Paden Lawyers

Jonathan E. Shook is a civil litigation lawyer who, since 1999, has focused his practice on representing individuals in matters pertaining to employment law and/or employee benefits. Mr. Shook has successfully represented hundreds of employees who have been wronged by their employers, and he has done so in a wide variety of contexts, including sexual harassment, age discrimination, race discrimination, gender discrimination, and retaliatory discharge.

Allison Garrett is Of Counsel with the national law firm of Spencer Fane. She is admitted to practice in both Oklahoma and Arkansas, and made the top score on the Arkansas bar exam. Garrett has been the Vice President and General Counsel for Walmart's corporate-level legal services, a university president and the chancellor over the Oklahoma higher education system. She has also served on the NCAA's Board of Governors, and was Vice Chair of the NCAA and a member of its Audit Committee. Garrett has an undergraduate degree from Oklahoma Christian University, a law degree from the University...

I specialize in personal injury law, including trucking accidents, oilfield injuries and workers compensation claims.

I became a criminal defense attorney to defend people’s rights, especially those provided by our Constitution. My father was an attorney in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and my grandfather served as a judge in Bryan county in Oklahoma. I held in high regard both my father’s and grandfather’s passion for helping others and admired their belief in faithfully protecting others’ rights. My father represented people from all backgrounds. I greatly admired his serving as an advocate for people facing prosecution from a powerful government.

In addition to my higher education experience, I am a fluent Spanish speaker. I credit my aptitude...

Jim was graduated from The University of Oklahoma in 1973 with a B.B.A. degree in Finance and from The University of Oklahoma in 1976 with a J.D. The first half of his years of practice focused on insurance defense including researching and writing coverage opinions at the request of major insurance companies. For over a decade he served as Managing Attorney for the Oklahoma office of a Fortune 500 national insurance company. During the first half of his career, he tried many jury trials throughout the state of Oklahoma including defending two nursing home negligence cases to verdict and final...

I am Lawrence Goodwin, and I am a divorce and family law attorney in Oklahoma City. I was born and raised in this city, and enjoy working in it as well. I graduated from the Oklahoma City University with a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1998. After undergraduate school, I attended OCU’s School of Law and graduated cum laude in 2003. I have memberships with the Oklahoma Bar, the Oklahoma County Bar, ABA, as well as the Phi Alpha Delta international law fraternity.

Having lived in Oklahoma City my entire life, I enjoy and am proud to represent my...

Mr. McBride is a litigator. He has successfully argued in front of Oklahoma's highest Court, defended federal business litigation actions, organized multi-million-dollar business transactions and transfers, represented conflict divorce estates and successfully defended a First-Degree Murder, Manslaughter and other felonies.