Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Before joining the Firm, David served as Deputy General Counsel in the Executive Office of Governor J. Kevin Stitt, where he advised the Governor and his Office on various issues related to criminal law, state ethics rules, elections, and administrative law. Prior to his time in the Governor’s Office, he worked at an Oklahoma City law firm where his practice included a wide-range of business litigation and transactional matters. David also served as a Judicial Extern to Chief Judge Joe Heaton in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma and as a Summer Law Clerk in the Civil Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma. Additionally, he worked as a Research Assistant for the Editor-in-Chief of the
• Wrongful Death
  With more than 35 years of litigation experience, John has tried many types of cases in state and federal courts, focusing on civil trials and arbitration matters dealing with complex energy issues, commercial disputes, wrongful death and catastrophic injuries, environmental contamination, and insurance claims and coverage disputes. He has been in private practice for the last five years. Prior to that, he was in-house litigation counsel for two major energy companies – Texaco, Inc. and Shell Oil Company. John has counseled a broad range of litigation matters and disputes covering all aspects of the energy business, including onshore and offshore exploration and production, pipelines and terminals, refineries and chemical plants, service station and retail operations, lubricants, shipping, and trading.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  GableGotwals is ranked Tier 1 for Financial and Corporate in Oklahoma by IFLR 1000. IFLR is a guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms. Rankings are based on recent transactional work and feedback from a wide range of corporate and in-house contacts, as well as peers in the legal market. ( READ MORE ) GableGotwals was also recently named IFLR1000 State of the Year for Oklahoma. ( READ MORE )
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Business Disputes
  David graduated with Distinction from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. At OU, he was on the Oklahoma Law Review where he served as an Assistant Articles Editor and as a member of the Judiciary Committee. He also served as Vice President of OU Law’s chapter of the Federal Bar Association. David earned numerous honors during law school including the Salem Civil Rights Award, the Cole Adwon Scholarship, the Alan & Anita Holloway Scholarship, the Oklahoma Scholars Scholarship, and Best 1L Appellate Brief. Prior to entering law school, David worked for several years as a Field Representative.
• Business Transactions
• Intellectual Property
• Antitrust

Property Law

• Construction Litigation

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
• Wills
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Tax Law