Michael Whaley

Practice Areas

Litigation

Appellate Practice

Energy and Environmental Law

Oil and Gas Litigation

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Federal Bar Association

Luther Bohanon American Inn of Court XXIII, barrister

Oklahoma Bar Association

Oklahoma Bar Foundation

Oklahoma County Bar Association

Personal

Community Involvement:

Crossings Community Church, member

Expert in these Jurisdictions

State Bar of Oklahoma

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

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Experience

Represented clients in a wide variety of complex commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts, including business litigation, oil and gas litigation, and commercial real estate litigation

Representation of clients includes responsibility for all phases of litigation, including written discovery, depositions, trial submissions, and post-verdict practice, and associated motion practice throughout

Obtained favorable dispositions of lawsuits, including dismissal or summary judgment in numerous lawsuits, and successfully tried lawsuits to verdict

Successfully handled state and federal appellate matters

Judicial Extern for the Honorable Robert E. Bacharach, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (fall 2017)

Education

Awards