Theodore Q. Eliot

Mr. Eliot is a 32-year attorney in Hall Estill’s Litigation practice and has an individual AV Peer Review rating by Martindale-Hubbell. In addition, he has been an instructor/speaker at Bankruptcy and Litigation seminars and is the author of, Oklahoma Construction Design/Build Analysis, 2nd Edition, ABA Design/Build Deskbook. He has significant experience in insurance defense, pipeline explosion litigation, oil and gas litigation, construction litigation, and condemnation litigation.

Significant highlights of his legal career include:

• Part of Plaintiff teams that won the two largest Plaintiff’s verdicts in Oklahoma and Arkansas to date. $1 billion in Oklahoma over a failed merger of two major oil companies, and $109 million in an Arkansas class action against an Arkansas utility.
• Won or settled all cases over the past 7 years.
• Defended a Geotechnical consulting firm against a $1.5 million damage claim by a municipality. Settled for less than $11,000.
• Defended a pipeline service company in an explosion killing a young man, who was a single father, with serious burns in South Texas. Initially his client was the target defendant. When the case was settled, Mr. Eliot’s client paid the least of any defendant.
• Representation of the FDIC and RTC for over ten years.
• A jury verdict of over $1 million on a contract dispute over acquisition of a pipeline system where the client’s investment was $25,000.

• Shareholder

• Class Action Defense
• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Construction
• Distressed Assets
• Energy & Natural Resources
• Insurance
• Litigation
• Oil & Gas
• Products Liability

• University of Oklahoma College of Law (J.D., 1979) Law Review Article and Book Review Editor
• Drake University (B.A., 1976)

• Oklahoma, 1979
• Oklahoma Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma

• Past Board Member and Secretary, Summit Club
• Nature Conservancy

• 2008 - Present Hall Estill
• 1979-2007 GableGotwals

• American Bar Association
• Oklahoma Bar Association
• Tulsa County Bar Association
• Oklahoma Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Federal Bar Association
• Past Director, Tulsa Country Bar Association Young Lawyers
• Past Board Member, Oklahoma Bar Association Young Lawyers Division

• Instructor, Numerous Bankruptcy Seminars
• Author, Oklahoma Construction Design/Build Analysis, 2nd Edition, ABA Design/Build Deskbook