The Oklahoma Bar Journal September 2023

B ench & B ar B riefs

ON THE MOVE Andrew G. Wakeman has joined the Tulsa law firm of Atkinson, Brittingham, Gladd, Fiasco & Edmonds as a partner. He received his J.D. from the TU College of Law with highest honors in 2006. During school, he worked as an editor of the Tulsa Law Review and was awarded the Order of the Curule Chair. As a litigator, Mr. Wakeman has defended cases involving automobile negligence, insurance breach of contract, insurance bad faith and medical malpractice. He has also taken numerous cases to trial as both first and second chair counsel. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the Tulsa County Bar Association and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western districts of Oklahoma. Scott Delaney has joined the Dallas office of Winston & Strawn as a partner. He is in the Transactions Department’s Private Equity Transactions Practice and is focus ing involvement with the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure Industry Group. He practices in the areas of corporate transactions for compa nies, as well as private equity spon sors and their portfolio companies, with an emphasis on the energy sector. Mr. Delaney also assists in advising clients on general corpo rate matters, including operating and commercial contract matters. Timothy F. Campbell has joined the Oklahoma City office of Hall Booth Smith as an associate attor ney. He practices in the areas of

and Lincoln counties, will provide services in the area of family law, including divorce, child custody, guardianship and adoption. Mr. Swafford will also provide services in the area of criminal defense, including expungements of criminal records. Mrs. Wilson and Mr. Stephens previously worked together as Wilson Law Group. John Sullivan and Brian Tully will launch GableGotwals’ new office in Houston as the firm expands to Texas. The office is located in Houston’s Central Business District at 1100 Louisiana St., Ste. 5000. Hunter M. Siex has joined the law firm of McBride & McBride as an attorney. He will practice in all aspects of services provided by the firm, with a focus on civil and per sonal injury litigation. Mr. Siex has experience in personal injury, med ical and dental malpractice defense, insurance defense and subrogation and civil rights litigation. Judge Rafe Hall has been appointed district judge for the 3rd Judicial District, which includes Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and Tillman counties. He has served as the associate district judge for Jackson County since being appointed by Gov. Kevin Stitt in January. Prior to that appointment, Judge Hall served as a special judge for Jackson County, a private practice attorney and an assistant district attorney for Oklahoma County. He received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law.

health care, medical malpractice, premises liability, general liabil ity, professional liability and bad faith defense matters. Previously, he has gained experience in civil litigation at several Oklahoma City defense firms and has conducted numerous bench and jury trials, both solo and as second chair. Mr. Campbell received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law. Jordan L. Miller has been named partner at the Oklahoma City law firm of Collins, Zorn & Wagner. He has been with the firm since 2012 when he first moved to Oklahoma. Mr. Miller is involved in the firm’s defense of municipalities and counties in civil rights, tort claims and employment matters, as well as maintaining an appellate prac tice. He received his J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif. Sean Harrington has joined the Donald E. Pray Library at the OU College of Law as the director of technology innovation. He previ ously served as the law and tech nology librarian for the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, where he focused his attention on new technologies in legal research and taught a course for J.D. students. Allison J. Wilson , Lucas R. Stephens and Thomas A. Swafford have established Wilson Stephens Swafford Law in Stillwater. The firm, which will primarily serve Payne, Noble, Pawnee, Logan, Kay

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