Poteau Lawyers

Born Feb.7 1956, Oklahoma City, OK; University of Oklahoma Law School 1979-82; Law Review Board of Editors 1980-81. Practice includes Bankruptcy, Business Law, Trusts, Estates, Divorce, Personal Injury, and litigation in all of these areas. Please see haneslaw.net for more information.

I have never been able to handle defeat. I love to win. My high school football team won the state championship and was undefeated. When I played football for the University of Oklahoma Sooners, we won a national championship under Barry Switzer and we were undefeated. Winning is in my blood. Loosing is more than distasteful; it is an abomination to me. That is one of the reasons I attended and graduated from the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College. There are only about 2000+ graduates from the Trial Lawyers College out of the 1,140,000+ lawyers in the United States. The...

Extensive experience in municipal law, non profit organizations, employment law, income tax, chapter 13., Title Opinions. Currently volunteering at a Senior Citizen's Center as a Board Director and Adivisor.

As a shareholder and director in the Oklahoma City office of Crowe & Dunlevy, Tanya exclusively represents management in employment related matters. In addition to her litigation practice, Tanya also conducts seminars and counsels clients on proper employment practices.

R. Daniel Carter practices in both litigation and transactional matters, with a particular focus on Native American law, renewable and nonrenewable energy resources, and regulatory compliance. Daniel has helped clients with matters that include tribal governmental affairs, tribal?federal relations, energy transactions, environmental litigation, Native American business transactions, business agreements and acquisitions, Indian gaming, tribal treaty rights, realty transactions and disputes, breach?of?trust litigation, tribal code drafting, fee?to?trust acquisitions, and tribe’s rights as sovereign nations, among many other things. He also currently serves as the Attorney General for the Sac and Fox Nation, which includes work related to criminal and juvenile matters.

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I am have been a trial lawyer since 1983. I have tried cases in Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois and California. I have clerked and written draft opinions for the Oklahoma Supreme Court. I have tried cases in almost every venue imaginable including municipal, state and federal courts. I am a first chair jury trial lawyer specializing in labor and employment law, including workers' compensation.

FAMILY LAW: Passionate about family dynamics and children's issues, I have always represented clients to help them form a modified family structure, in the best interest of the children if applicable, through the divorce process. An emotional time in a client's life, the need for sound advice, excellent legal representation, a modicum of compassion and reasonable attorney cost are primary in selecting a lawyer to meet your family legal need. Concerned with family and community issues since 1985, I have served with numerous non-profit organizations serving to provide help for those in need, guidance for those in search of...

Born: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City University, B.S. 2000
University of Tulsa, College of Law, 2003
Admitted to practice, 2004
Licensed to practice:
All Oklahoma State Courts
Northern District of Oklahoma
Western District of Oklahoma
Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Judge Advocate General Corps, US Air Force, Oklahoma Air National Guard

Greg Lavender is an accomplished solo practitioner primarily focused on the representation of the citizen accused in criminal actions throughout the State of Oklahoma and within the Cherokee and Muscogee (Creek) Nations and of natural parents in juvenile deprived proceedings. In addition to his private clientele, Mr. Lavender accepts criminal conflict appointments from the Tulsa County District Court and is a contracting attorney with Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma (LASO) as the Parent Defense Team docket leader for two specialty deprived dockets: the Indian Child Welfare Docket (ICWA) and the Family Treatment Court Docket (FTC). He further contracts with the...

Mack K. Martin's entire career has specialized in criminal defense. He's represented clients and tried cases throughout the State of Oklahoma. Mr. Martin has likewise represented clients throughout the United States, including: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Guam, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Texas and Washington, D. C. in State and Federal Courts. His recognitions and awards include: (1) Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association Lord Erskine Lifetime Achievement Award in Criminal Defense, 2000; (2) Outstanding Law Review Alumni Award, Oklahoma City University School...

Richard specializes in protecting intellectual property and US government contracts. He has filed and successfully prosecuted patents in the US, Europe, China, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, and South Korea. These patents cover a broad range of technologies from simple to complex devices. For example, these devices include complex aerospace components, electromechanical devices, wireless devices, optical systems, software, and chemical detection systems. His years as an R&D engineering involved working with advanced technologies in the fields of optics, fluids, lasers, aircraft and aviation components, software, networks, rockets, testing, and basic science. Additionally, Richard has over three...

Ronald L. Wallace graduated with his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma in 1978. He then went on to complete his Juris Doctorate at Oklahoma City University School of Law, where he graduated in 1981. He was sworn into the Oklahoma Bar Association in October, 1981, and began a partnership with O.A. Cargill, Jr., Cargill and Wallace, where he began his extensive trial practice. In 1987, he formed the Wallace Law Firm, in downtown Oklahoma City, where he has continued to zealously advocate for clients daily. Ronald is currently licensed and has tried jury trials in the United...

Daniel R. Bays is a practicing attorney, whose central office is in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. After receiving his undergraduate degree in 2001 from Oklahoma State University and his Juris Doctorate Degree in 2005 from Oklahoma City University, Mr. Bays started his own practice in 2007. Mr. Bays has successfully represented clients around the state of Oklahoma in a wide array of legal matters including family, criminal, personal injury, and more. We have developed a good reputation with judges and lawyers across the state and we are committed to professionalism.

With experience handling real estate, oil and gas, estate planning and commercial law cases, Jared Harrison has the knowledge and experience you can rely upon. A member of the Oklahoma Bar Association and the Kingfisher County Bar Association, Mr. Harrison is also a licensed title insurance agent. Jared maintains deep ties within the community as the City Attorney for Kingfisher and as a member of the Kingfisher Ordinance Committee. Mr. Harrison is also a member of the Kingfisher Educational Foundation Board of Directors and the Kingfisher Rotary Club. Whether you are a resident of Kingfisher or of another community in...

I was born and raised in Shawnee, OK and graduated from Shawnee High School in 1974. I then attended the University of Oklahoma, graduating with a B.A. in Letters in 1978. I then attended Oklahoma City University graduating in 1981 with my Juris Doctor. I am married to Susan Kay Gierhart and have 6 children. I am a general sole practitioner. I have been living in Choctaw, OK since 2005 and serving Oklahoma, Cleveland, Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties regularly. However, I practice throughout the state of Oklahoma wherever my clients' needs require. I enjoy the areas of Bankruptcy, Estate...

I'm Josh A. Lee, Esq. I have been practicing law for over a decade. Throughout law school, I was an intern for the Oklahoma County Public Defender's Office. During this time, I also received a limited attorney's license and was able to try felony cases before even passing the bar. I am an extremely experienced criminal defense attorney.

At my firm, Josh Lee & Associates, you receive the benefit of that experience. No matter your situation, I will work hard to ensure that you get the best outcome possible. I offer representation in all areas of criminal defense.

Attorney Keith J. Nedwick is the founding lawyer of the Norman firm, the Law Offices of Keith J. Nedwick, P.C. Mr. Nedwick received his Bachelor of Sciences degree in Political Science in 1996 from Northeastern State University, and his Juris Doctorate degree in 1999 from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. That same year, he was admitted to the State Bar of Oklahoma, and the United States District Court, Western District of Oklahoma. Mr. Nedwick is a member of the Cleveland County Bar Association, and the Oklahoma Bar Association. At the Law Offices of Keith J. Nedwick, P.C., Attorney...

Ryan Y. Cunningham is a founding partner of Cunningham & Mears. Mr. Cunningham devotes his practice to protecting the rights of injured Oklahoma residents. In addition to assisting injured clients, Mr. Cunningham endeavors to improve personal injury representation by speaking on issues related to personal injury law to attorneys in continuing legal education courses and to law students.

Milissa R. Tipton-Dunkins was born and raised in Hutchinson, Kansas. She received a Bachelor of Science in Administration of Justice from Wichita State University. She obtained her Juris Doctorate from Oklahoma City University School of Law. She has been admitted to the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Western District of Oklahoma, and the Supreme Court. She has extensive experience in complex immigration matters and representing clients before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and those in Deportation/Removal Proceedings before the United States Department of Justice’s Immigration Courts (EOIR) and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA).

Emphasis on civil rights, criminal defense and consumer rights. Admitted to practice in Oklahoma (1977) and Texas (2004). Have had about 100 jury trials

Engaged in private practice of law since 1971. Extensive experience in Municipal law and Probate.