Glendell D. Nix
Top rated Medical Malpractice attorney in Edmond, Oklahoma
Maples, Nix & Diesselhorst
Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury; view more
Licensed in Oklahoma since: 1989
Education: The University of Oklahoma College of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2024 Call today:
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A dexterous Oklahoma personal injury attorney, Glendell D. Nix is the managing partner of the law firm Maples, Nix & Diesselhorst. Serving clients in Edmond and across Oklahoma City for more than three decades, his contributions to the practice have revolved around fighting for the rights of victims of medical malpractice, auto accidents, truck accidents, birth injuries, brain and spine injuries, and nursing home abuse.
A summa cum laude graduate of Central State University, Mr. Nix completed his bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1986. He then attended the University of Oklahoma College of Law and received his Juris Doctor with highest honors in 1989. While there, he served as the note editor of Oklahoma Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. He was licensed in Oklahoma the same year and later in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of Oklahoma as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.
Mr. Nix is considerate of the emotional and psychological effects a personal injury has on an individual and leaves no stone unturned to help them secure their rightful compensation. Over his career, he has been successful in recovering settlements and awards numbering millions of dollars. Some of his representative results include:
· A $7.5 million settlement in a medical malpractice case
· A $4 million compensation for a wrongful death
· A $5.7 million settlement for a surgical error
· A $4.5 million verdict for a victim of negligently administered chemotherapy
Honored in many ways for his contributions to the legal profession, Mr. Nix was named an “Outstanding Trial Lawyer” in 2017 by the Oklahoma Association for Justice and listed among the Top 25 Medical Malpractice Lawyers as well as the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers. Furthermore, he was offered membership in the prestigious Million and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and named the Best Attorney for Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice by 405 Magazine.
Many of Mr. Nix’s cases have resulted in published opinions. He has also penned numerous articles and lectured on various medical malpractice law topics at conferences and continuing legal education seminars. He is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Oklahoma Association for Justice and several sections of the American Association for Justice, including its Professional Liability Section and Birth Trauma Litigation Group.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - General: PlaintiffFocus areas
Birth Injury, Delayed or Incorrect Diagnosis, Informed Consent, Medical Malpractice, Trucking Accidents
- 90% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
- 10% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 1989, Oklahoma
Professional Webpage: https://oklahomainjurylaw.com/attorneys/glendell-d-nix/
- Since 1989 Oklahoma Bar Association
- American Association for Justice, Leaders Forum, Member, 2021
- American Association for Justice, Professional Liability Section, Member
- American Association for Justice Birth Trauma Litigation Group Member
- American Association for Justice Member
- Oklahoma Association for Justice Member
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma
- U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma
- Medical Malpractice for a botched surgery resulting in a $5.75 jury verdict, 2020
- Jury Verdict: $1,175,000 Wrongful Death, medical malpractice, Eastern District of Oklahoma
- Settlement: $2,100,000 medical malpractice, failure to treat resulting in wrongful death
- Settlement: $4,000,000 medical malpractice, failure to treat resulting in wrongful death
- Jury Verdict: $4,500,000 Medical malpractice, negligently administered chemotherapy resulting in catastrophic, permanent injuries
- Jury Verdict: $5,750,000 Medical Malpractice: Surgical Error resulting in leg Amputation, Tulsa County, 2020
- Settlement: $4,700,000 Permanent hypoxic brain injury caused during labor and delivery leading to cerebral palsy
- Jury Verdict: $6,190,000 Medical Malpractice, failure to diagnose blood clot resulting in wrongful death, 2019
- Settlement: $6,500,000 Medical malpractice, failure to diagnose causing catastrophic injury
- Settlement: $7,500,00 Medical Malpractice, failure to diagnose causing catastrophic injury
- Settlement of birth injury case in the amount of $3.925 million, 2020
- MND Backpack drive providing backpacks to students who attend Title 1 schools
- Best Attorney for Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice, 405 Magazine, 2020
- Top 25 Medical Malpractice Lawyer, The National Association of Trial Lawyers, 2020
- Outstanding Trial Lawyer, Oklahoma Association for Justice, 2017
- Graduated summa cum laude (with Highest Distinction) from Central State University (now University of Central Oklahoma), 1986
- Glendell received his juris doctorate and graduated with Highest Honors (top 5%) from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. During Law school he won Freshman Competition and was voted Top Speaker by the judges. Glendell was a member of the Oklahoma Law Review, a Note Editor for the Oklahoma Law Review and recipient of the Outstanding Note Editor . Glendell was also inducted as a member of the Order of the Coif (top 10%). , 1989
- CLE program wherein Glendell was teaching other attorneys about the ethics involved in litigating nursing home negligence cases, Keynote Speaker, Ethics in Litigating Nursing Home Negligence Cases, Oklahoma Bar Association, Attorneys
- Represented our clients on both the local level and on appeal, Trial Attorney, Liddington v. Burns, 916 F. Supp 1127 (W.D. Okla. 1995)
- Trial Lawyer representing our clients on the local level as well as on appeal, Trial Attorney, Rogers v. Mercy Health Center Inc, 2014 OK CIV APP 69, 334 P.3d 426
- Trial lawyer representing our clients on the local level and on appeal, Trial Attorney, Chandler v. Valentine, 2014 OK 61, 330 P 2d 1209
- Trial Lawyer representing our clients on the local level and on appeal, Trial Attorney, Monfore V Phillips, 778 F 3d 849 (10th Cir) 2015
- Trial attorney representing our clients on both the local level, and on appeal, Trial Attorney, Maree V Neawirth, 2016 OK 62, 374 P3d 750
- Trial lawyer presenting our clients case before the local court and on appeal. This is the published opinion, Trial Attorney, Andrew V Depani-Sparkes, 2017 OK 42, 396 P 3d 210
- An article written explaining how to obtain jurisdiction based upon the minimum contact rule, writer, Jurisdiction: Missouri ex rel Wichita Falls General Hospital v Adolf: Clarifying the minimum contacts standard, 41 Oklahoma Law Review 565
- Glendell was the Keynote speaker at a CLE program, Keynote Speaker, Adhering to Procedural Guidelines in Filing the Suit and Conducting Discovery, National Business Institute, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, Attorneys
- This was a CLE program wherein Glendell was teaching other attorneys how to identify hospital corporate liability and negligence, Keynote Speaker, Identifying Hospital Corporate Liability and Institutional Negligence, National Business Institute, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, Attorneys
- Top 100 Verdicts in Medical Malpractice in the United States, 2020
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers of America
- Oklahoma Association for Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2017
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocate Forum
- Million Dollar Advocate Forum
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2014 - 2024
