Charles E Geister III

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

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

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

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

University of Oklahoma

Bachelor of Arts

University of Oklahoma College of Law

Juris Doctor, with honors; Order of the Coif, Editor-in-Chief of the Oklahoma Law Review

1980

Martindale-Hubbell: AV Preeminent

Martindale- Hubbell

Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Oklahoma City – Insurance Law

Best Lawyers in America

2011

Martindale-Hubbell: AV Preeminent

Oklahoma Bar Association John E. Shipp Award for Ethics

Oklahoma Bar Association

2022

Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year – Litigation – Antitrust

Best Lawyers in America

2025

Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year– Litigation – Securities

Best Lawyers in America

2025

Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Oklahoma City – Insurance Law

Best Lawyers in America

2017

Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Oklahoma City – Insurance Law

Best Lawyers in America

2024

Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Oklahoma City – Litigation-Antitrust

Best Lawyers in America

2016

Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Oklahoma City – Litigation-Antitrust

Best Lawyers in America

2020

Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Oklahoma City – Litigation-Antitrust

Best Lawyers in America

2023

Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Oklahoma City – Litigation-Securities

Best Lawyers in America

2014

Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Oklahoma City – Bet-the-Company Litigation

Best Lawyers in America

2022

Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year – Litigation – Antitrust

Best Lawyers in America

2025

Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year – Litigation – Securities

Best Lawyers in America

2025

Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers (Band 1 for Litigation: General Commercial and Mediators)

Chambers

Oklahoma Super Lawyers - Business Litigation (Top 50)

Super Lawyers

2022