Top Rated Criminal Defense Attorney in Oklahoma City, OK

Honors/Awards:

•  Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers, 2018, 2018
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2019
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2015
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2018, 2018
• Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers, 2015
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2017
• Clarence Darrow Award, Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2012
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2014
• Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers, 2014
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2016
• Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers, 2016
•  Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers, 2017

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Oklahoma
• Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
• Tenth Circuit United States Court of Appeals
• Member, Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2006
• United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

• Lecturer - Judge, Learning From the Oklahoma Criminal Jury Trial Masters, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2012
• Taught other lawyers how to conduct all stages of a criminal jury trial by re-trying an actual criminal case in front of a mock jury., Lecturer, Learning From the Oklahoma Criminal Jury Trial Masters, Oklahoma Bar Association, Legal, 2019
• Lecturer, Learning From the Oklahoma Criminal Jury Trial Masters, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2018, Lecturer, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2018, Lecturer, 2018
• Lecturer, Lock & Load Gun Laws - Bring Lawyers, Guns & Money . . . Its Hitting the Fan, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2013
• Lecturer, Learning From the Oklahoma Criminal Jury Trial Masters, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2015
• Lecturer, Learning From the Oklahoma Criminal Jury Trial Masters, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2014
•  Lecturer, Learning From the Oklahoma Criminal Jury Trial Masters, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2016, Lecturer, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2016
• Lecturer, Learning From the Oklahoma Criminal Jury Trial Masters, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2017, Lecturer, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2017, Lecturer, 2017

Verdicts/Settlements:

• DISMISSED - Domestic Assault & Battery - State v Shed, Kay County CM-2019-265, 2019
• DISMISSED - Domestic Assault & Battery - State v Wooten, Kay County CF-2019-25, 2019
• DISMISSED - Domestic Assault & Battery by Strangulation - State v Wooten, Kay County CF-2019-24, 2019
• DISMISSED - Domestic Assault & Battery - State v Pratt, Kay County CF-2017-475, 2019
• DISMISSED - Domestic Assault & Battery by Strangulation - State v Lopez, Kay County CF-2018-402, 2019
• DISMISSED - Domestic Assault & Battery by Strangulation - State v Hutchison, Kay County CF-2017-511, 2019
• DISMISSED - Robbery I - State v Byrd, Kay County CF-2019-348, 2019
• DISMISSED - Assault with a Dangerous Weapon - State v Hester, Kay County CF-2019-464, 2019
• DISMISSED - Domestic Assault & Battery - State v Warrior, Kay County CF-2019-288, 2019
• DISMISSED ON DAY OF JURY TRIAL - Possession of Marijuana - State v Parker, Kay County CM-2019-267, 2020
• DISMISSED - False Personation of Another - State v. Delodge, Kay County CF-2019-445, 2019
• DISMISSED - Kidnapping - State v Morton, Kay County CF-2018-543, 2019
• DISMISSED - Shooting with Intent to Kill - State v Ford, Kay County CF-2018-347, 2019
• DISMISSED - Burglary I - State v Fields, Kay County CF-2019-508, 2019
• DISMISSED - Domestic Assault & Battery by Strangulation - State v Martin, Kay County CF-2018-371, 2019
• DISMISSED - Domestic Assault & Battery by Strangulation - State v Murry, Kay County CF-2019-89, 2019
• DISMISSED - Child Sexual Abuse - State v Griffith, Kay County CF-2018-530, 2020
• DISMISSED - Distribution of Methamphetamine - State v Murry, Kay County CF-2015-771, 2019
• DISMISSED - Distribution of Methamphetamine - State v James, Kay County CF-2019-480, 2019
• DISMISSED - Rape I - State v Goff, Kay County CF-2019-410, 2019
• NOT GUILTY - Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon - State v. Dickson, Custer County CF-2018-127, 2019
• NOT GUILTY - Domestic Assault & Battery - State v. Kesinger, Kay County CM-2017-625, 2019
• DISMISSED - Elder Abuse x 2 - State v Adkins, Kay County CF-2018-575, 2020
• NOT GUILTY - Violation of Law Regulating Official Conduct Count 7 - State v Schieber, Kay County CM-2017-174, 2020
• DISMISSED - Threatening to Perform an Act of Violence - State v. Rose - Seminole County CM-2017-172, 2018
• DISMISSED – Lewd Acts with a Child x 2 Counts – State v. Jones – Oklahoma County CF-2017-6263, 2018
• DISMISSED – Joy Riding – State v. Burgess – Kay County CM-2017-714, 2018
• DISMISSED – Rape in the First Degree x 8 Counts  – State v. Jones – Oklahoma County CF-2017-6263, 2018
• DISMISSED – Engaging in a Pattern of Criminal Offenses in Two or More Counties  – State v. Jones – Oklahoma County CF-2017-6263, 2018
• DISMISSED – Rape First Degree – State v. Brown – Kay County CF-2017-366, 2018
• DISMISSED – Domestic A&B by Strangulation – State v. McHenry – Kay County CF-2018-225 Count 1, 2018
• DISMISSED – Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon – State v. Rose – Pottawatomie County CF-2017-152, 2018
• DISMISSED – Distribution of Methamphetamine – State v. Walls – Kay County CF-2015-781, 2018
• DISMISSED – Domestic Abuse - A&B in Presence of Minors – State v. Mora – Kay County CF-2018-193, 2018
• DISMISSED –  Sexual Battery – State v. Hernandez – Latimer County CF-2018-11, 2018
• DISMISSED – Grand Larceny – State v. Hickey – Kay County CF-2018-318, 2018
• DISMISSED – Sexual Battery – State v. Allie – Kay County CF-2018-226, 2018
• DISMISSED – Domestic Abuse - A&B – State v. Gibson – Kay County CM-2018-275, 2018
• DISMISSED – Indecent Exposure – State v. Cordell – Kay County CF-2018-182, 2018
• DISMISSED – Domestic Assault & Battery by Strangulation – State v. Hill – Kay County CF-2017-520, 2018
• DISMISSED – Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon – State v. Garcia – Kay County CF-2017-391, 2018
• DISMISSED – Rape in the First Degree – State v. Overland – Kay County CF-2017-422, 2018
• DISMISSED – Burglary in the Second Degree – State v. Butler – Kay County CF-2015-951, 2018
• DISMISSED – Aggravated Assault & Battery – State v. Beard – Kay County CF-2013-801, 2018
• DISMISSED – Burglary 2 - State v. Tabbert, Kay County CF-2017-238, 2017, 2017
• DISMISSED – Burglary in the First Degree – State v. Overland – Kay County CF-2017-516, 2018
• DISMISSED - Indecent Exposure - State v. Levern - Kay County CF-2017-403, 2018
• REVERSED AND REMANDED FOR A NEW TRIAL - PUBLISHED OPINION - Lewd Molestation - JMF v. State - Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals J-2018-278, 2018
• NOT GUILTY - Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon - State v. Ross - Kay County CF-2017-395, 2018
• NOT GUILTY - Murder in the First Degree - State v. Chasity Carey - Payne County CF-2017-531, 2018
• NOT GUILTY - Lewd Molestation - State v. Wood, Kay County CF-2012-609
• NOT GUILTY - Knowingly Concealing Stolen Property - State v. Potter, Kay County CF-2008-542
• DISMISSED - Rape First Degree - State v. King, Kay County CF-2013-403
• DISMISSED – Sex Offender Living Within 2000 Feet of School - Hawkins v. State, Kay County CF-2011-187
• RULING REVERSED AND REMANDED - Property Dispute - Doyle v. Smith, Oklahoma Supreme Court DF-104698
• NOT GUILTY - Assault & Battery with Deadly Weapon x 2 & Possession of Firearm After Felony Conviction - State v. Penton, Kay County CF-2014-551, 2015
• DISMISSED – Distribution of Methamphetamine Within 2,000 Feet School - State v. Walker, Kay County CF-2015-45, 2015
• DISMISSED – Trafficking in CDS - State v. Lawson, Kay County CF-2016-582, 2017, 2017
• NOT GUILTY - Child Abuse - State v. Ray, Comanche County CF-2011-228
• NOT GUILTY - Robbery w/Firearm - State v. Coker, Garfield County CF-2009-156 (Count 4)
• DISMISSED - Sex Offender Living w/in 2,000 Feet of Public Park - State v. Park, Kay County CF-2013-215
• DISMISSED - Domestic Assault & Battery - State v. Chaney, Kay County CF-2011-286
• NOT GUILTY - Murder - State v. Daniels - Kay County CF-2009-733
• DISMISSED – Aggravated Assault & Battery & Conspiracy - State v. Miera, Kay County CF-2013-800, 2016
• WON AT TRIAL – Civil Lawsuit over Unpaid Salary – Yacyszyn v. Hicks, Oklahoma County SC-2016-13655, 2016
• REVERSED AND REMANDED ON APPEAL - State v. Logan, Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, RE-2015-735, 2016, 2016
• NOT GUILTY - Grand Larceny & Knowingly Concealing Stolen Property - State v. Lovin, Kay County CF-2012-147
• NOT GUILTY - Probation Violation - State v. Thele, Kay County CF-2004-233
• DISMISSED - Endeavoring to Manufacture Methamphetamine - State v. Hall, Kay County CF-2013-524
• DISMISSED - False Personation of Another - State v. Elwood, Kay County CF-2010-397
• DISMISSED – Forcible Sodomy - State v. Reynolds, Kay County CF-2015-895, 2016
• DISMISSED – Domestic Assault and Battery - State v. Minghetti, Kay County CM-2015-382, 2015
• NOT GUILTY – Lewd Molestation - State v. J.M.F., Oklahoma County JDL-17-1, 2017, 2017
• NOT GUILTY - Possess Firearm During Commission of a Felony, Unlawful Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia - State v. Martinez-Baca, Kay County CF-2014-872
• NOT GUILTY - Rape by Instrumentation - State v. Park, Kay County CF-2011-508
• DISMISSED - Shooting w/Intent to Kill - State v. Rich, Kay County CF-2014-579
• DISMISSED - Burglary II - State v. Frazier, Kay County CF-2013-75
• SENTENCE REVERSED AND DISMISSED - Child Abuse - Mackey v. State, Court of Criminal Appeals F-2005-58
• NOT GUILTY - Assault & Battery on Police Officer x 2 - State v. Easter, Kay County CF-2014-488, 2015
• NOT GUILTY - Assault with Dangerous Weapon & Assault & Battery- State v. Widener, Kay County CF-2014-494, 2015
• DISMISSED – Sexual Battery - State v. Beard, Kay County CF-2016-815, 2018, 2018
• NOT GUILTY – Robbery with a Firearm - State v. Alexander, Oklahoma County CF-2013-8709, 2015
• NOT GUILTY - Lewd Molestation - State v. Miller, Kay County CF-2011-108
• DISMISSED - Possession of Marijuana - State v. Guinn, Noble County CF-2013-92
• DISMISSED - Child Pronography - State v. Whitman, Kay County CF-2012-107
• SENTENCE MODIFIED - Burglary - Locust v. State, Court of Criminal Appeals F-2004-997
• DISMISSED – Possession of Firearm After Felony Conviction & Possession of Methamphetamine - State v. Trimble, Kay County CF-2015-243, 2015
• DISMISSED – Failure to Register as a Sex Offender - State v. Artman, Kay County CF-2015-537, 2016
• DISMISSED – Rape 1 - State v. Overland, Kay County CF-2017-422, 2018, 2018
• NOT GUILTY - Assault w/Dangerous Weapon, A&B - State v. Widener, Kay County CF-2014-494
• NOT GUILTY - Murder - State v. Daniels, Kay County CF-2009-733
• DISMISSED - Lewd Molestation, Rape by Instrumentation - State v. Tommy, Kay County CF-2013-702
• DISMISSED - Burglary - State v. Johnson, Kay County CF-2011-348
• SENTENCE MODIFIED - Burglary - Mills v. State, Court of Criminal Appeals F-2004-935
• DISMISSED – Driving Under the Influence - State v. Morgan, Kay County CF-2016-417, 2016
• DISMISSED – Domestic Assault and Battery by Strangulation x 2 - State v. Denoya, Kay County CF-2013-544, 2016
• DISMISSED – Burglary 2 - State v. Butler, Kay County CF-2015-950, 2017, 2017
• NOT GUILTY - Lewd Molestation - State v. Stasyszen, Grant County CF-2012-10
• NOT GUILTY - Prison Riot - State v. Fox, Kay County CF-2008-321
• DISMISSED - Domestic Assault & Battery by Strangulation - State v. Boyer, Kay County CF-2013-418
• DISMISSED - Sex Offender Living w/in 2,000 Feet of School - State v. Hawkins, Kay County CF-2011-187  
• NOT GUILTY - Rape I, Forcible Oral Sodomy - Kidnapping - State v. Clardy, Kay County CF-2011-69
• DISMISSED – Drug Court Termination - State v. Mayfield, Kay County CF-2015-158, 2016
• WON AT TRIAL – Civil Lawsuit over Automobile – Richardson v. Mann Auto Group, Oklahoma County SC-2016-15253, 2016
• NOT GUILTY - Embezzlement (x5) - State v. Martin, Kay County CF-2012-282
• NOT GUILTY - Escape from Arrest, Failure to Yield - State v. Duckworth, Garfield County CM-2007-394
• DISMISSED - Lewd Molestation - State v. Hanks, Kay County CF-2012-794
• DISMISSED - Possession of Meth w/in 2,000 Feet of School - State v. Delaney, Kay County CF-2011-364
• NOT GUILTY – Sexual Battery - State v. Bedolla, Kay County CF-2013-726, 2015
• NOT GUILTY – Stalking x 2 - State v. Alvarez, Kay County CM-2013-202, 2014
• DISMISSED - Assault & Battery with Dangerous Weapon- State v. Chriss, Kay County CF-2016-128, 2016, 2016
• DISMISSED - Failure to Register as Sex Offender - State v. Leclair, Kay County CF-2012-49, 2016, 2016
• NOT GUILTY - A&B on Police Officer (x2) - State v. Easter, Kay County CF-2014-488
• NOT GUILTY - Improper Use of 911 - State v. Hadley, Kay County CM-2012-814
• DISMISSED - Trafficking Methamphetamine, Possession of Firearm - State v. Whitaker, Kay County CF-2015-34
• DISMISSED - Trafficking Methamphetamine - State v. Vazquez, Kay County CF-2012-670
• SENTENCE REVERSED AND REMANDED - Lewd Molestation - Noble v. State, Court of Criminal Appeals F-2004-1065
• DISMISSED – Accessory to Murder - State v. Dubose, Comanche County CF-2016-55, 2016
• DISMISSED – Manufacturing Methamphetamine, Conspiracy, Possession of Methamphetamine- State v. McCullough, Kay County CF-2015-604, 2016
• DISMISSED – Rape 1 - State v. Ortiz-Nightwalker, Kay County CF-2017-179, 2018, 2018
• NOT GUILTY - Sexual Battery - State v. Bedolla, Kay County CF-2013-276
• NOT GUILTY - Indecent Exposure  - State v. Lofton, Noble County CF-2011-65
• DISMISSED - Lewd Molestation - State v. Langley, Kay County CF-2014-587
• DISMISSED - Lewd Molestation - State v. Beeson, Kay County CF-2012-797
• SENTENCE MODIFIED - Child Porn & Lewd Molestation - Prince v. State, Court of Criminal Appeals F-2009-1002
• DISMISSED – Rape in the Second Degree - State v. Craig, Kay County CF-2015-659, 2016
•  DISMISSED – Maintaining a Dwelling for Manufacturing Drugs & Conspiracy - State v. Hogue, Kay County CF-2015-603, 2016
• DISMISSED – Burglary 1 - State v. Overland, Kay County CF-2017-516, 2018, 2018
• NOT GUILTY - Robbery w/Firearm - State v. Alexander, Kay County CF-2013-8709
• NOT GUILTY - Grand Larceny - State v. Vannoy, Kay County CF-2009-725
• DISMISSED - Murder First Degree - State v. Ray, Kay County CF-2013-264
• DISMISSED - Assault & Battery w/Dangerous Weapon - State v. Walden, Kay County CF-2011-545
• SENTENCE MODIFIED - Failure to Register Sex Offender - Hargrove v. State, Court of Criminal Appeals F-2004-666
• DISMISSED – Aggravated Trafficking in Methamphetamine & Conspiracy - State v. Hendricks, Canadian County CF-2014-148
• DISMISSED – Lewd Acts to a Child Under 16 Years of Age - State v. Starn, Kay County CF-2014-31, 2016
• DISMISSED – Domestic Assault & Battery - State v. Tabbert, Kay County CF-2017-489, 2017, 2017
• NOT GUILTY - Stalking (x2) - State v. Alvarez, Kay County CF-2013-202
• NOT GUILTY - Provation Revocation - State v. Park, Kay County CF-2010-46
• DISMISSED - Sexual Battery (x2), Indecent Exposure - State v. Cordell, Kay County CF-2013-277
• DISMISSED - Domestic Assault & Battery - State v. Irons, Kay County CF-2012-326
• NOT GUILTY - Embezzlement x 5 - State v. Martin, Kay County CF-2012-282
• DISMISSED – Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute & Possession of Firearm After Felony Conviction - State v. Bransford, Kay County CF-2015-127, 2016
• DISMISSED – Rape in the First Degree - State v. Denoya, Kay County CF-2015-588, 2016
• DISMISSED – Possession of CDS - State v. Roughface, Kay County CF-2017-256, 2017, 2017
• NOT GUILTY - Possession of Marijuana w/ Intent to Distribute, State v. Primeaux, Kay County CF-2012-429
• NOT GUILTY - Possession of Marijuana - State v. Gigger, Kay County CF-2009-114
• DISMISSED - Assault & Battery w/Dangerous Weapon- State v. Pigeon, Kay County CF-2013-721
• DISMISSED - Knowingly Concealing Stolen Property - State v. Brown, Kay County CF-2011-357
• NOT GUILTY - Prison Riot - State v. Fox, State v. Fox, Kay County CF-2008-321
•  NOT GUILTY - Assault & Battery with Deadly Weapon x 2 & Possession of Firearm After Felony Conviction - State v. Penton, Kay County CF-2014-551, 2015
• NOT GUILTY - Child Sex Abuse - State v. Meeks, Major County CF-2015-02, 2016, 2016
• DISMISSAL AFFIRMED ON APPEAL - State v. Walker, Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, S-2016-169, 2016, 2016
• DISMISSED - Possession of Contraband in Jail - State v. Brown, Tulsa County CF-2011-1642
• NOT GUILTY - RapeI, Forcible Oral Sodomy-Kidnapping - State v. Clardy, Kay County CF-2011-69
• NOT GUILTY - Assault & Battery on Officer, Failure to Wear Seatbelt - State v. Bruner, Creek County CF-2007-216
• DISMISSED - Possession of Marijuana - State v. Boucherie, Garfield County CF-2012-90
• SENTENCE REVERSED AND REMANDED - Burglary - Harmon v. State, Court of Criminal Appeals F-2004-423
• DISMISSED – Trafficking in Methamphetamine, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of LSD, Obstruction of Officer & Possession of Drug Paraphernalia - State v. Dowell, Kay County CF-2011-609, 2016
• DISMISSED – Assault & Battery with Dangerous Weapon - State v. Morton, Kay County CF-2015-106, 2016
• DISMISSED – Murder 2 - State v. Kassen, Kay County CF-2015-980, 2017, 2017
• NOT GUILTY - A&B with a Deadly Weapon (x2) - State v. Penton, Kay County CF-2014-541 
• NOT GUILTY - Manufacturing Methamphetamine - State v. Demko, Osage County CF-2011-339D
• DISMISSED - Assault on Police Officer w/Dangerous Weapon - State v. Widener, Kay County CF-2014-494
• DISMISSED - Indecent Exposure - State v. Bariteau, Kay County CF-2012-481
• SENTENCE REVERSED AND DISMISSED - Computer Crimes - Hunter v. State, Court of Criminal Appeals F-2007-856
• NOT GUILTY – Lewd Molestation - State v. Wood, Kay County CF-2012-609, 2014
• DISMISSED – Probation Violation - State v. Epperly, Kay County CF-2011-609, 2016
• DISMISSED – Domestic Assault & Battery - State v. Overland, Kay County CF-2017-428, 2018, 2018
• DISMISSED – Endeavoring to Possess Methamphetamine & Unlawful Use of Telephonic Device - State v. Wales, Kay County CF-2015-46, 2016
• NOT GUILTY - Lewd Molestation - State v. Damon, Kay County CF-2009-39
• DISMISSED - Rape, Lewd Acts, Domestic Assault & Battery - State v. Salinas, Kay County CF-2013-703
• DISMISSED - Lewd Molestation - State v. Shaw, Kay County CF-2011-182
• SENTENCE MODIFIED - Concealing Stolen Property - Shelton v. State, Court of Criminal Appeals F-2004-871
• NOT GUILTY – Possession of Firearm During Commission of Felony & Possession of Drug Paraphernalia - State v. Martinez-Baca, Kay County CF-2014-872, 2015
• DISMISSED – Lewd Acts to a Child Under 16 Years of Age - State v. Starn, Kay County CF-2014-31, 2016

Educational Background:

• Cameron University, Bachelor's Degree in Speech Communication and Debate, 2001
• University of Oklahoma - Juris Doctorate - Law Degree, 2004