Law Firm Overview

Areas of Practice

• Child Support
• Civil Rights
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Estate Planning
• Family Law
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Trusts
• Wills

Honors and Awards

• Oklahoma Outstanding Family Law Attorney Award, OBA Family Law Section, 1991
• Chair's Award for Outstanding Continuing Service, OBA Family Law Section, 1998
• Earl Sneed Award for Continuing Legal Education, Oklahoma Bar Association, 1999
• Robert Spector Award for Outstanding Legal Scholarship, OBA Family Law Section, 2001

Classes and Seminars

• Challenging the Application of the Child Support Guidelines, OBA Family Law Section CLE, 1987
• WATCHIT! A Compendium Of Not-Too-Uncommon Errors In Family Law Practice, OBA Family Law Section CLE, 1988
• The Lodestar Approach To Family Law Attorney Fees, Oklahoma Family Law Journal, OBA Family Law Section, 1988
• Where's The Equitable Property Division?, Professional Education Systems, Inc., Eau Claire, Wisconsin, CLE, 1989
• WATCHIT II! For A Few Errors More, Oklahoma Family Law Journal, OBA Family Law Section, 1989
• Adoption Without Consent, OBA Family Law Section CLE, 1990
• Adoption Without Consent, Oklahoma State Judicial Conference, 1990
• Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act-Contempt Enforcement, Oklahoma Bar Association Journal, 61 O.B.J. 3069, 1990
• Demonstrative Evidence Hot Tips, OBA Family Law Section CLE, 1991
• Ethics & Attorney Fees, OBA CLE, 1991 - 1994
• Ethics & Attorney Fees, OBA CLE, 1996 - 1997
• Equitable Division Persuasion, OBA Family Law Section CLE, 1991
• Representing A Child Support Obligor Under URESA & In Contempt of Court, Oklahoma District Attorneys Council CLE, 1992
• Oklahoma Divorce Temporary Orders Law & Practice, OBA Family Law Section CLE, 1992
• Agreed Divorce Decrees Which Contain Extrajurisdictional Agreements, Oklahoma Family Law Journal, OBA Family Law Section, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1992
• Divorce Attorney Fees, Oklahoma Family Law Journal, OBA Family Law Section, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1992
• Computer Magic, OBA Family Law Section CLE, 1992 - 1993
• Computer Magic, OBA Family Law Section CLE, 1995
• Child Custody, Legal Aid of Western Oklahoma CLE, 1993
• Contempt Enforcement, Oklahoma District Attorneys Council CLE, 1994
• Third Party Custody, Legal Aid of Western Oklahoma CLE, 1995
• Divorce Attorney Fees & Ethics, Legal Aid of Western Oklahoma CLE, 1995
• WordPerfect Computer Magic, OBA CLE Solo & Small Firms Conference, 1998
• Anthology of Oklahoma Child Custody/Visitation Law, OBA Family Law Section CLE, 1999
• Anthology of Oklahoma Child Custody/Visitation Law, OBA Family Law Section Journal; Spring, 1999
• Computing Child Support Under New Child Support Guidelines, OBA Family Law Section CLE, 1999
• Computing Child Support Under New Child Support Guidelines, OBA Annual Meeting CLE, 1999
• What's The Deal On Child Support Circa 2000?, Oklahoma Bar Association CLE, 2000
• What's The Deal On Child Support Circa 2000?, OBA Family Law Section CLE, 2000
• Grandparent Visitation in Y2K and Beyond, Oklahoma County Bar Association CLE, 2000
• Grandparent Visitation in Y2K and Beyond, OBA Family Law Section CLE, 2001
• Grandparent Visitation in Y2K and Beyond, OBA Family Law Section Journal, 2000
• Using Oklahoma's Child Support Guidelines, Oklahoma Bar Association CLE, Pickens County I.T. Annual CLE, 2001
• v4.5 Grande Macros, Oklahoma Bar Association CLE, Solo and Small Firm Conference, 2001
• Child Support Computation and Legal Issues, Legal Aid of Western Oklahoma, 2001
• Child Support Computation and Legal Issues, OBA Family Law Section Family Law Journal, 2001
• Temporary Orders Law and Practice, Oklahoma Bar Association Annual Meeting CLE, 2001
• Temporary Orders Law and Practice, OBA Family Law Section, 2003
• A Family Law Potpourri, OBA Solo & Small Firm Conference, 2004
• Using the OBA Family Law Section Practice Manual, Oklahoma Judicial Conference, 2004
• The Joys of Grande Macros, Legal Aide Services of Oklahoma Spring Conference, 2005
• Oklahoma Visitation, Comanche County Bar Association, 2005
• Using WordPerfect 12, Oklahoma Supreme Court Administrative Staff half-day seminar, 2005
• Oklahoma Family Law Update, Washington County, Bartlesville, 2005
• Computer Magic, OBA Family Law Section, 1997

West Practice Categories

Civil Rights, Employment Law -- Employee, Estate Planning, Family Law, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Probate & Estate Administration, Trusts, Wills