Karissa K. Cottom

Ms. Cottom practices in the firm’s Litigation group and has an individual BV rating through Martindale-Hubbell, has been recognized as an Oklahoma Rising Star in Business Litigation by Super Lawyers and has been named a future star by Benchmark Litigation. During the course of her career, she has obtained many favorable outcome for clients, including obtaining plaintiff and defendant verdicts on claims exceeding $4 million. Ms. Cottom serves as the chair of the firm's Recruitment & Diversity Committee.

In addition, she is a frequent author and speaker on litigation issues, including:

• Co-Author/Speaker, "Legislative & Judicial Update", NBI E-Discovery: Searching the Virtual File Cabinets, November 2009
• Co-Author/Speaker, "E-Discovery Basics," Tulsa County Bar Association, April 2008
• Speaker, "Oklahoma Legal Market," The University of Oklahoma College of Law Market Series, March 2008
• Author/Speaker, "Taking a Worthwhile Deposition," Oklahoma Bar Association, Effective Discovery: Finding Out the Who, What, When, Where and Why of Your Case," September 21, 2006
• Speaker, "Finding Your Niche Early in Your Legal Career," for the Law Student Division of the Oklahoma Bar Association at the University of Tulsa College of Law, October 11, 2005
• Co-Author, "Fifth Circuit Update," Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course, September 2000

• Shareholder

• Appellate
• Electronic Discovery
• Energy & Natural Resources
• Litigation
• Oil & Gas

• Baylor University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001) Baylor Law Review, Senior Editor; Dean's Outstanding Law Student, Spring 2001; Recognized as the outstanding Practice Court student, Spring 2001
• Oklahoma State University (B.A. in Psychology, 1996)

• Oklahoma, 2004
• Texas, 2001
• U.S Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma

• Board of Directors, Youth Services of Tulsa
• Former Board of Directors Member, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Sooner Chapter
• Baylor University Women's Counsel of Tulsa
• Committee Member (2008 & 2009), Beaujolais Nouveau Gala, benefiting American Lung Association
• Committee Member (2008 & 2010), Art in Architecture, benefiting Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
• Named one of "Tulsa's Twenty New Leaders 2008" by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
• 2009 Volunteer Leadership Chair, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
• Named to the Tulsa Business Journal's 40 Under 40 list in 2010

• 2003 - Present Hall Estill
• 2001 - 2003 Hughes & Luce, LLP

• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas
• Oklahoma Bar Association
• Tulsa Women Lawyers Association
• Advisory Board Member, Institute for Energy Law, since 2009

• Author/Speaker, "Taking a Worthwhile Deposition," Oklahoma Bar Association, Effective Discovery: Finding Out the Who, What, When, Where and Why of Your Case," September 21, 2006
• Speaker, "Finding Your Niche Early in Your Legal Career," for the Law Student Division of the Oklahoma Bar Association at the University of Tulsa College of Law, October 11, 2005
• Co-Author, "Fifth Circuit Update," Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course, September 2000
• Co-Author/Speaker, "E-Discovery Basics," Tulsa County Bar Association, April 2008
• Speaker, "Oklahoma Legal Market," The University of Oklahoma College of Law Market Series, March 2008

Karissa K. Cottom

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