Erin L. O’Roke Oakley

Expert in these Jurisdictions

State Bar of Oklahoma

United States District Court for the Western and Northern Districts of Oklahoma

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Practice Areas

Litigation

Appellate Practice

Energy and Environmental Law

Tax Litigation

Oil and Gas Litigation

Career

Diverse state and federal litigation practice, including appellate work and criminal defense. Representative experience includes shareholder litigation, oil and gas disputes, contract disputes, tax protests, employment matters, and probate and trust litigation.

Skilled writer with significant experience briefing complicated issues and successfully obtaining dismissals, summary judgment, and favorable results on appeal

Successfully tried lawsuits to verdict

Criminal Justice Act Training Panel

Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Jodi W. Dishman, United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (2020-2022)

Extern for the Honorable Robin J. Cauthron, United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (spring 2015)

Editor at the International Ocean Discovery Program, Texas A&M University (2009-2012)

Professional Memberships

Federal Bar Association, Oklahoma City Chapter Pro Bono Representative

American Bar Association

Oklahoma Bar Association

Oklahoma County Bar Association

William J. Holloway Jr. American Inn of Court

Oklahoma County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, Board of Directors (2018-2019)

Personal

Community Involvement:

Pro bono representation of prisoners in meritorious civil rights claims through the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Federal Bar Association

Oklahoma Innocence Clinic (spring 2016)

Jodi G. Marquette American Indian Wills Clinic, Oklahoma City University (fall 2015)

Education

Awards