The Oklahoma Bar Journal March 2024

SHANNON TAYLOR, OKLAHOMA CITY Shannon Taylor is an attorney in Oklahoma City. She has built a reputation of providing compassionate guidance and representation for adoption, guardianship, probate/estate administra tion, estate planning and other family law matters. She focuses on helping clients

Following her time as a consultation attorney with Rivas & Associates, an immigration law firm based in Tulsa, Ms. Smith now serves as education program manager. In her spare time, she enjoys volunteering and fostering with the Oklahoma Westie Rescue and volunteering with the Tulsa Ballet. She loves documen taries and her two rescue pups, Sophie and Cowboy.

BRETT STAVIN, EDMOND

Brett Stavin is a part ner with the downtown

navigate legal situations with compassion, empathy and attentiveness. When appropriate, she favors medi ation, negotiation, collaborative law and other dispute- resolution techniques to help clients swiftly and ami cably resolve legal matters. However, when warranted, she is also a willing advocate in the courtroom. A native Oklahoman, Ms. Taylor earned a bachelor’s degree in humanities from OCU and her J.D. from the OCU School of Law. She received a CALI Award in juvenile law. She is a member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Oklahoma County Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Oklahoma City law firm of Rosette LLP. He has practiced with the firm for approxi mately 10 years, beginning immediately after his grad uation from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.

Rosette LLP is a small firm that focuses on represent ing tribal governments and their affiliated businesses. Within this niche, Mr. Stavin’s practice consists primar ily of litigation. He represents clients in federal courts, state courts, administrative tribunals and arbitrations throughout the country. His clients typically operate in the energy, financial services and gaming industries. Outside the office, Mr. Stavin enjoys spending time with his wife, Alexa, a 3L at the OCU School of Law, his daughter, Corinne, and his son, Connor.

TAYLOR WALLNER, OKLAHOMA CITY

Taylor Wallner is orig inally from Fayetteville, Arkansas, but he has been practicing in Oklahoma for almost a decade after attend ing the OCU School of Law. For the first few years of his practice, he represented dis abled individuals through the challenging Social Security

ELISSA STILES, TULSA

Elissa Stiles, managing attorney at Rivas & Associates, graduated from the TU College of Law in 2019 and began prac ticing immigration law that year. As an immigration law yer, Ms. Stiles primarily advo cates for clients in removal (deportation) proceedings before various immigration

disability process. Now, Mr. Wallner’s primary focus is on personal injury litigation. His practice motto is simple: treat every client with respect and honesty. While not in the courtroom, Mr. Wallner enjoys spending time with his family at the lake or being out on the golf course. He is an avid Oklahoma City Thunder and Arkansas Razorbacks fan. He is a member of the OBA and the Oklahoma Association for Justice.

courts throughout the United States, as well as before appellate bodies that include the Department of Justice Board of Immigration Appeals and the 5th Circuit and 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Stiles currently serves as chair of the OBA Immigration Law Section and the Tulsa County Bar Association Immigration Section. When she’s not at the office or in the courtroom, Ms. Stiles enjoys hiking, crocheting and tending her vegetable garden.

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