Adam R. Banner

Focusing his practice exclusively on criminal defense, Adam R. Banner is the founder of his own firm that is based in Oklahoma City. He provides representation to residents of the greater metropolitan area who have been charged by the state with misdemeanor or felony offenses. The types of cases that Mr. Banner has handled have included drug possession and trafficking, armed robbery, assault and battery, child abuse, domestic violence, driving under the influence, rape, incest, money laundering, embezzlement, weapons violations, and kidnapping. He has secured dismissals or acquittals in regards to almost every Oklahoma crime imaginable, including:

• Acquiring Proceeds From Drug Activity
• Aggravated Assault and Battery
• Aggravated Possession of Child Pornography
• Aggravated Trafficking in Illegal Drugs
• Armed Robbery
• Assault and Battery
• Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon
• Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon
• Assault with a Dangerous Weapon
• Assault and Battery on an Officer
• Child Abuse by Injury
• Child Neglect
• Child Sexual Abuse
• Conspiracy to Commit a Felony 
• Cruelty to an Animal
• Disorderly Conduct
• Domestic Abuse
• Domestic Abuse by Strangulation
• Domestic Abuse Resulting in Great Bodily Injury
• Driving Under the Influence (DUI) 
• Driving While Intoxicated (DWI)
• Driving While Privileges Suspended
• Drug Conspiracy
• Endangering Others While Eluding Police
• Endeavoring to Possess a CDS (Heroin)
• Embezzlement by State Employees
• Exploitation of Elderly Person or Disabled Adult
• Failure to Report Child Neglect
• Failure to Report Child Abuse
• False Claim for Insurance
• Felon in Possession of Firearms
• First Degree Burglary
• First Degree Murder
• First Degree Rape
• First Degree Rape by Instrumentation
• First Degree Robbery
• Forcible Oral Sodomy
• Gang Related Offense
• Grand Larceny 
• Human Trafficking
• Incest
• Indecent or Lewd Acts with a Minor
• Kidnapping 
• Knowingly Concealing Stolen Property
• Larceny of Merchandise
• Leaving the Scene of an Accident Resulting in Personal Injury
• Lewd Molestation
• Lewd Acts with Child Under 16
• Lewd Molestation of a Child Under 12
• Making Lewd or Indecent Proposals to a Child Under 16
• Maintaining a Dwelling Where CDS is Kept or Sold
• Maintaining Drug-Involved Premises
• Maintaining a House of Prostitution
• Malicious Injury to Property (Felony)
• Manufacturing Controlled Dangerous Substance (CDS)
• Money Laundering 
• Offering to Sell False Identification Documents
• Offering to Engage in an Act of Prostitution
• Obstructing an Officer 
• Obtaining CDS by Forgery
• Obtaining Property Under False Pretenses
• Pointing a Firearm
• Possessing an Altered Operator's License
• Possession of CDS
• Possession of CDS with Intent to Distribute
• Possession of CDS without a Valid Prescription
• Possession of CDS w/ Intent to Distribute w/in 2000 Feet of School
• Possession of CDS w/in 1000 Feet of a School or Park
• Possession of CDS in the Presence of a Minor
• Possession of a Firearm During Commission of a Felony
• Possession of Marijuana 
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
• Possession of Drug Proceeds
• Procuring a Child for Lewd Acts
• Providing Pornographic Material to a Minor 
• Public Intoxication
• Racketeering (RICO)
• Rape in the First Degree by Instrumentation
• Rape in the Second Degree by Instrumentation
• Reckless Driving
• Robbery by Two or More Persons
• Second Degree Rape
• Second Degree Robbery
• Second Degree Burglary 
• Sexual Abuse of a Child
• Sexual Battery
• Shooting With Intent to Kill
• Threatening to Perform an Act of Violence 
• Trafficking in Illegal Drugs
• Transporting an Open Container of Liquor
• Unlawful Possession of a Weapon 
• Use of a Vehicle to Discharge Weapon
• Using a Computer to Violate Oklahoma Statutes
• Victims Protection Orders
• Violation of Compulsory Education Act
• Violation of the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act

Mr. Banner has in many cases been able to obtain acquittals for his clients, while in other instances he has achieved favorable results through plea agreements negotiated with the prosecution. His fellow professionals have taken note of his track record, and they have awarded him a 10.0 "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo. Mr. Banner has also been named to The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 for several consecutive years.

In 2007, Mr. Banner received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy with distinction from the University of Oklahoma. He then went on to pursue his legal studies at Oklahoma City University School of Law, and he was awarded his Juris Doctor magna cum laude in 2011. Mr. Banner is admitted to practice before all Oklahoma state courts. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Banner has delivered several continuing legal education presentations on various criminal defense topics, and his professional affiliations include the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Federal Bar Association.