Heavener Family Lawyers

Greg Lavender is an accomplished solo practitioner primarily focused on the representation of the citizen accused in criminal actions throughout the State of Oklahoma and within the Cherokee and Muscogee (Creek) Nations and of natural parents in juvenile deprived proceedings. In addition to his private clientele, Mr. Lavender accepts criminal conflict appointments from the Tulsa County District Court and is a contracting attorney with Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma (LASO) as the Parent Defense Team docket leader for two specialty deprived dockets: the Indian Child Welfare Docket (ICWA) and the Family Treatment Court Docket (FTC). He further contracts with the...

Areas of Practice

Divorce
Child Custody and Support
Spousal Support
Property Division
Fathers’ Rights
Guardianships and Grandparents’ Rights
Paternity

Bar Admissions

Oklahoma, 2008
U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma, 2008
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma, 2008
U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma, 2008

Education

University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma

J.D., 2008

University of Tulsa, Tulsa,...

Cana B. Wilson graduated from Friends University in 2009 with a B.S. in Psychology/Human Services. She earned her J.D. from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2014 with a Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution. Ms. Wilson is an active member of the Tulsa County and Oklahoma Bar Associations, and a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Kick It Forward Committee. Ms. Wilson’s practice is concentrated on domestic matters, including guardianships and adoptions.

Travis Vernier graduated magna cum laude from Oklahoma City University School of Law as a Merit Scholar. While in law school, Travis won CALI Excellent Awards for the highest scoring grades in his class in Civil Procedure I, Legal Research and Writing II, Trial Practice, and Corporations law. Travis was selected as a Staff Editor for the Oklahoma City Law Review and was inducted into numerous honor societies, including Phi Kappa Phi and the International Legal Honor Society of Phi Delta Phi. Travis gained experience interning for several law firms and had the privilege to serve as a judicial extern...

Milissa R. Tipton-Dunkins was born and raised in Hutchinson, Kansas. She received a Bachelor of Science in Administration of Justice from Wichita State University. She obtained her Juris Doctorate from Oklahoma City University School of Law. She has been admitted to the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Western District of Oklahoma, and the Supreme Court. She has extensive experience in complex immigration matters and representing clients before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and those in Deportation/Removal Proceedings before the United States Department of Justice’s Immigration Courts (EOIR) and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA).

I am an adoption and guardianship attorney with over 15 years experience and have successfully completed hundreds of adoptions. We do all types of adoption in all 77 counties in Oklahoma.

Attorney Keith J. Nedwick is the founding lawyer of the Norman firm, the Law Offices of Keith J. Nedwick, P.C. Mr. Nedwick received his Bachelor of Sciences degree in Political Science in 1996 from Northeastern State University, and his Juris Doctorate degree in 1999 from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. That same year, he was admitted to the State Bar of Oklahoma, and the United States District Court, Western District of Oklahoma. Mr. Nedwick is a member of the Cleveland County Bar Association, and the Oklahoma Bar Association. At the Law Offices of Keith J. Nedwick, P.C., Attorney...

From ancient times the court of law has been about equality and impartiality as much as it has been about justice. Lady Justice is the best known symbol of this with her blindfold to ensure impartiality, her scales to weigh the arguments and her sword to bring justice. These are the qualities that made me want to become an attorney. As Thomas Jefferson said, “Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.” Many people often find the idea of speaking to an attorney a daunting task. I want to erase those fears by “translating” legalese into English for my...

After going to law school specifically to practice family law, Courtney's sole focus at Cornell Law Firm is representing clients in divorce, parentage, guardianship, child custody, child visitation, and child support cases.

Given her special talent of seeing into the heart of the situation, Courtney focuses on guiding spouses, parents, and families through the tough transition that a family case always entails, both emotionally and legally. Clients count on Courtney to be a safe place for them to work through their major life change, and trust her to give them the advice and guidance they need to make the...

Sherri K. Anderson is a lifelong Oklahoma resident, and had worked primarily in the accounting and tax fields until her decision to go to law school in the fall of 2001. She graduated from the University of Tulsa's College of Law with her Juris Doctor in May of 2004, and continued working in the accounting field while studying for the bar exam. Admitted to the Oklahoma Bar in April of 2005, Sherri also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from what was then the University Center at Tulsa, Langston. In...

Collin Walke practices in the areas of commercial litigation, personal injury, family law and criminal law. Collin is licensed to practice in Oklahoma state court, as well as the Western District of Oklahoma.

Member of the Oklahoma State Bar and admitted to practice in the following courts: • All Oklahoma State District Courts • United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit • United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma • United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Amelia B. Recla received her Juris Doctorate at Oklahoma City University School of Law graduating Cum Laude in 2006. She was Editor in Chief of Oklahoma City University Law Review during her last year. Upon graduation, she was honored...

Shelley L. Levisay is a Christian community-oriented attorney that dedicates herself to her clients. She is a Shawnee native having attended high school at Liberty Academy, college at Oklahoma Baptist University, and lawschool at the University of Oklahoma. She is an officer and active member of the Shawnee Rotary Club, as well as President of the Pottawatomie County Bar Association, an auxiliary and advisory board member of Project Safe, a member of the Shawnee and Oklahoma Music Teachers Association. She teaches in the evenings at both Oklahoma Baptist University and St. Gregory’s University. Shelley’s...

Melissa is a passionate attorney with many years experience in family law. Starting her career as a paralegal, Melissa decided there was more work she could do. As an attorney, she has both personal and practical experience with divorce, child custody, and visitation issues. Her dedication to each of her clients gives them the strength and hope they need when they feel at the lowest points of life. We are all in this together! If you have a need for representation in a divorce, paternity, adoption, guardianship or grandparents rights case, give Melissa a call!

Bryan Stratton opened his law firm in 2007 because he passionately believed that someone needed to fight for good hard-working Oklahomans in their family law cases. Bryan has gone on to gain extensive experience defending clients through their divorce and adoption cases and helped them to get the best possible alimony and child custody settlements. Any Oklahoman who needs help with a family law case can visit Bryan for a free, no obligation consultation.