Nowlin, Bryan J.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Bryan J. Nowlin focuses his practice in the areas of Trusts, Estates, and Probate, Business Litigation, and Indian Law. As part of the Trusts and Creditors Rights practice group he served as first chair counsel in a construction arbitration before the American Arbitration Association, as well as multiple appearances in state and federal courts in Oklahoma. As part of his trust practice he participated in a trial which resulted in a rare dismissal for the Firm's client at the close of the plaintiff's evidence. Mr. Nowlin regularly speaks at seminars regarding the law relating to business in Indian Country including serving as a panelist during the American Indian Chamber of Commerce Business Summit. He also participates in the Firm's representation of electrical utilities.    A Native Oklahoman, Mr. Nowlin is a 2002 graduate magna cum laude of Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts with majors in History and Political Science. His undergraduate research honors thesis focused on the constitutional infirmities within Weimar Germany as measured by the instability of the first three democratic cabinets. Mr. Nowlin received his Juris Doctor with distinction in 2006 from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. While at the College of Law Mr. Nowlin served as editor-in-chief of the American Indian Law Review. As editor-in-chief he greatly increased the number of tenured professors publishing with the Law Review. Mr. Nowlin also participated in two national moot court competitions, the Tulane Sports Law Competition in 2005 and the National Entertainment Law Competition in 2004 at which his brief placed first in the nation.    Mr. Nowlin is a member of the American Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, and Tulsa County Bar Association. At the ABA he is a member of the Trust and Fiduciary Litigation Committee of the ABA's Real Property Section.  Mr. Nowlin also presently serves on the Oklahoma Bar Association Civil Procedure and Evidence Committee. 

Areas of Practice

• Commercial and Civil Litigation
• Trust and Fiduciary Litigation
• Indian Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Business Litigation

Representative Cases

• Jage v. Trust Co. of Oklahoma, 2009 WL 368504 (N.D. Okla. 2009
• Mexico Private Equity Fund v. Daugherty, 2009 WL 2044720 (N.D. Okla 2009)
• Simmons Food, Inc. v. H. Mahmood J. Al-Bunnia & Sons Co., 2010 WL 58291 (W.D. Ark. 2010)
• Spriggs v. First American Title & Trust Co,. 2011 WL 665622 (W.D. Okla. 2011)

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial, Estate Planning, Family Law, Litigation & Appeals, Native Peoples, Natural Resources, Real Estate, Trusts

Bar Admissions

• Oklahoma, 2006
• U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma, 2007
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
• Supreme Court of the Muscogee Creek Nation

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member)
• Tulsa County Bar Association (Member)

Honors and Awards

• American Jurisprudence Award, Civil Procedure
• American Indian Law Review Award
• Dean's Award for Advocacy
• 1st Place Brief, National Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition, 2004
• Panelist, American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma, Business Summit, 2008
• Super Lawyers Rising Star
• BV Martindale Rating after only 3 years in practice

Education

• University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, Oklahoma
  Juris doctor
  Honors: With Distinction
• Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 2002
  Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Major: History
  Major: Political Science

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• Conflicts in Sovereignty: Narragansett Tribe in Rhode Island, 30 American Indian L. Rev. 151, 2005

Address

Williams Center Tower II
Two West Second Street, Suite 700
Tulsa, OK 74103-3117

Phones

(918) 591-5290

Faxes

(918) 925-5290

Emails

bnowlin@dsda.com

Websites

http://www.dsda.com