Gil Pilkington - Tulsa, OK

Gil Pilkington Overview

Areas of Practice

• Family Law
  • Divorce
  • Child Support
  • Child Custody
  • Adoption
  • Guardianships
  • Paternity
  • Annulment
  • Guardian Ad Litem
  • Juvenile
  • Pre-Nuptial Agreements
  • Separation Agreements
  • Military Divorce
  • Protective Orders
  • Indian Child Welfare Act
• Legal Issues Related to Military Members/Service
  • Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
• Probate and Estate Planning
• Intellectual Property
• Business Law
• Interest Based Negotiating
• Mediation
• Collaborative Law
• Collections
• Criminal Defense

Bar Admissions
Oklahoma, Muskogee Creek Nation

Education
University of Tulsa College of Law, (Honors)
Certificate in Native American Law
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
MS in Health Systems (Health Planning)
BS in Applied Physics (Biophysics and Biochemistry)
Military Education
Air War College
Marine Corp Staff College
Air Command and Staff College

Legal Training
ABA Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute
Collaborative Law
Mediation

Awards
Order of the Barrister
CALI Awards Constitutional Law I and Unfair Trade Practices (Trademarks)
National Runner up (2nd Place), American Bar Association National Negotiating Competition
University of Tulsa Appellate Moot Court Competitions
Products Liability 1st Place
Health Law 1st Place
Tort's 1st Place
Employment Law 1st Place
Native American Law 1st Place
Team Member, American Association Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition
Team Member, National Native American Law Student Association Appellate Competition

President, Board of Advocates Fall, 2007, Executive Vice President, 2006-2007
President, Student Bar Association, Spring 2007; Vice-President, Fall 2006, Delegate 2005-2006

LEGAL AFFILIATIONS
- American and Oklahoma Bar Associations, Member
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
- American Inns of Court, Council Oak/Johnson Sontag Inn, Associate Member
- American Association of Justice, Member
- Phi Delta Phi Law Fraternity, Member

NON-LEGAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Lt Colonel, United States Air Force, Medical Service Corp (Retired)

Chief, Health Services Management Division, Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), GA 1998-2005

Financial, personnel, logistics, TRICARE, HIPAA, and Assistant Command Dental Surgeon

Chief, Medical Plans and Readiness Division, Air Combat Command, VA 1996-1998

Medical contingency operations Southwest Asia and Central/South America

Medical Readiness Manpower Mgr, Air Force Surgeon's General Office, Washington DC 1991-1996

Strategic planning for the AF Medical Service, Authored the first post-Cold War medical strategic plan

Joint Medical Plans Officer, HQ United States European Command, Stuttgart, Germany 1989-1991

Lead Joint Medical Planner for Operation Desert Storm/Shield, established 11,000 hospital beds system

Chief, Medical Plans, Military Airlift Command, IL 1985-1989

Strategic and current aeromedical evacuation training/operations across the globe

Commander, Medical Squadron Section, Maxwell Regional Hospital, AL 1981-1985

Health Facilities Planner, Western North Carolina Health Systems Agency, NC 1977-1981
Duties: Certificate of Need Program for the western 26 counties of North Carolina

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American College of Health Care Executives, Fellow
Military Officers Association of America, Life Member
Appalachian Trail Conference, Life Member

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATION
Joint Meritorious Service Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf cluster
Coast Guard Meritorious Team Medal