Super Lawyers Honors 25 GableGotwals Attorneys
Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, and selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis.
Eight GableGotwals Attorneys Named Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers® in America has named 8 GableGotwals attorneys to the 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” list. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer-review assessments.
IFLR1000 Names Three GableGotwals Attorneys in 2023 Rankings
Shareholders Jeffrey D. Hassell and Thomas J. Hutchison were named by IFLR1000 as highly regarded attorneys for their banking practice. Associate Motahareh H. Nickel was ranked as a financial and corporate rising star. GableGotwals was again named a Tier 1 firm in Financial and Corporate in Oklahoma, marking the fourth time the Firm has received the ranking since the publication began covering the state in 2019.
GableGotwals Highlighted in 405 Magazine’s Top Attorneys
Congratulations to the GableGotwals’ attorneys recently recognized in the 2023 Top Attorneys guide by 405 Magazine. This is the Firm’s fourth consecutive year to appear in the review, and nineteen attorneys were highlighted in 11 practice areas.
Additional Financial Services Victory for Security Bank & Trust Co.
Following GableGotwals’ successful representation of Security Bank & Trust, Co. on its civil claims for fraud, conspiracy, and civil RICO (racketeering) against a former bank customer and a former bank employee, criminal charges were filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Oklahoma. In 2018, the bank was awarded actual and treble damages in the District Court of Ottawa County, Oklahoma, totaling $3,645,412.80, for a check kiting scheme involving John Theodore Linthicum, a former bank customer, and Angela Asbell, a former bank employee. In his criminal case, Linthicum pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. He also ordered to pay restitution of $1,215,137.60. Criminal charges against Asbell and a third participant, Doug Mayfield, remain pending.
GableGotwals Welcomes David Herber to the Firm
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.
IFLR1000 Names Two GableGotwals Shareholders as Highly Regarded Banking Attorneys in Oklahoma
Shareholders Jeffrey D. Hassell and Thomas J. Hutchison were recognized for their successful banking practice.
GableGotwals Ranked in 2023 “Best Law Firm” by Best Lawyers
U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®, for the 12th consecutive year, announced the "Best Law Firms" rankings. GableGotwals is ranked in the 2023 list regionally in 75 practice areas.