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Mike Cooke of Tulsa is retiring after a successful 20 years at the firm's helm Mike Cooke of Tulsa is retiring after a successful 20 years at the firm's helm

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Thank you Mike Cooke for a Successful 20 Years of Service as Managing Partner

June 2022

Hall Estill, Oklahoma’s leading law firm, with offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Denver and Northwest Arkansas, thanks Mike Cooke for a successful 20 years as the firm's Managing Partner. Mike will continue to contribute to Hall Estill and serve as a member of the Board of Directors. He has been with the firm since 1980.

Mike was named to Best Lawyers 2018 Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year Banking and Finance Law Tulsa; 2017 Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year Mergers and Acquisitions Tulsa; and 2014 Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year Mergers & Acquisitions Law Tulsa, as well as recognized as an Oklahoma Super Lawyer in Business/Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions.

Mike has been involved in every aspect of the Energy and Telecommunications industries during his career and has handled hundreds of acquisitions in those fields.  

Mike has served as a member of the The Saint Francis Health System Board of Directors since 2015 and a Member of the Board of Advisors for the Tulsa Metro Chamber of Commerce since  2017.

Hall Estill has elected Stephen W. Ray as its new President and Managing Partner. Ray will be only the fifth Managing Partner in the firm’s 56-year history.

About Hall Estill
Founded in 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Hall Estill is a full-service law firm with clients ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to traditional family businesses, as well as nonprofit organizations, entrepreneurial start-ups and individuals. More than 150 legal professionals work in the firm at offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Denver and Northwest Arkansas, assisting a diversified base of local, regional, national and international clients.

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Founded in 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Hall Estill is a full-service law firm with clients ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to traditional family businesses, as well as nonprofit organizations, entrepreneurial start-ups and individuals. More than 150 legal professionals work in the firm at offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Denver and Northwest Arkansas, assisting a diversified base of local, regional, national and international clients.

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