Practice Areas: Health care, Personal injury, Medical malpractice; view more
Licensed in Oklahoma since: 2000
Education: Oklahoma City University School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2013 - 2022 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2011 Call today:
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With a passion for assisting individuals who feel helpless against corporations, L. Ray Maples II operates the law firm of Maples, Nix & Diesselhorst in Edmond, Oklahoma. A founding partner of the law firm, he offers personal injury representation to those who have sustained injuries from serious motor vehicle accidents, trucking accidents, nursing home neglect and abuse, catastrophic accidents, defective products and medical malpractice.
Mr. Maples started his career by helping large corporations defend against personal injury litigation. Knowing that helping injured victims would be the most rewarding experience for his compassionate self, he started his own practice in 2002 to give plaintiffs the upper hand against a skewered legal landscape. With his knowledge of how big corporations tend to work in these situations, he is well-equipped to craft the best strategies for his clients.
With many multimillion-dollar verdicts in his favor, Mr. Maples has been honored by many legal organizations for his work in the legal field, including a lifetime membership in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He has also been included in The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 and America’s Top 100 Attorneys lists. For his outstanding professionalism, he has been rated AV Preeminent* by Martindale-Hubbell and “Superb” on Avvo.
A 1993 marketing graduate of Valdosta State University, Mr. Maples attended the Oklahoma City University School of Law to receive his Juris Doctor in 2000. Admitted to practice in Oklahoma, he is allowed to argue before:
· The U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma
· The U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma
· The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio
· The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
· The Supreme Court of the United States
Mr. Maples holds professional memberships in a plethora of legal organizations, including the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Oklahoma Association for Justice, the American Bar Association and the American Association for Justice (AAJ). He is also a member of the AAJ’s Leaders Forum, an illustrious network of plaintiff firms in the country. An avid writer, he has published many articles and books on topics related to personal injury matters in Oklahoma.
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer- review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
Practice areas
Health care, Personal injury - general: plaintiff, Personal injury - medical malpractice: plaintiffFocus areas
Nursing home, Motor vehicle accidents, Personal injury - plaintiff, Wrongful death, Dram shop laws, Construction accident, Brain injury, Trucking accidents, Medical malpractice, Birth injury, Delayed or incorrect diagnosis, Informed consent
- 70% Health care
- 20% Personal injury - general: plaintiff
- 10% Personal injury - medical malpractice: plaintiff
First Admitted: 2000, Oklahoma
Professional Webpage: https://oklahomainjurylaw.com/attorneys/l-ray-maples-ii/
- Super Lawyers - 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 3019, 2020, 2021
- Rising Star , Super Lawyers, 2011
- Life Team Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale Hubbell
- A lifetime member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar advocates forum., Life Time Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2009
- Oklahoma, 2000
- American Association for Justice, Leaders Forum Member
- American Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- Oklahoma Association for Justice Nursing Home
- Oklahoma Association for Justice
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2016
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2000
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Oklahoma, 2000
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Ohio, 2000
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Oklahoma, 2000
- U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma, 2000
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma, 2000
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma, 2000
- Graduated Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing
- Wrote the book, Dont Wreck Twice, in an effort to help Oklahomans in the event of an accident. , Author, Dont Wreck Twice, 2010
- Trial Lawyer represented his client to a successful resolution, Trial Lawyer, Boler v Security Health Care, LLC, 2014 OK 80 (US Supreme Court, Certiorari Denied, 135 S. Ct 2379 (2015)
- Trial Lawyer who represented his client to a very successful resolution, Trial Lawyer, Johnson v Convalescent Center of Grady County, LLC, 2014 OK 102
- Trial Lawyer who represented his client to a successful resolution, Trial Lawyer, Sauders v Mangum Nursing Ctr., LLC, 2016 OK CIV APP 53
- Trial Lawyer who represented his client to a successful resolution, Trial Lawyer, Maree v Neuwirth, 2016 OK 62
- I was privileged to write a book to provide families when faced with the decision to put their loved ones in a nursing home that they could use as an instructional guideline in choosing the correct home. This book is basically my musings on what one should look for before making that tough decision. I was fortunate to have a lot of input from people that I perceive as being very scholarly and who have the same heart for the elderly as my firm does., Restore the Dignity, 2012
- Our firm has been blessed with handling several cases that were over seven figures and have recovered millions of dollars on behalf of our clients that are too numerous to put down but some of which can be seen on our website. Wren v. Kinzer Oklahoma County Case No. CJ-2010-3560 is a 2011 case that I am very proud of. On or about the 16th day of June, 2009, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, State of Oklahoma, Plaintiff Jerry Lee Wren was traveling northbound on I-35 when Defendant Linda Michelle Kinzer, also traveling northbound on I-35, turned around to talk to her son in the back seat of her car, struck the rear-end of Plaintiff’s vehicle. Plaintiff had $29,033.13 in medical and it was Plaintiff's position that he needed a back surgery that had not happened as of August 30, 2011. Verdict for Plaintiff-$500,000.00, 2011
- I was privileged to represent Ms. Betty Smith on behalf of her sister and obtained a $3,000,000 verdict against the following Defendants. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF PONTOTOC COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA BETTY ANN SMITH, as Personal Representatives of the Estate of MARY JO CUSHMAN, Deceased v. IHS BALLARD NURSING CENTER, INC. d/b/a BALLARD NURSING CENTER; IHS HOLDINGS, INC.; IHS MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS, INC. and BART REED Defendants. Death of 81 y/o old lady who died of sepsis, UTI, dehydration and acute on chronic renal failure unnecessarily. She went into Ballard for therapy and died a horrific death just 39 days later, 2014
- Our firm was priviledged to have handled a case where the OK Court of Civil Appeals reversed a ruling by the lower Court that dismissed an owner of a nursing home for his direct actions based on a horrible law enacted by our legislature. The Court of Civil appeals reversed that ruling and the owner is still a defendant in the case. Lowell v. GLC-Mangum., 2015
- We obtained two favorable opinions regarding arbitration agreements from the OK Supreme Court at the end of last year and both were against Grace Living Center homes (Boler, 2014 OK 80; and Churchill, 2014 OK 102) – In those cases the OK Supreme Court has held (as in Bruner v. Timberlake et al, 2006 OK 90) that GLC was wholly intrastate and not preempted by the FAA – and that the beneficiaries’ claims were not derivative such that they could be bound by an agreement signed by the decedent. Great opinions on behalf of Oklahomans. Unfortunately GLCs are trying to get the US Supreme Court to look at this but hopefully they realize that this is nothing more than a state issue. , 2014
- Participated in Lawyers Against Hunger which was started by fellow attorney Noble McIntrye and helped families with a Thanksgiving meal, 2018
- Started the Maples, Nix & Diesselhorst Back Pack Drive to help inner city kids with school supplies etc. Maples, Nix & Diesselhorst and other generous donors provided hundred of school backpacks for kids, 2015
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2013 - 2022
- Rising Stars: 2011
