The Oklahoma Bar Journal August 2025

Jason Seay has joined the Tulsa office of GableGotwals as of coun sel. He has experience advising clients on health care regulatory compliance, data privacy and security, artificial intelligence gov ernance and broader regulatory matters. Prior to joining the firm, he held in-house legal and compli ance leadership roles at companies including GeneDx. He also served as associate general counsel for a regional health system in Alaska and represented state agencies as an assistant attorney general for the state of Oklahoma. He has additional private practice experi ence in health care law, civil litiga tion and administrative law. Mr. Seay received his J.D. from the TU College of Law.

liability, insurance coverage, catastrophic personal injury, complex commercial disputes, aviation disputes and engineer ing and construction litigation. Mr. Felty received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 2012. Mr. Garwood is a trial lawyer with a practice primarily focused on complex civil litigation. His litigation experience encompasses a variety of practice areas, includ ing energy, construction, complex commercial disputes, real prop erty disputes and catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death. Additionally, Mr. Garwood represents both individuals and entities with transactional and general counsel services within the oil and gas industry. The transactional portion of his energy practice includes negotiating oil and gas leases, assisting with title curative documents and negotiat ing and drafting industry-specific agreements. He received his J.D. from the OU College of Law.

TU College of Law in 2023. While in law school, he served as articles selection editor for the Tulsa Law Review and received CALI awards in Legal Writing, Law & Literature, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice & Public Policy. He practices civil litigation with an emphasis on research and writing. Mr. Orcutt received his J.D. with highest honors from the TU College of Law in 2024. While in law school, he received CALI awards in Basic Oil & Gas Law and Piracy, Copiers & Copyright in Law & Culture. He practices civil litigation with an emphasis on research and writing. Matthew K. Felty and Heath W. Garwood have joined the Oklahoma City law firm of Ryan Whaley. Mr. Felty is a director at the firm. He has complex litigation experi ence, representing both companies and individuals across a variety of practice areas, including oil and gas, manufacturers’ products

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