The Oklahoma Bar Journal May 2024

Chase McBri de Chase McBride attended TU, where he received his bachelor’s degree in finance and a

Dayten Israel

Dayten Israel

is a graduate of the OU College of Law and currently operates a

solo practice, Launchpointe Legal, that provides transactional legal services to startups and emerging ventures. He also serves as the director of Startup OU at the University of Oklahoma, a regional entrepreneurship hub that offers numerous consulting and train ing programs across new venture creation, technology commercial ization, fundraising and workforce development in central Oklahoma. Mr. Israel is also a founding mem ber of the OU Entrepreneurial Law Center, where he currently serves as a legal and business advisor sup porting clinical intern operations for startup and small business clients. Since joining the OBA in 2021, he has served on several committees, including the Strategic Planning, Diversity and Law Schools commit tees. His involvement in the Law Schools Committee has allowed him the opportunity to explore gaps in legal education and per ceived access issues for soon-to-be attorneys in the state. Mr. Israel has also held a position as an at-large director on the YLD Board of Directors for the last three years, where he has supported community service activities and general board operations.

minor in economics. He attended graduate school at OU, where he received both his J.D. and MBA. He also has received a certificate in law and entrepreneurship from the OU College of Law and a certificate in sustainable invest ing from the Harvard Business School. His areas of practice largely include general litigation, business/corporate and contract litigation, family law, criminal defense and the protection of civil and property rights. He has successfully argued in front of Oklahoma’s highest courts, defended federal business litigation actions, organized multi-million- dollar business transactions and successfully defended three first-degree murder charges. He has also successfully represented four separate Oklahoma police chiefs in wrongful termination or election disputes and defended multiple politicians in the Tulsa area against defamation claims. Mr. McBride currently represents several large businesses across the state. He is also the city attorney for Salina and Pryor. His writings have been pub lished in th e Oklahoma Bar Journ al regarding court-ordered grandpa rental rights, interlocutory appeals and Oklahoma construction trusts, all topics on which he has also presented CLE courses

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