The Oklahoma Bar Journal September 2022

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ON THE MOVE Leslie Griffin has joined The Title Law Group in Oklahoma City. She has extensive experience working in the exploration and production sector of the oil and gas industry. Ms. Griffin’s skills and knowledge will help bolster the firm’s transac tional team. Her practice includes helping operators and owners of all sizes in mineral management, negotiation, drafting contracts and curative documents, due diligence and mergers. Shawn M. Dellegar was named vice president of administration for the Tulsa office of Crowe & Dunlevy. Mr. Dellegar focuses his practice on handling domestic and international patent and trademark portfolios, along with administra tive proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He advises many companies as their intellec tual property general counsel, han dling licensing and due diligence, helping them determine where they should file applications inter nationally and offering strategy and advice about their competitors. He will continue serving clients through his intellectual property practice while also continuing the expansion of the firm’s Tulsa office. HOW TO PLACE AN ANNOUNCEMENT: The Oklahoma Bar Journal welcomes short articles or news items about OBA members and upcoming meetings. If you are an OBA member and you’ve moved, become a partner, hired an associate, taken on a partner, received a promotion or an award or given a talk or speech with statewide or national stature, we’d like to hear from

She will assist clients in a variety of areas, including trusts, probate and estate planning and admin istration. Ms. Gebetsberger has more than three decades of expe rience in business development, regulatory compliance and service delivery. She also has 25 years of experience with the Oklahoma Tax Commission. Josh Ihler has joined the Tulsa office of GableGotwals as an associate. He will focus on merg ers and acquisitions, commercial financing and commercial agree ments. Mr. Ihler has experience with commercial real estate trans actions, asset-based loan sales, single-lender and syndicated credit facilities, loan agreements and other commercial lending matters. Jake Jones has opened Jake Jones Mediation. The firm is located at 4801 Gaillardia Parkway, Ste. 200, Oklahoma City, 73142. Mr. Jones has 40 years of experience practic ing law in a variety of areas, and he currently serves as chairman of the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System Board of Directors. He may be reached at 405-866-5253 or jake@jakejonesmediation.com.

Tyler L. Gentry has joined Goodwin Lewis PLLC. Mr. Gentry’s practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation in all state and federal courts. He represents individuals and businesses and practices primarily in the areas of commercial law, oil and gas, real estate, personal injury, family law and criminal law. Logan P. Blackmore has joined the Oklahoma City office of McAfee & Taft. Ms. Blackmore is a transac tional lawyer who will be a member of the firm’s Energy and Natural Resources Group. Her practice is focused on the representation of clients of all sizes operating in the oil and gas and renewable energy industries, including oil and gas exploration and production com panies, oilfield service companies, midstream pipeline and transpor tation companies and developers of wind farms and other renewable and sustainable energy projects. She received her J.D. from the OU College of Law in 2020. Leisa Gebetsberger has joined AmeriTrust Holding Company, a subsidiary of Argent Financial Group, as a trust administrator. you. Sections, committees and county bar associations are encouraged to submit short stories about upcoming or recent activities. Honors bestowed by other publications ( e.g., Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers , etc.) will not be accepted as announcements. (Oklahoma-based publications are the exception.) Information selected for publication is printed at no cost, subject to editing and printed as space permits.

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Lauren Rimmer Communications Dept. Oklahoma Bar Association 405-416-7018 barbriefs@okbar.org

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