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If you have a legal matter requiring the time and attention of someone who cares, call me. I can help. For more than twenty years I have had the privilege of representing individuals, businesses and government agencies in a broad range of civil litigation, including:

• Administrative & regulatory actions;
• Automobile accidents;
• Bankruptcy;
• Breach of Contract;
• Collections;
• Civil Rights litigation;
• Class action suits;
• Constitutional challenges;
• Dram shop liability;
• Environmental litigation;
• Fraud;
• Freedom of Information Act;
• Hospital liability;
• Insurance disputes;
• Insurance company bad faith;
• Inadequate security;
• Libel and Slander;

• Manufacturers' Products Liability;
• Negligence;
• Nuisance;
• Oil and gas litigation;
• Oklahoma Gov't Tort Claims Act;
• Open Records Act;
• Personal Injury;
• Physician Hospital Staff Privileges;
• Premises liability;
• Professional Malpractice;
• State & Federal appeals;
• Trade secrets litigation;
• Trespass;
• Workers' Compensation;
• Writs of Mandamus & Prohibition;
• Wrongful Death; and
• Wrongful Discharge.

Licensed In the Following Jurisdictions

• State of Oklahoma's administrative, trial and appellate courts;
  
  
• United States Supreme Court;
  
  
• United States Court of Federal Claims;
  
  
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit;
  
  
• United States District Courts for the Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma; and
  
  
• Interior Board of Indian Appeals.
  
  

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Significant Litigation

• Price v. Walters, 1996 OK 63, 918 P.2d 1370 (Okla. 1996). Defended Governor David Walters in a libel suit brought by his gubernatorial opponent, Bill Price. After the case was dismissed by the trial court, plaintiff appealed. The Oklahoma Supreme Court retained the case, and in a 5-4 vote, the majority affirmed the trial court's dismissal. opinion briefs
• Acott, et al. v. Muskogee Area Director, 23 IBIA 174, 1993 WL 82163 (1993). Undertook representation of more than two-hundred Osage County oil producers who sought to overturn the administrative decision of the Muskogee Area Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, which assessed millions of dollars in additional royalty payments against the producers. On appeal to the Interior Board of Indian Appeals, the Board completely reversed the Area Director's decision and relieved all Osage County oil producers from paying the additional royalties. opinion briefs
• American Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Sapulpa v. BIC Corp., 1994 OK CIV APP 70, 880 P.2d 420, 65 OBJ 2924 (Okla. 1994). Retained by the law firm of Corley & Ganem to help them protect on appeal a $22 million dollar verdict obtained for three small children burned when a BIC lighter failed to extinguish. The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, by majority decision, reduced the punitive damage award from $11 million to $3 million dollars, but in every other respect affirmed the trial court's rulings and the jury's verdict for the three children. opinion
• Public Records in Electronic Format Prosecuted a number of cases on behalf of companies seeking public records in their native electronic format from County Assessors in Oklahoma:
  Market Data Research, Inc. v. Tulsa County Assessor, Case No. CJ 1996-2501
  Market Data Center, LLC v. Tulsa County Assessor, Case No. CJ 1998-1612
  Sage Information Services v. Osage County Assessor, Case No. CV 2007-552
  Sage Information Services v. Wagoner County Assessor, Case No. CV 2007-912
  Sage Info. Services v. Muskogee County Assessor, Case No. CV 2007-1237
  Sage Information Services v. Grady County Assessor, Case No. CJ 2008-790
  Sage Information Services v. Pottowatomie County Ass’r, Case No. C 2009-1783
  Sage Information Services v. Canadian County Assessor, Case No. CV 2009-300
  

Education, Awards and Honors

• University of Tulsa College of Law (J.D., with highest honors, 1989).

  • 1989, Selected for membership in the Order of the Curule Chair;
  • 1989, Selected for membership in the Order of Barristers;
  • 1988-89, Member, National Moot Court Competition Team;
  • 1988-89 & 87-88, Member, National Mock Trial Competition Teams;
  • 1987-89, Recipient, Claude H. Rosenstein Scholarship;
  • 1986-87, Recipient, Dean John Rogers Scholarship; and
  • 1986-89, American Jurisprudence Awards for Excellent Achievement in the Study of Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law, Torts I and Decedents’ Estates and Trusts.

• Oklahoma State University (B.A. 1986).

  • 1986, Outstanding Senior of the Year, Religious Studies; and
  • 1985-86, Recipient, Lew Wentz Scholarship.

Work History

Douglas A. Wilson (solo practitioner)

Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis

Corley & Ganem

Chapel, Riggs, Abney, Neal & Turpen

Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson

Chapel, Wilkinson, Riggs & Abney

Fred W. Woodson & Associates

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