Tonkawa Lawyers

I was born and raised in Shawnee, OK and graduated from Shawnee High School in 1974. I then attended the University of Oklahoma, graduating with a B.A. in Letters in 1978. I then attended Oklahoma City University graduating in 1981 with my Juris Doctor. I am married to Susan Kay Gierhart and have 6 children. I am a general sole practitioner. I have been living in Choctaw, OK since 2005 and serving Oklahoma, Cleveland, Pottawatomie and Lincoln Counties regularly. However, I practice throughout the state of Oklahoma wherever my clients' needs require. I enjoy the areas of Bankruptcy, Estate...

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.

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...

ClueLaw’s practice areas include: Family Law and Civil Litigation. Family Law ClueLaw understands how confusing and stressful family law disputes can be. We utilize a wide range of alternative dispute resolution methods, including settlement conferences and mediation, because how you resolve the problems in your family law case will likely have long-lasting consequences for you and your family. When those methods fail, Carrie is also a skilled and successful trial attorney who is committing to getting the best possible outcomes for her clients. Family law services include: Divorce, Legal Separation, Annulment, Emergency Protective Orders, Paternity, Child Support,...

R. Daniel Carter practices in both litigation and transactional matters, with a particular focus on Native American law, renewable and nonrenewable energy resources, and regulatory compliance. Daniel has helped clients with matters that include tribal governmental affairs, tribal?federal relations, energy transactions, environmental litigation, Native American business transactions, business agreements and acquisitions, Indian gaming, tribal treaty rights, realty transactions and disputes, breach?of?trust litigation, tribal code drafting, fee?to?trust acquisitions, and tribe’s rights as sovereign nations, among many other things. He also currently serves as the Attorney General for the Sac and Fox Nation, which includes work related to criminal and juvenile matters.

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I was born and raised in Marietta; a rural town on Oklahoma's side of the Red River. In 2005 I graduated from Southeastern Oklahoma State University and in 2008 I graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.

My philosophy on legal representation: "regardless of the situation my clients face, they can depend on me, as their advocate, to serve them well."

Victoria practices Housing Law at Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Sherri Carver, a tax attorney in Oklahoma, is the founder of Carver Law Office, PLLC, a law practice dedicated to offering legal representation in a variety of tax matters. Ms. Carver has 25 years of legal experience, and she has helped thousands of clients during her legal career. She is dedicated to providing sensitive and diligent counsel that reduces the stress in situations that often seem overwhelming. The focus of her practice is representing clients before the Internal Revenue Service and the Oklahoma Tax Commission. She is admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court and the United...

Ryan Y. Cunningham is a founding partner of Cunningham & Mears. Mr. Cunningham devotes his practice to protecting the rights of injured Oklahoma residents. In addition to assisting injured clients, Mr. Cunningham endeavors to improve personal injury representation by speaking on issues related to personal injury law to attorneys in continuing legal education courses and to law students.

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.

David L. Sobel has experience in trials, commercial controversies and personal representation of individuals. David has a wide array of foreign clients and enjoys assisting them with their business and immigration concerns. Visit www.sobelerwinlaw.com for more information.

Curtis W. Fisher has practiced law continuously for over thirty-three years including the last twenty years as a sole practitioner. Curtis Fisher focuses his practice on planning needs of families and individuals bringing a wide range of life experiences to his work. Mr. Fisher was born in Sand Springs, Oklahoma and has lived in Oklahoma all his life. He and his wife Shonda have been married for over 24 years raising three children in Jenks, Oklahoma, and they will soon have four grandchildren. Mr. Fisher is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, Tulsa County Bar Association and...

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...

Business law; mergers & acquisitions; oil & gas law; commercial real estate

Allyson was born and raised in Oklahoma. She graduated from Bethel High School in 2014 and then spent four years at East Central University. She graduated with her Bachelor of Arts degree in 2018. She then attended the University of Oklahoma College of Law and graduated in 2021 with her Juris Doctorate. She took the bar exam in the summer of 2021 and was sworn in as a practicing attorney in September of 2021. Allyson formed Stewart Law LLC to focus on estate planning needs in the state of Oklahoma. The goal of Stewart Law LLC is to help clients...

Prior to joining the firm as an attorney, he attended the University of Oklahoma and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Spanish. From there, he attended the College of Law at the University of Oklahoma.

He is admitted to the bar in all Oklahoma state courts and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma and is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association. Additionally, he is a member of the Technology Committee for the Oklahoma Bar Association. Outside of work, Mr. Boozer attends City Presbyterian Church and serves as an...

Kassidy graduated from the University of Tulsa College of Law in May of 2019. During her time there, she was actively involved in the Board of Advocates, Women’s Law Caucus, PAW Law, and the Student Bar Association. In her second year of law school, Kassidy successfully represented victims of domestic violence in protective order proceedings through her participation in the Boesche Legal Clinic.

After graduation, Kassidy was admitted to the Oklahoma Bar in September of 2019. She initially joined Shook & Johnson as a law clerk in July of 2017 and upon passing the bar she became an Associate Attorney...

I'm Josh A. Lee, Esq. I have been practicing law for over a decade. Throughout law school, I was an intern for the Oklahoma County Public Defender's Office. During this time, I also received a limited attorney's license and was able to try felony cases before even passing the bar. I am an extremely experienced criminal defense attorney.

At my firm, Josh Lee & Associates, you receive the benefit of that experience. No matter your situation, I will work hard to ensure that you get the best outcome possible. I offer representation in all areas of criminal defense.

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...

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...

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...

Joshua C. Smith graduated from the University of Oklahoma with the highest honors in 2008. After graduating, he was hand selected as one of the nation’s most promising future leaders and invited to attend the institute of Political Studies at Georgetown University on a full scholarship.

After graduating from Georgetown, he attended the University of Oklahoma College Of Law. During law school, he enjoyed success as one of the top moot court debators in the country competing in national moot competitions at the University of Chicago School of law and The University...

Penni Skillern, Esq. was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona until she relocated in high school and graduated from Bartlesville High School in Oklahoma. She went to the University of Tulsa and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in Law & Society and a minor in History. Penni enrolled at the University of Tulsa College of Law, where she excelled in Property, Native American law, and Oil and Gas law. She took a particular interest in Wills and Trust law, since it combined her love of history and property with law. Penni focuses her practice on helping individuals...

Graduated from OU with BBA in 1974; Graduated from OU with JD in 1987. I have been a CPA since 1978 and a practicing attorney since 1987. I've had my office here in Sand Springs since 1997. I've been involved in several local activities, including Sand Springs Rotary Club, Sand Springs United Methodist Church and the Annual Sand Springs Community Thanksgiving Dinner.