The Oklahoma Bar Journal April 2023

counsel for Texaco Inc. and Shell Oil Co. He has experience counsel ing in a broad range of litigation matters and disputes covering all aspects of the energy business, including onshore and offshore exploration and production, pipe lines and terminals, refineries and chemical plants, service station and retail operations, shipping and trading. Jason A. Sansone has joined the Oklahoma City office of Phillips Murrah as a litigation attorney. He primarily represents busi nesses and individuals in financial distress. Prior to joining the firm, he had his own private practice where he represented clients in matters with the IRS, Oklahoma Tax Commission, Oklahoma Department of Labor, Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Mr. Sansone previously served as general counsel and corporate compliance officer for a local collecting agency.

include construction law, as well as all areas of general civil and business litigation. She joined the firm in 2019. Melissa A. Bell has been pro moted to a member of the Tulsa law firm of Barrow & Grimm. Ms. Bell joined the firm in 2019, primarily practicing in the areas of estate planning, trust and estate administration and pro bate and guardianship matters. She received her J.D. from the TU College of Law in 2013 and began her career at the Law Office of Karen L. Carmichael & Associates. Dillon J. Hollingsworth has been promoted to a member of the Tulsa law firm of Barrow & Grimm. Mr. Hollingsworth joined the firm in 2019, practicing in the area of general civil litigation, with a focus on business and real estate law and corporate transac tional services. He also provides regulatory and corporate guidance to a wide range of medical mari juana commercial licensees. Paul R. Foster of Paul Foster Law Offices PC in Norman spoke at the Community Bankers Association of Oklahoma’s Winter Leadership Conference in Florida. He presented to attendees from a wide variety of states, taking part in a panel of banking regulators from the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Oklahoma Corporation Commission and Oklahoma Banking Department. AT THE PODIUM

Sam Ikard has joined the Oklahoma City law firm of McAfee & Taft as a trial lawyer. His areas of practice include product liability defense, toxic torts and asbestos litigation, class actions and other complex business litigation. Mr. Ikard is primarily devoted to representing clients in the automotive industry in high-stakes consumer fraud class actions and personal injury and wrongful death cases involving alle gations of defective design, defective manufacturing, negligence, fail ure to warn, breach of warranty, common law fraud and violation of consumer protection statutes. Prior to joining McAfee & Taft, he worked as a litigation partner for more than eight years, representing clients through all phases of civil litigation. John D. Sullivan has been named a shareholder at the law firm of GableGotwals. He will lead the firm’s presence in Texas and help launch the firm’s Houston office. Mr. Sullivan has spent the last five years in private practice and previ ously served as in-house litigation

Paul R. Foster and Carrie L. Foster of Paul Foster Law Offices PC in Norman presented “Bank M&A from the Trenches: What We Wish You Knew, Key Pointers & Helpful List” at the Community Bankers Association of Oklahoma’s Winter Leadership Conference in Florida.

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