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1200 Robinson Renaissance
119 North Robinson
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 (Canadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma & Pottawatomie Cos.)
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.9
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(Main Office) Founded as Shartel & Wells on January 1, 1902, Lytle Soulé & Curlee, a Professional Corporation is the oldest firm in Oklahoma City and one of the oldest firms in the state. The firm represents business entities and individuals in all aspects of a general, civil business practice. Predominate areas of concentration include management representation in labor and employment law, ERISA litigation, real estate, construction, commercial transactions, product liability, Corporation Commission, aircraft finance, insurance defense, environmental law, oil and gas and bankruptcy law, as well as creditors' rights, probate, trusts and estate planning. The firm engages in litigation in all state and federal courts. Lytle Soulé & Curlee emphasizes accessibility, quality and cost control. The firm does not assign more lawyers or staff to a project than it warrants. Assignment of each matter to a specific attorney allows consistent communication and personal service. We are proud of our national and local clients, our reputation for professionalism and the ability to provide large firm capabilities with the benefits and personal attention of a smaller organization. Our reputation has been earned with a century of excellent service to our clients. Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Practice. Employment Law, Labor Relations, Civil Litigation, Business Organization, Taxation, Oil and Gas, Civil Rights, ERISA Litigation, Probate, Trust Law, Banking, Real Estate, Construction, Insurance Defense, Product Liability, Aircraft Title and Financing Law and Environmental Law. Year Established: 1902
Firm Size: 13
Representative Clients:Aetna U.S. Health Care, Inc.
Aetna Life Insurance Company
AIG
Amoco Production Company
Asset Management Advisors, L.L.C.
Association of Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Contractors of Oklahoma
BP America Production Company
Bricktown Wire Company, L.L.C.
Chromalloy Division-Oklahoma
Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corp.
Clement Industries
CMH Homes, Inc.
CMH Manufacturing, Inc.
CMH Parks, Inc.
Continental Resources, Inc.
CUNA Mutual Insurance
Daimler Chrysler Corporation
Del Rancho, Inc.
Del Rancho USA, Inc.
Dewberry & Davis
Dewberry Design Group Incorporated
Dulaney Bros. Investments
Elson Oil Co.
Environmental Management, Inc.
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies
Ferguson Pontiac GMC
Frozen Food Express
Great American Insurance Company
Hanna Oil and Gas Company
Harco National Insurance Company
Herff Jones, Inc.
Heritage Communications, Inc.
The Heritage Group
Honeywell Information Systems, Inc.
Household Finance Corp.
Ingram Industries, Inc.
Kohl's Department Stores, Inc.
Municipal Employees Credit Union of Oklahoma City
Office Depot
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma Industries Authority
Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Inc.
Oklahoma Municipal Assurance Group
Photographic Society of America, Inc.
Rife Oil Properties, Inc.
Roberts Truck Center, LP
Shawver & Son, Inc.
Shawver Electric, Inc.
Snyder Partners
State of Oklahoma
Stevens Trucking, Co.
St. Gregory's College
St. Paul Travelers
Tex-Ok Energy, L.L.C.
Tokio Marine
Tremco, Inc.
United Mechanical, Inc.
Unitrin Business Insurance
Unitrin Kemper Auto and Home
Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance
Waste Management of Oklahoma, Inc.
Werner Co.
Weyerhaeuser Company
Wynn Construction Company, Inc.
Yokohama.
Address1200 Robinson Renaissance
119 North Robinson
Oklahoma City, OK 73102, (Canadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma & Pottawatomie Cos.)
PhonePhone: 405-235-7471
Telecopy: 405-232-3852
Website
http://www.lytlesoule.net
Roy Cobb Lytle (1902-1982).
Edward E. Soulé (1924-1984).
William D. Curlee (1929-1992).
James C. Chandler (Member) born Cambridge, Missouri, June 14, 1936; admitted to bar, 1963, Oklahoma; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Oklahoma State University (B.S., 1958); University of Oklahoma (LL.B., 1963). Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Evidence, Bills and Notes. Article and Book Review Editor, Oklahoma Law Review, 1963. Outstanding Young Lawyer, Oklahoma Bar Association, 1968. Associate Bar Examiner, Oklahoma Board of Bar Examiners, 1970-1973. Member, United States Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma, 1984. Adjunct Professor, Property Law, University of Oklahoma Law School, 1987; Best Lawyers Consumer Guide. Member: Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations. [1st Lt., CIC, U.S. Army, 1959-1962]. Reported Cases: Steiger v. Commerce Acceptance of Oklahoma City, Inc., 455 P.2d 81 (Okl. 1969); Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Barnett, 475 P.2d 164 (Okl. 1970); Atlan Industries, Inc. v. O.E.M., Inc. 555 F.Supp. 184 (W.D. Okl. 1983); Gilbert Central Corp. v. State of Oklahoma, 716 P.2d 654 (Okl. 1986); Bolton v. Scrivner, Inc., 36 F.3d 939 (10th Cir. 1994); Massey v. Scrivner, Inc., 901 F.Supp. 1546 (W.D. Okl. 1994); Milton v. Scrivner, Inc., 53 F.3d 1118 (10th Cir. 1995). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Probate Law; Real Estate Law; Civil Rights Defense Law; Aircraft Title and Financing Law.Email: James C. Chandler
Donald K. Funnell (Member) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, December 19, 1955; admitted to bar, 1984, Oklahoma. Education: Oklahoma City University; Central State University (B.B.A., 1980); University of Oklahoma (J.D., with honors, 1984). Phi Delta Phi. Editor, Oklahoma Law Review, 1982-1984. Author: "Secured Transactions: Certificates of Title Delivery or Notation? The Lender's Dilemma," 37 Oklahoma Law Review 618, 1984. Member: Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Construction; Environmental; Commercial Transactions; Litigation; Labor and Employment Law.Email: Donald K. Funnell
G. David Ross (Managing Partner) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, January 16, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Oklahoma. Education: Oklahoma State University (B.S., 1976); University of Oklahoma (J.D., 1979). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations; Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. [Capt., JAGC, U.S. Army, 1979-1983]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Civil Rights Defense Law; Products Liability; Insurance Law; Internet Law; Piracy Law.Email: G. David Ross
Gordon D. Ryan (Member) born Lyons, Kansas, March 15, 1936; admitted to bar, 1961, Kansas; 1969, Texas; 1972, Colorado; 1981, Oklahoma. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1958; LL.B., 1961). Author: "Force Pooling in Oklahoma: The Joys and Trauma of the Oklahoma Law," 42nd Annual Institute Southwestern Legal Foundation (1991). Member: Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation; Mineral Lawyers Society; IOCC Legal Committee. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law; Corporate Commission Practice; Regulatory Law.Email: Gordon D. Ryan
Patricia J. Hanson (Member) born Spokane, Washington, November 21, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Oklahoma. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.A., with high honors, 1977; J.D., with honors, 1981). Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Note Editor, Oklahoma Law Review, 1979-1981. Recipient, Nathan Scarritt Prize, 1980-1981 (awarded to senior ranked first academically in graduation class); American Jurisprudence Awards in Contracts I & II, Criminal Law, Torts I & II, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Workers Compensation, Professional Responsibility. Member: Oklahoma County and Oklahoma Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Aircraft Title and Financing Law.Email: Patricia J. Hanson
David W. Kirk (Member) born Okmulgee, Oklahoma, January 19, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, Oklahoma, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1979); University of Oklahoma (J.D., 1985). Member: Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations; Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute, Inc. Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Civil Rights; Discrimination; Business Litigation; Insurance Litigation.Email: David W. Kirk
B. Gore Gaines (Member) born Pryor, Oklahoma, January 6, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Oklahoma, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.B.A., 1991); Oklahoma City University (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Phi Delta Phi. OCU Board of Governors Representative, 1990-1991. Jessup Moot Court Team. Associate, Ruth Bader Ginsburg American Inn of Court. Assistant Attorney General, Oklahoma, 1995-1996. Member: Oklahoma Bar Association. Reported Cases: Schmidt v. Grady County, 1997 OK 92, 943 P.2d 595; Clanton v. Cooper, 129 F.3d 1147 (10th Cir. 1997); Bittle v. Okla. City Univ., 2000 OK Civ.App. 66, 6 P3rd 509; DeGarza v. Okla. City Univ., 2001 OK Civ App 28, 20 P.3d 152. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Insurance; Products Liability; General Practice; Water Law; Education Law.Email: B. Gore Gaines
Michael C. Felty (Member) born Dayton, Ohio, August 16, 1954; admitted to bar, 1984, Oklahoma; 1985, Texas; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Cameron University (B.S., 1981); University of Oklahoma (J.D., 1984). Member: Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel (President, 1997; Member, Board of Directors, 1994-1998). Practice Areas: Litigation; Product Liability; Transportation; Insurance; Intellectual Property; Commercial Litigation.Email: Michael C. Felty
ASSOCIATESJason C. Hasty (Associate) born Weatherford, Oklahoma, October 10, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Oklahoma; U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma. Education: Southwestern Oklahoma State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1991); University of Oklahoma (J.D., 1994). Member: Oklahoma Bar Association. Practice Areas: Aircraft Finance and Leasing; Aircraft Title.
C. Austin Reams (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, California; 2002, Oklahoma; U.S District Court, District of Oklahoma, North District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Tenth Circuits. Education: Oklahoma State University (B.A., Russian Language and Literature, 1992); Boston University (M.A., International Relations, 1995); Oklahoma City University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: State Bar of California; Oklahoma Bar Association; Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; American Bar Association.
Michael A. Betts (Associate) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Oklahoma. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.B.A., with highest distinction, 2004; J.D., 2007). Phi Delta Phi. Note Editor and Technology Manager, Oklahoma Journal of Law and Technology, 2006-2007. Author: "Plunging into the Information Age: The Effect of Current Competition Policy on United States Science and Technology Policy," 3 OKLA. J. L. & TECH 33 (2007); "Standardization in Information Technology Industries: Emerging Issues Under Section Two of the Sherman Antitrust Act," 3 OKLA. J. L. & TECH. 34 (2007); "United States Versus Microsoft: A Case Study," 3 OKLA. J. L. & TECH. 35 (2007). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Awards in Commercial Law and Legal Research and Writing I.Email: Michael A. Betts
Robert Ray Jones, Jr. (Associate) born Hammond, Louisiana, October 31, 1970; admitted to bar, 2004, Oklahoma and U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.S., History, 1994); Oklahoma City University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Oklahoma City University of Law Review. Member: Oklahoma Bar Association; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Rights; Employment Law.
Brent E. Fitch (Associate) born Baltimore, Maryland; admitted to bar, 1998, Oklahoma; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.A., 1993); Oklahoma City University (J.D., 1997). An experienced litigator, having tried numerous federal and state cases, in addition to prosecuting various administrative hearings. Fitch previously served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps in a variety of capacities, including Lead Prosecutor, Brigade Command Judge Advocate, and as a member of the Staff and Faculty for the Center for Law and Military Operations at the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia. Fitch has authored/co-authored a number of legal articles and publications, and received the Bronze Star Medal and Meritorious Service Medal for his actions while deployed. Since returning to private practice, his areas of concentration include a range of general civil litigation issues, including employment law, products liability, complex business litigation, environmental and energy litigation. Member: Oklahoma (Member, Employment Law and Litigation Sections), Oklahoma County and American (Member, Employment Law and Litigation Sections) Bar Associations; Luther Bohanon American Inn of Court XXIII, Barrister. [Captain, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, 2001-2007]. Special Agencies: United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: Lead Prosecutor, Wiesbaden, Germany Command Judge Advocate and Senior Trial Counsel, Republic of Iraq Staff and Faculty, U.S. Army JAG School, Charlottesville, Virginia. Transactions: The Operational Law Handbook Forged in The Fire, Legal Lessons Learned During Military Operations 1994-2006 Legal Lessons Learned From Afghanistan and Iraq, Volume I (Combat Operations, 2004) Legal Lessons Learned From Afghanistan and Iraq, Volume II (Full Spectrum Operations, 2005) Rule of Law Handbook, 2007. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Products Liability; Business Litigation; Environmental and Energy Litigation; International Law.Email: Brent E. Fitch
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