June 24, 2024 | GableGotwals was recently tasked with updating the Second Edition of Oklahoma Civil Procedure Forms and Practice published by LexisNexis/Matthew Bender. The Third Edition significantly reorganizes and updates the Second Edition and includes several, brand-new sections and more than 600 forms. Clients and friends of the firm can receive a 20% discount when using promo code: OKCIV20.

The Third Edition of Oklahoma Civil Procedure-Forms and Practice is much more than an annual supplement. With new authorship, the Third Edition contains a significant reorganization of the subject matter, beginning with client acquisition and continuing through the appeal process. Chapter topics include pre-litigation considerations, motion practice, discovery, settlements, trials, and appeals.

The publication, which has been a staple of the legal community since 1987, is the go-to resource for lawyers and judges engaged in Oklahoma civil litigation.

The dedicated GableGotwals team members who served as both editors and authors include Shareholders Philip D. Hixon, Sidney Dunagan, and Amy M. Stipe. Contributing authors include E. Talitha Ebrite, Craig A. Fitzgerald, Amelia A. Fogleman, Justin A. Lollman, Brooks A. Richardson, Rob F. Robertson, Leasa M. Stewart, Jay P. Walters, David P. Limekiller, Gerard M. D’Emilio, David R. Herber, Scott Kiplinger, and Ashlyn M. Smith.

About GableGotwals
GableGotwals is a full-service law firm with nearly 100 attorneys and more than 70 other business professionals in Oklahoma and Texas. We represent a diversified client base across the nation, and our connections and reach are global. Fortune 500 corporations, privately-owned companies, entrepreneurs, foundations, and individuals entrust us every day with the stewardship and strategic management of their legal challenges.

GableGotwals is pleased to announce that David Herber has joined the Firm in Oklahoma City. His practice focuses on administrative and regulatory law, bankruptcy, commercial, and insurance law.

Before joining the Firm, David served as Deputy General Counsel in the Executive Office of Governor J. Kevin Stitt, where he advised the Governor and his Office on various issues related to criminal law, state ethics rules, elections, and administrative law. Prior to his time in the Governor’s Office, he worked at an Oklahoma City law firm where his practice included a wide-range of business litigation and transactional matters. David also served as a Judicial Extern to Chief Judge Joe Heaton in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma and as a Summer Law Clerk in the Civil Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma. Additionally, he worked as a Research Assistant for the Editor-in-Chief of the American Business Law Journal.

David graduated with Distinction from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. At OU, he was on the Oklahoma Law Review where he served as an Assistant Articles Editor and as a member of the Judiciary Committee. He also served as Vice President of OU Law’s chapter of the Federal Bar Association. David earned numerous honors during law school including the Salem Civil Rights Award, the Cole Adwon Scholarship, the Alan & Anita Holloway Scholarship, the Oklahoma Scholars Scholarship, and Best 1L Appellate Brief. Prior to entering law school, David worked for several years as a Field Representative.

David’s governmental experience complements the existing deep bench of attorneys at GableGotwals who help our clients navigate the ever shifting priorities of governments, respond to governmental inquiries and investigations, and pushback on regulatory overreach. David joins a government relations practice that includes two former Presidentially appointed and Senate confirmed United States Attorneys in Robert G. McCampbell and Trent Shores, as well as former federal prosecutor and tax attorney John D. Russell, former federal prosecutor Andrew J. (“A.J.”) Hofland, and former assistant attorney general and civil right enforcement chief Chris Thrutchley.