Rachel grew up in North St. Louis, Missouri prior to moving to Oklahoma in high school. Rachel attended Oklahoma State University where she graduated with a B.S. in Design, Housing & Merchandising in 1997. The first few years of her career were spent working closely with Senior Management at Fortune 500 Retail Companies to improve business operations and product development.
Rachel left the business world for law school after starting her family. She graduated with the cum laude distinction from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2003, was a member of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Team, the Order of the Barristers, and Phi Delta Phi.
Prior to joining the Bussett Legal Group, Rachel worked as an Associate at two boutique law firms focused on corporate, government and insurance defense in the areas of personal injury, property damage and alleged civil rights violations. Since 2010, Rachel has represented individuals and small businesses in their pursuit of justice in the kinds of cases she used to defend.
Rachel is also a 2014 graduate of the prestigious Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College. The Trial Lawyers College is dedicated to training and educating lawyers and judges who seek to represent and obtain justice for the poor, injured, voiceless, defenseless and the damned and to protect the rights of these people from the corporate and governmental oppression. Students spend 3 weeks on a Ranch in the Wyoming wilderness rediscovering their passion for the law, learning about themselves, and learning how to tell judges and juries their client's story in a revolutionary way.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 95
Website Address: www.bussettlegal.com
Cynthia D'Antonio
Green Johnson Mumina & D'Antonio
400 N. Walker Ave., Suite 100
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
Email Address: cynthia@gjmlawyers.com
Phone: (405) 488-3800
Fax: (405) 488-3802
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, FMLA, Wage & Hour, Workers' Compensation Retaliation
Other Areas of Practice: Wrongful Death, Excessive Force/Police Misconduct, Trust/Wills/Probate/Family Law, Federal Workers Compensation
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 100
Michael Denton
Denton Law Firm
925 West State Highway 152
Mustang, Oklahoma 73064
Email Address: michael@dentonlawfirm.com
Phone: (405) 376-2212
Fax: (405) 376-2262
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, FMLA, Wage & Hour, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation, Other, Describe Below
Other Areas of Practice: Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Product Liability, Medical Malpractice, Civil Litigation
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 90
Website Address: www.dentonlawfirm.com
Rand Eddy
Eddy Law Firm P.C.
210 Park Avenue, Suite 3030
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
Email Address: rand@lawokc.com
Phone: (405) 232-3800
Fax: (405) 232-8999
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, Whistleblower Protection
Website Address: www.lawokc.com
Loren Gibson
Gibson & Associates, PLC
105 N. Hudson, Ste 312
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
Email Address: lgibson@legalavenger.net
Phone: (405) 270-0900
Fax: (405) 270-0903
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, Federal Sector Employees, FMLA, Union & Labor Law, USERRA, Wage & Hour, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation.
Other Areas of Practice: Free Speech Retaliation, Wrongful Discharge, Arbitration, NLRB, PERB, MSPB, MPCPregnacy.
Biography: Graduate OU Law School in top 10% of class and Doing Law Review. Started Practicing in 1990 in Oklahoma representing only Plaintiff's an Unions. We never represent insurance companies or management, ONLY employees.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 100
Website Address: www.legalavenger.net
Tim Gilpin
Gilpin Law Office
1874 S. Boulder
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119
Email Address: timgilpin@gilpinlaw.net
Phone: (918) 583-8900
Fax: (918) 796-5724
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, FMLA, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation, Other, Describe Below
Other Areas of Practice: Americans With Disabilities Act; Pregnancy Discrimination; Sex Discrimination and personal injury
Biography: Tim Gilpin is an aggressive, hard-working Tulsa lawyer with over 28 years of experience successfully representing plaintiffs in personal injury, negligence, job discrimination, wage and benefit disputes, wrongful death, and wrongful termination law.
Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tim Gilpin is a former Assistant Attorney General for Oklahoma and formerly a member of the Oklahoma State Board of Education. Tim represents mistreated victims from all over Oklahoma, including greater Tulsa.
He is fully focused on working hard to provide optimal results for you, his client. When you call into the office, you will talk to a lawyer about your case – not a paralegal or a clerk. When you hire Tim Gilpin, you will benefit from a knowledgeable, experienced advocate who will fight in and out of the court room for your legal rights on car wrecks, workplace harassment, workplace discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, wrongful termination, wrongful death, insurance bad faith, and other forms of negligence and injustices. Tim’s clients can expect maximum results in a settlement or a court trial.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 100
Website Address: www.gilpinlawtulsa.com
Jon Gores
WAGNER & WAGNER, P.C.
4401 N. Classen Blvd., Suite 100
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118
Email Address: jjg@wagnerfirm.com
Phone: (405) 521-9499
Fax: (405) 521-8994
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, Employee Benefits, FMLA, Wage & Hour, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 100
Website Address: www.wagnerlawfirm.com
Terry Hall
Hall, Nalley & Holloway
4000 N Kickapoo
Shawnee, Oklahoma 74804
Email Address: thall@okhnhlaw.com
Phone: (405) 275-5242
Fax: (405) 260-9330
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, FMLA, USERRA, Wage & Hour, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation
Other Areas of Practice: Sex Harassment
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 100
Website Address: www.okhnhlaw.com
Jonathan Irwin
Ward & Glass, LLP
1601 36th Ave. NW
Norman, Oklahoma 73072
Email Address: jonathan@wardglasslaw.com
Phone: (405) 360-9700
Fax: (405) 360-7902
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, FMLA, Wage & Hour, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 90
Website Address: www.wardglasslaw.com
Logan Jones
Jones Brown, PLLC
616 South Boston Avenue, 2nd Floor
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119
Email Address: ljones@jonesbrownlaw.com
Phone: (918) 574-6400
Fax: (918) 549-6794
Areas of Practice: Criminal Defense, Wrongful Death, Medical Malpractice, Defective Medical Devices and Medications, Civil Rights.
Biography: Logan was born in Los Angeles, California and was raised on a farm in Utah. At an early age, he learned the value of hard work by performing chores on a dairy farm and, together with his brothers, delivering the regional daily newspaper to subscribers in their hometown.
At 19, Logan served a two-year mission for the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Italy where he learned to speak, write, and read Italian – an ability he still has today. He went on to earn a degree in Accounting at the University Of Utah in 1996 and received a Juris Doctor from the University Of Tulsa College of Law in 1999. He also earned a Masters Degree in Taxation from the University Of Tulsa College Of Business in 1999.
Professionally, Logan has worked in public accounting, as a Vendor Manager for a Fortune 100 company that specialized in drafting and managing supplier agreements, as a controller for a privately-owned telecommunications support company, and as the controller for a mid-size law firm.
Logan is admitted to the State Bar of Oklahoma and the United States District Court for the Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma. Logan is happily married with two beautiful children.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 100
Website Address: www.jonesbrownlaw.com
Kevin Kelley
Law Office of Kevin R. Kelley
1861 E. 15th Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104
Email Address: kevinkelley@tulsacoxmail.com
Phone: (918) 592-4000
Fax: (918) 744-6300
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, FMLA, Wage & Hour, Whistleblower Protection
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 90
Tommy Klepper, Jr.
Tommy Klepper & Associates, PLLC
702 Wall Street, Suite 100
P.O. Box 721980
Norman, Oklahoma 73070
Email Address: tklepperjr@tommyklepperlaw.com
Phone: (405) 928-5055
Fax: (405) 928-5059
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, Federal Sector Employees, FMLA, Union & Labor Law, USERRA, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation
Other Areas of Practice: VA Disability Law, Education Law, and Environmental Health and Safety Law
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 97
Website Address: www.tommyklepperlaw.com
Jeff Lee
US EEOC
215 Dean A. McGee, Rm 524
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
Email Address: jeff.lee@eeoc.gov
Areas of Practice: Discrimination
Biography: Mr. Lee became a Senior Trial Attorney for the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Legal Unit of the Oklahoma Area Office located in Oklahoma City in September 2010. The EEOC Legal Unit is responsible for the litigation of cases that have failed conciliation in the St. Louis Region of the EEOC. The EEOC's St. Louis Region includes Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and the Southern District of Illinois. Mr. Lee received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Management from Saint Edward's University in Austin, Texas (1982) and his Juris Doctor from Oklahoma City University College of Law (1989).
Prior to this position, Mr. Lee served as the Associate General Counsel for the Oklahoma Education Association and has practiced civil rights, labor and employment law with private firms in Oklahoma City since 1989. In addition to his private practice, Mr. Lee also served for four years as an Administrative Law Judge at the Oklahoma Department of Labor. Mr. Lee has been a member of the Oklahoma Employment Lawyers Association (OELA), the statewide affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), since its founding. As part of OELA, he previously served as Co-Editor of the OELA Journal, a monthly newsletter formerly produced and distributed statewide to OELA members. Mr. Lee now serves as Membership/Networking Coordinator for OELA.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 100
Website Address: www.eeoc.gov
Katherine Mazaheri
Mazaheri Law Firm, PLLC
3000 W. Memorial Road, Suite 230
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73120
Email Address: katherine@mazaherilaw.com
Phone: (405) 414-2222
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, Employee Benefits, Union and Labor Law, Wage and Hour, Immigration, Sexual Harassment/Assault
Other Areas of Practice: Real Estate Law, Business Law, Employer Advisement, Handbooks, Family law, Adoptions
Biography: Katherine Mazaheri-Franze is founder and Managing Partner of Mazaheri Law Firm. In 2009, she opened the Mazaheri Law Firm that has grown from a solo practice to a burgeoning law firm with multiple attorneys and a dedicated support staff. In a short time, Mazaheri Law Firm has gained a powerful reputation for taking on cases leading to extensive recoveries for clients. Her practice focuses on complex litigation, including employment law, family law, immigration law, property law, and contract negotiations.
As a dedicated attorney to Oklahomans, she focuses her practice of law on providing straight-forward legal services with compassion. Her most impactful achievements stem from helping underrepresented individuals protect their interests. Through Mazaheri Law Firm's efforts, the attorneys have assisted those citizens and non-citizens suffering from difficulties with their family and in the workplace with diligence, creativity, and compassion. Some of her proudest achievements include cases that have brought families together or fighting against social injustice. Additionally, as a business owner herself, she is able to assist other business owners in avoiding the pitfalls of hiring, termination, and discipline of employees.
Mazaheri-Franze's true passion is her love of family, in particular: children. She is a board member of EMOMs, Edmond Mothers of Multiples, and has dedicated support toward assisting in organizations that focus on children's needs/rights. As of July 2019, she is a board member of the YWCA of Oklahoma City an organization that focuses on emergency crisis-intervention services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Previously, she was an active member of Youth Services for Oklahoma County Board of Trustees, a well-known organization whose focus is “Changing Young Lives” in the community and has sit on the in-kind committee for Infant Crisis Services. She also has worked tirelessly for families, helping with the adoption process for many Oklahomans. It’s a process that she’s familiar with, having added a little brother and cousin to her own family, so it’s a cause, among many others, that she will wholeheartedly continue to fight for.
Attorney Mazaheri-Franze is a graduate and fellowship recipient from Oklahoma City University School of Law and a University of Oklahoma Alum. Mazaheri's experience ranges from years as a real estate associate to clerking for a National insurance company and assisting in contract legal work for commercial properties through MidFirst Bank. Her legal experience also covers geographic areas ranging from work in Oklahoma City, Washington DC, and Orlando, Florida. She is AV® Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Rated For Highest Level of Professional Excellence in 2017 and has been recognized as a SuperLawyers Rising Stars for 2016, 2017. She continues her community involvement as an alternate delegate for the Oklahoma Bar Association House of Delegates, as a member of the OCU Law alumni board and mentorship committee member, and a committee member at Infant Crisis Services.
Mrs. Mazaheri-Franze is admitted to the bar in all Oklahoma state and federal courts, and the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Mrs. Mazaheri is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, Oklahoma County Bar Association, National Employment Lawyers Association, Oklahoma Employment Lawyers Association, and Family Law Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 95
Website Address: www.mazaherilawfirm.com
Lindsey Mulinix-Ewert
Mulinix Edwards Rosell & Goerke, PLLC
210 Park Ave., Suite 3030
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
Email Address: lmulinix@lawokc.com
Phone: (405) 642-0599
Fax: (405) 232-8999
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, FMLA, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 99
Website Address: www.lawokc.com
Kwame Mumina
Green Johnson Mumina & D'Antonio
400 North Walker Avenue, Suite 100
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
Email Address: kmumina@gjmlawyers.com
Phone: (405) 702-7228
Fax: (405) 702-6898
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, Employee Benefits, FMLA, Wage & Hour
Other Areas of Practice: Civil litigation, consumer protection and consumer bankruptcy
Biography: Charter member of law office of Green Johnson Mumina & D'Antonio. Graduate of Indiana University and Oklahoma City University School of Law. Federal Law Clerk to Honorable Richard L. Bohanon. Order Of Barristers. Law Review and Moot Court. Former Secretary and President of William L. Holloway American Inn Of Court. Former President Board of Directors Legal Aid Of Western Oklahoma.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 95
Website Address: www.gjmlawyers.com
Melissa Oxford
Melissa Oxford Law, PLLC
1800 S. Baltimore Ave., Ste. #825
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119
Email Address: melissa@melissaoxfordlaw.com
Phone: (918) 409-2844
Fax: (918) 512-4641
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Federal Sector Employees, FMLA, Union & Labor Law, USERRA, Wage & Hour, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation
Other Areas of Practice: Adoption, Divorce, Child Custody, Child Support, Guardianship, Personal Injury, Workers' Compensation
Biography: Melissa Oxford is from Webb City, a small town outside of Joplin, Missouri. She went to University of Arkansas for undergraduate studies and later attended the University of Arkansas School of Law. While in law school Melissa met her husband, Ben, a native Tulsan. Following graduation, Melissa and Ben moved to Tulsa and she began practicing law in September 2010. Initially, Melissa worked for a well-respected private law firm practicing workers' compensation defense. She sharpened her trial skills, took hundreds of depositions, and became an excellent negotiator by participating in numerous mediations. As a result of her hard work and proactive management of her caseload, Melissa was hired as in-house counsel for a large nationwide insurance company in 2012. During her six years with the company, she handled their workers' compensation defense litigation, which included large exposure catastrophic injuries and death cases. She also provided personal injury defense for the insurance company’s policyholders, from car wrecks to slip and fall cases. In 2018, Melissa left her in-house role to expand her practice area expertise. While working for a small boutique law firm, she honed her research and writing skill set and gained substantive practice experience in the areas of family law, contractual disputes, construction defect, personal injury, malpractice defense (architects, engineers, dentists, doctors, hospitals), employment, and oil and gas law. Melissa founded her own law firm, Melissa Oxford Law, PLLC, in February 2019.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 95
Website Address: www.melissaoxfordlaw.com
Jacque Pearsall
Pearsall Law Group
2548 NW Expressway, Suite 102
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112
Email Address: jacquepearsall@gmail.com
Phone: (405) 609-6601
Fax: (405) 673-5785
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, FMLA, Wage and Hour, primary focus is FLSA.
Biography: I have practiced law for over twenty years and am licensed in Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Texas. In addition, I am certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources, serve as an Adjunct Professor at Oklahoma City University, a published author and frequent speaker. In my practice I seek to combine experience with a creative approach and hold a genuine enthusiasm for meeting the needs of the client.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 90
Website Address: www.PearsallLawGroup.com
Patricia Podolec
Patricia A. Podolec
Attorney at Law
10601 S. Western, Suite 119
Oklahoma City, OK 73170
Email Address: PPodolec@Podoleclaw.com
Phone: (405) 703-4431
Cell: (405) 760-3358
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, Federal Sector Employees, FMLA, USERRA, Workers' Compensation Retaliation
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 98
Kristin Richards
Bass Law
Oklahoma City Office
252 NW 70th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73116
El Reno Office
104 N. Rock Island
El Reno, OK 73036
Email Address: kristin@basslaw.net
Phone: (405) 262-4040
Fax: (405) 262-4058
Areas of Practice: Discrimination
Website Address: www.basslaw.net
Leah M. Roper
The Center for Employment Law
1133 N. Portland
Oklahoma City, OK 73107
Email Address: leah@centerforemploymentlaw.com
Phone: (405) 252-1180
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, Federal Sector Employees, FMLA, Wage & Hour, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation
Biography: Leah Roper is an associate at Laird Hammons Laird, PLLC, representing employees who have been discriminated against, harassed or otherwise wronged by their employers. Ms. Roper is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, National Employment Lawyers Association, Oklahoma Employment Lawyers Association, and the Bohanon Inn of Court. Ms. Roper is admitted to practice in Oklahoma and the Western, Northern, and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma.
Ms. Roper received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma in 2014, after receiving Bachelors of Arts in Psychology and Political Science from Oklahoma State University. Ms. Roper currently serves on the Board of Directors for Community Literacy Centers, the Oklahoma Women’s Coalition, and the Plaza District Association. A member of Leadership Oklahoma City’s LOYAL Class XI, Ms. Roper recently finished a term on the Alumni Board of Leadership Oklahoma City. Ms. Roper additionally volunteers with the Arts Council of Oklahoma City, the Plaza District, Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, and DeadCenter Film Festival.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 99
Website Address: www.centerforemploymentlaw.com
Matthew Sill
Fulmer Sill Law
1101 N. Broadway Avenue, Suite 102
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
Email Address: msill@fulmersill.com
Phone: (405) 509-6300
Fax: (800) 978-1345
Areas of Practice: Mass Tort, Class Action, Catastrophic Injury Currently investigating several potential wage and hour class actions in Oklahoma.
Biography: Click here
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 100
Website Address: www.fulmersill.com
Joshua Stockton
Stockton Talbert, PLLC
1127 NW 14th Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106
Email Address: jstockton@stocktontalbert.com
Phone: (405) 225-1200
Fax: (405) 896-5844
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Federal Sector Employees, FMLA, Union & Labor Law, USERRA, Wage & Hour, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation
Other Areas of Practice: False Claims Act (qui tam)
Biography: Joshua Stockton is a trial lawyer who specializes in complex litigation, including employment law, civil rights, constitutional law, and business and commercial litigation. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and is a managing partner of STOCKTON TALBERT, PLLC, a law firm near the Plaza District OKC.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 95
Website Address: www.stocktontalbert.com
Laura Talbert
STOCKTON TALBERT, PLLC
1127 NW 14th Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106
Email Address: ltalbert@stocktontalbert.com
Phone: (405) 225-1200
Fax: (405) 896-5844
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Federal Sector Employees, FMLA, Union & Labor Law, USERRA, Wage & Hour, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation
Biography: Laura Talbert specializes in complex litigation, including employment law on behalf of the employee. She is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law, has served on the Board of Directors for the OBA's Young Lawyer Division, as Vice President of the OBA's Labor & Employment Section, and is a founding partner of STOCKTON TALBERT, PLLC.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 95
Website Address: www.stocktontalbert.com
Marilyn Thomson
Marilyn D. (Barringer) Thomson, Attorney
2728 Northwest 57th Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112
Email Address: marilyn.thomson@mthomsonlaw.com
Phone: (405) 840-3101
Fax: (405) 842-3843
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Federal Sector Employees, FMLA, Union and Labor Law, USERRA, Wage and Hour, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation
Other Areas of Practice: Civil rights violations, false claims on the government, probate, and personal injury.
Biography: In 1985, I became a trial lawyer associated with the law firm of Ben A. Goff, P.C. litigating employment law, labor law, and civil rights for plaintiffs and participating in various appeals which resulted in landmark employment law cases by the Oklahoma Supreme Court: Burk v. K-Mart and Buckner v. General Motors. In 1988, I started my law firm focusing employment and civil rights litigation. I assist individuals and occasionally small businesses. From 1994-2002, I was the Editor of the Employment Law Section of "THE ADVOCATE" and authored employment law articles for this quarterly publication of the Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association. On December 7, 1996, I received the Special Advocate Award from the Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association for my commitment to the practicing bar, the Oklahoma Trial Lawyers, and the public for continued authorship of the Employment Law Section of "THE ADVOCATE." On June 26, 1997, I received a Certificate of Recognition from the Executive Board of The National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) for efforts towards the growth of employee advocacy and development of NELA-Oklahoma City now known as Oklahoma Employment Lawyers Association (OELA). I served as an Administrative Law Judge for the Oklahoma Department of Labor from August 2005-June 2006. During my 31 years as an Oklahoma trial lawyer, my name changed from Marilyn D. Barringer to Marilyn D. (Barringer) Thomson.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 98
Website Address: www.mthomsonlaw.com
Joshua Turner
Talley, Turner, & Bertman
219 E Main Street
Norman, Oklahoma 73069
Email Address: josh@ttb-law.com
Phone: (405) 364-8300
Fax: (405) 364-7059
Areas of Practice: Discrimination
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 100
Website Address: www.ttsblaw.com
Robert Wagner
WAGNER & WAGNER, P.C.
4401 N. Classen Blvd., Suite 100
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118
Email Address: rjw@wagnerfirm.com
Phone: (405) 521-9499
Fax: (405) 521-8994
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, FMLA, USERRA, Wage & Hour, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation
Other Areas of Practice: Workers' Compensation
Biography: Practicing since 1996, Practice primarily in Oklahoma County and adjoining counties, but also United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and US Supreme Court.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 100
Website Address: www.wagnerlawfirm.com
Patrick Wandres
Wandres Law, PC
1202 East 33rd St.
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74105
Email Address: patrick@wlawok.com
Phone: (918) 641-4044
Fax: (918) 856-3409
Areas of Practice: Discrimination, FMLA, Whistleblower Protection, Workers' Compensation Retaliation
Other Areas of Practice: Personal Injury
Biography: Patrick earned his bachelor of arts in Letters at the University of Oklahoma, and his law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. He also holds a French language Certificate from the Université de Nice – Sophia Antipolis in France. While attending law school, Patrick served as Justice of the international legal fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta. He was also a Stephenson scholar and a Member of the American Indian Law Review. His article, “Indian Land Claims: Sherrill and the Impending Legacy of the Doctrine of Laches,” was published in the American Indian Law Review in 2006. An Eagle Scout and native Tulsan, Patrick returned to Tulsa after graduating law school and practiced with several law firms before forming Wandres Law. Patrick and his wife Brandy have three sons. Patrick is admitted to practice before all trial courts and all federal district courts in the State of Oklahoma. He handles all types of litigation, but focuses the majority of his practice on representing plaintiffs with claims of catastrophic personal injuries, auto accidents, semi truck accidents, boating accidents, bicycle / cycling accidents, wrongful death, and other personal injury claims. Additionally, Patrick handles a wide array of claims involving, employment litigation and complex business litigation. He prides himself on being a Tulsa personal injury lawyer who puts his clients first.
Patrick is AV® Preeminent™ rated by Martindale-Hubble and has been honored as a “Rising Star” attorney and subsequently, a “Super Lawyer” in Personal Injury representation for the past five consecutive years. Additionally, Patrick has been honored as a “Top 40 Under 40” attorney by the National Trial Lawyers Association from 2012 to the present.
Percentage of Practice Dedicated to Plaintiff Work: 100
Website Address: www.injurylawyertulsa.com
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