Charles E Geister III

Practice Areas

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Labor and Employment

Litigation

Antitrust Litigation

Appellate Practice

Energy and Environmental Law

Federal/State Securities Litigation

Insurance Law and Litigation

Tax Litigation

Career

Represented clients in complex civil litigation matters for more than 40 years

Tried numerous cases to verdict in federal and state court

Among other matters, represented one of Enron Corporation’s major lenders in Enron securities litigation in the Southern District of Texas

Regularly asked to mediate and arbitrate lawsuits and other disputes

Has lectured in the areas of trial practice, civil procedure and insurance law

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Oklahoma Bar Association: Vice President (2021); Civil Procedure Committee (1995-2000)

Oklahoma County Bar Association: Continuing Legal Education Committee – Chair (2003-2005); President (2007-2008); Bench and Bar Committee

Oklahoma County Bar Foundation: President and Director

Oklahoma Chapter of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals for 2025

Publications

Green v. USA, 144 F.Supp.3d 1254 (W.D. Okla. 2015), rev’d, 880 F. 3d 519 (10th Cir. 2018)

Evans v. McDonald’s Corp., 936 F.2d 1087 (10th Cir. 1991)

Wood v. Eli Lilly & Co., 38 F.3d 510 (10th Cir. 1994)

Crabtree v. Muchmore, 904 F.2d 1475 (10th Cir. 1990)

Woulfe v. Eli Lilly & Co., 965 F.2d 1478 (E.D. Okla. 1997)

Craft v. Chopra, 907 P.2d 1109 (Okla. App. 1995)

Wilkinson v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., 933 P.2d 878 (Okla. 1997)

Champagne Metals v. Ken-Mac Metals, Inc., 458 F.3d 1073 (10th Cir. 2006)

BancFirst v. Cox, 2007 OK CIV APP 123, 175 P.3d 957

Industry Sector Expertise

State Bar of Oklahoma

United States District Courts for the Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

United States Tax Court

Education

Awards