Hall Estill Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers and Lawyer of the Year 2017

August 2016

TULSA, Okla. (August 15, 2016) – Hall Estill, Oklahoma’s leading law firm, announced 7 of its attorneys were selected as 2017 Best Lawyers^®Lawyers of the Year and 39 Hall Estill attorneys were selected for inclusion as The Best Lawyers^® in America 2017.

“The level of representation on this year’s Best Lawyers in America list speaks to the firm’s growth and expansion,” said Mike Cooke, Hall Estill managing partner. “Our firm’s success is built  on the experience and professionalism of our attorneys in providing legal counsel and service to our clients.”

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of the other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Best Lawyers 2017 Lawyers of the Year from Hall Estill are:

Michael D. Cooke, Best Lawyers 2017 Mergers and Acquisitions “Lawyer of the Year” Tulsa

Pamela H. Goldberg,  Best Lawyers 2017 Corporate Governance Law "Lawyer of the Year” Tulsa

P. David Newsome, Jr., Best Lawyers 2017 Securities/Capital Markets Law "Lawyer of the Year” Tulsa

Stephen W. Ray, Best Lawyers 2017 Corporate Compliance Law "Lawyer of the Year” Tulsa

Thomas P. Schroedter, Best Lawyers 2017 Energy Law "Lawyer of the Year” Tulsa

Michael E. Smith,  Best Lawyers 2017 Litigation-Environmental “Lawyer of the Year” Oklahoma City

Richard A. Wagner II,  Best Lawyers 2017 Family Law "Lawyer of the Year” Tulsa

Tulsa Office Best Lawyers in America 2017

Pamela S. Anderson, Oil & Gas Law

Vaden F. Bales, Real Estate Law

Mark Banner, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law

Mark K. Blongewicz, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law

Steven A. Broussard, Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management, Litigation-Labor & Employment

W. Deke Canada, Commercial Finance Law

Michael D. Cooke, Banking & Finance Law, Communications Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Thomas A. Creekmore III, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation-Bankruptcy

Samantha Weyrauch Davis, Trust & Estates

Robert F. Dougherty, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law

Heather Flynn Earnhart, Family Law

Pamela H. Goldberg, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Corporate Law, Corporate Governance Law 

Michael D. Graves, Environmental Law, Litigation-Environmental

Del L. Gustafson, Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation

Sarah E. Hansel, Technology Law

James C.T. Hardwick, Commercial Litigation, Natural Resources Law, Oil & Gas Law

J. Kevin Hayes, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law

Kenneth L. Hunt, Tax Law, Litigation & Controversy-Tax

Betsy G. Jackson, Banking & Finance Law, Corporate Law, Corporate Governance Law

Michael T. Keester, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Construction, Litigation-Municipal 

James C. Milton, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Municipal, Litigation-Trusts & Estates, Water Law

P. David Newsome, Jr., Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation, Litigation-Securities 

James J. Proszek, Communications Law 

Stephen W. Ray, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation

James M. Reed, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Bankruptcy, Litigation-Securities

James D. Satrom, Energy Law, Oil & Gas Law

Thomas P. Schroedter, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Energy Law, Oil & Gas Law

Steven W. Soul Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation-Bankruptcy

Richard A. Wagner II, Family Law

D. Kenyon “Ken” Williams, Jr., Litigation-Environmental

Andrew M. Wolov, Tax Law, Trust & Estates

Oklahoma City Office Best Lawyers in America 2017

Larry G. Ball, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation-Bankruptcy

Jon A. Epstein, Litigation-First Amendment 

John W. Gile, Family Law

Daniel J. Glover, Banking & Finance Law, Litigation-Banking & Finance, Real Estate Law

Randall K. McCarthy, Copyright Law, Litigation-Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Litigation-Patent, Trade Secrets Law, Trademark Law

Robert D. Nelon, First Amendment Law, Litigation-First Amendment 

Michael E. Smith, Litigation-Environmental

Elaine R. Turner, Employment Law-Management, Litigation-Labor & Employment