The Oklahoma Bar Journal August 2022

B ench & B ar B riefs

ON THE MOVE Andrew E. Henry and Stacy A. Schauvliege were named direc tors and shareholders of Crowe & Dunlevy. Mr. Henry, a director in the firm’s Oklahoma City office, practices commercial litigation in state and federal courts. He is a barrister in the Luther Bohanon American Inn of Court and has served as a volunteer attorney for Oklahoma Lawyers for Children. Ms. Schauvliege is a director in the firm’s Tulsa office, where she is a member of the Aviation & Commercial Space, Banking & Financial Institutions and Real Estate practice groups. She advises clients on complex aircraft pur chase and sale transactions, Federal Aviation Administration compli ance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate acquisitions, commercial leasing, corporate governance and commercial banking law. Robert J. Troester was reappointed by the United States District Court as the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy D. DeGiusti administered the oath of office. Mr. Troester has served in the Department of Justice since 1995 and has held multiple managerial positions in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including acting U.S. attorney on four occasions, first assistant U.S. attorney, executive assistant U.S. attorney and chief of the Civil Division. Erin J. Rooney was named senior attorney at Gungoll, Jackson, Box & Devoll PC. Mr. Rooney joined the firm in 2019 after working with an Oklahoma City insurance defense firm. He practices primarily in

Dr. Trisha Wald was selected as the associate dean of Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s Everett Dobson School of Business and Technology in Weatherford. Dr. Wald began teaching at SWOSU in 2008 after practicing law. She has taught classes in business law, tax law and accounting. She was awarded the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award from the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants in 2014 and the Bernhardt Academic Excellence Award in 2017. She has also served as the chair of the SWOSU Department of Business since January 2022. Jillian Mershon has joined the Norman law firm of Worden & Carbitcher. The firm is now located at 115 E. Gray St., Norman, 73069 and can be contacted at 405-360-8036. Brooke Henderson has joined Heritage Trust, a subsidiary of Argent Financial Group, as vice president, relationship manager. She will be responsible for assist ing clients in a variety of areas, including trusts, probate and estate planning and administration. Ms. Henderson previously served as an associate attorney at Berman & Rabin PA, where she focused on consumer debt collection. Emily Ramseyer has joined the Oklahoma City office of GableGotwals as an associate. She advises clients in estate planning, including guard ianships, probate and trust adminis tration. Prior to joining the firm, she practiced at an Oklahoma City law firm focused on estate planning.

the areas of insurance, bad faith, transportation and civil litigation. He received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 2012 and is a member of the Oklahoma County Bar Association. Adrienne M. Martinez has joined the Wallis Law Group in Edmond as an associate attorney. She received her J.D. from the OCU School of Law in 2019 and practices in the areas of estate planning, trust administration, probate, guardianships, business formation and corporate law. Thomas H. Gayle was named a partner of the Tulsa law firm of Atkinson, Brittingham, Gladd, Fiasco & Edmonds. He joined the firm in 2018 and practices in the area of civil litigation, defend ing against claims of medical negligence, general liability and claims arising from motor vehicle accidents. Mr. Gayle received his J.D. from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2007 and began his legal career in Chicago representing employees, and later employers, in workers’ compensa tion bench trials, civil appeals and before the Illinois Appellate Court. Drew A. Cunningham has joined Crowe & Dunlevy. He is a director in the firm’s Oklahoma City office and a member of the Real Estate Practice Group. Mr. Cunningham’s commercial real estate practice includes commer cial acquisitions and dispositions, ground-up development, build-to suit leasing, landlord and tenant representation and finance.

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