Academy Member
Member of the Oklahoma Chapter for Mediation
Regularly travels out of state to: Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Tennessee, Texas
Other ADR Services: Court-Appointed Neutral (Special Master), Discovery Referee, Early Neutral Evaluation, Facilitation & Systems Design, Fact Finding, Med-Arb, Mini-Trial Judge
Video ConferencingAvailable
- Practice Commenced2020
- # of MEDS (as of 13/1/26)200
- # of ARBS (as of 13/1/26)
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
- FORT SMITH
- OKLAHOMA CITY
Biographical
Served over 24 years as a District Judge and Special District Judge in the 14th Judicial District for the state of Oklahoma
Case Experience
- Agricultural
- Appellate
- Arts (Fine/Performing)
- Automotive
- Banking & Finance
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Commercial/Business
- Community Associations
- Condominiums
- Construction
- Consumer Fraud
- Contract Disputes
- Debt Collections
- Discrimination
- Divorce (High Asset)
- Education
- Elder Abuse
- Eminent Domain
- Employment
- Energy Sector (Oil/Gas)
- Entertainment Sector
- Family Businesses
- Franchise
- Health Care
- Insurance
- Internet
- Labor/Unions
- Land Use/Planning
- Landlord/Tenant
- Legal Malpractice
- Lemon Law
- Libel & Slander
- Media & Communications
- Medical Devices
- Medical Malpractice
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mortgage Foreclosure
- Native American
- Natural Disasters
- Non-profit Organizations
- Nursing Homes
- Personal Injury
- Police
- Postal
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Product Liability
- Professional Fees
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Public Policy
- Railroad & Trucking
- Real Estate
- Religious Institutions
- Sexual Harassment
- Shareholder Disputes
- Title Disputes
- Torts
- Transportation
- Trusts / Estates
- Unfair Competition
- Utilities
- Workers' Compensation
- Wrongful Death
Education
- Juris Doctorate Degree - May 1980
- University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
- Master of Science Degree, Guidance and Counseling - May 1977
- Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
- Bachelor of Science Degree, Elementary Education - December 1975
- Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Memberships & Affiliations
- Pepperdine University Straus Institute-Mediating the Litigated Case (February 2020-40 hrs)
- Mediating Cases for the Elderly (March 2020-1 hr)
- Recognizing and Working with Difficult People in Mediation (April 2020-1.5 hrs.)
- Learn to Mediate Online with Susan Guthrie (April 2020 2 hrs.)
- Robert Benjamin Mediation and Conflict Resolution Services (1999-40 hrs.)
- American Bar Association- Dispute Resolution Section
- Tulsa County Bar Association-Dispute Resolution Section
- Oklahoma Bar Association -Dispute Resolution Section.
- Civil Mediation in a Time of Social Distancing -A Mediator’s Response to COVID-19 (April 2020-1 hr)
Rates Information
Please call for details.