|   | | Law Firm in Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
|
| | Address | | ONEOK Plaza, 100 West 5th Street, Suite 400 | | Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103-4287 | | (Osage & Tulsa Cos.) | | Mailing Address: P.O. Box 21100, Tulsa, OK, 74121-1100 | | | |
| | | |
(Main Office)
| Rhodes, Hieronymus, Jones, Tucker & Gable, P.L.L.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. General and Extra-contractual Liability Insurance, Negligence, Products Liability, Medical, Legal and Professional Liability, Employment, Workers' Compensation, Environmental, Aviation, Suretyship, Common Carriers, Toxic Torts, ERISA, Insurance Receiverships, Construction. | | Year Established: 1931 | Firm Profile:
Rhodes Hieronymus is a civil trial and appellate law firm. We represent manufacturers, professionals, employers, insurers and health care providers throughout Oklahoma and in other states.We utilize technology for file management and for trial and appellate presentations. This, and our specific emphasis on trial practice, enables us to be competitive while providing excellent representation. Specific areas of concentration include: products liability; employment; toxic torts and environmental law; professional liability; drug and medical devices; fidelity and surety; negligence; extra-contractual liability; insurance receiverships; insurance; workers' compensation; and construction. Rhodes Hieronymus was founded in 1931. We are listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. | | Firm Size: 21 | Representative Clients:
ACE USA; Air Products & Chemicals; AIG; AGCO; APAC-Oklahoma Inc.; Arch Insurance Group; Atlantic Companies; Audi NSU; Bechtel; Cancer Care Associates; Cancer Treatment Centers of America; Cargill Inc.; Chubb Group; Circle International, Inc.; Clorox; CNA Surety; Contract Freighters Inc.; Crown Equipment; Deere & Co.; Dresser Industries; Dresser-Rand/Halliburton; EGL, Inc.; Fireman's Fund; Global Aerospace/AAU; Goulds Pumps; The Hanover Insurance Company; Highlands Insurance; Kemper Insurance; Kraft General Foods; Lancer Insurance; Leslie Controls; Mazda Motor Corporation; Mid-Continent Insurance; Mid-Continent Pipeline; Mitsubishi Motor Mfg. of America, Inc.; Murphy Oil USA, Inc.; Nationwide Group; Navistar/International Harvester; Nissan North America, Inc.; PFT Roberson Transportation; PPG Industries; Phillip Morris; Pratt & Whitney; Protective Insurance; Republic Insurance; RLI Insurance; St. Paul Travelers; Service Corporation International; The Shaw Group; Solkatronic Chemical, Inc.; Sonic Automotive, Inc.; Spirit Homes Inc.; Sun Healthcare Group; Sunoco, Inc.; Sunoco Pipeline Partners, LLP; Tokio Marine & Fire; Utica National Insurance; Volkswagen, A.G.; YMCA of Greater Tulsa. | | E. D. Hieronymus (1908 -1994). | | George W. Gable (1918-2000). | | —————————— | | Chris L. Rhodes, III (Partner) born Hartford, Connecticut, March 31, 1932; admitted to bar, 1959, Oklahoma. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.B.A., 1954; LL.B., 1959). Managing Partner, 1968—. Phi Alpha Delta. Oklahoma Deputy Insurance Commissioner, 1974-1982. Trustee, Oklahoma Bar Foundation, 1990-1995. Oklahoma Counsel for the ETSI Coal Slurry Pipeline Joint Venture. Counsel for the Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner, as Receiver in Rehabilitations and Liquidations since 1971. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law. Member: Tulsa County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; American Judicature Society. Fellow: American Bar Foundation (Oklahoma Chair, 1997-1999). [U.S.A.F., Pilot SAC, TAC]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Aviation Litigation; Professional Liability; Insurance Insolvency; Insurance Receivership; Construction; Suretyship. Email: Chris L. Rhodes, III | | Bert M. Jones (Partner) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, October 28, 1932; admitted to bar, 1959, Oklahoma. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.A., 1954; LL.B., 1959). Phi Alpha Delta. Staff Member, Oklahoma Law Review, 1958-1959. Author: "Fraud-Symposium on the Statutes of Limitations in Oklahoma," 12 Oklahoma Law Review 379, 1959; "Products Liability Defenses-Oklahoma," DRI Compendium, 1992 and 1999. Assistant County Attorney, Oklahoma County, 1960. Member: Tulsa County, Oklahoma and American (Member, Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1984) Bar Associations; Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel (Director, 1974; Vice President, 1979); American Judicature Society; American Board of Trial Advocates; Defense Research Institute; Products Liability Advisory Council. Fellow, Oklahoma Bar Foundation. [Capt., U.S.M.C.R.]. Reported Cases: Clark v. Mazda Motor Corp., 68 P.3d 207 (Okla. 2003); Ball v. Harnischfeger Corp., 877 P.2d 45 (Okla. 1994); Hinds v. General Motors Corp., 988 F.2d 1039 (10th Cir. 1993); Moore v. Subaru of America, 891 F.2d 1445 (10th Cir. 1989); Treadway v. Uniroyal Tire Co., 766 P.2d 938 (Okla. 1988); McMurray v. Deere and Co., Inc., 858 F.2d 1436 (10th Cir. 1988); Lee v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., 688 P.2d 1283 (Okla. 1984); Robinson v. Audi NSU Auto Union Aktiengesellschaft, 739 F.2d 1481 (10th Cir. 1984); World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson, 444 U.S. 559 (1980); Mayberry v. Akron Rubber Machinery Corp., 183 F. Supp. 407 (N.D. Okla. 1976); Duncan v. General Motors Corp., 499 F.2d 835 (10th Cir. 1974); Kirkland v. General Motors Corp., 521 P.2d 1353 (Okla. 1974); Hunt v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 448 P.2d 1018 (Okla. 1968). Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense; Automotive Products Liability; Heavy Equipment Products Liability; Drug and Medical Device Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Appellate Practice. Email: Bert M. Jones | | John H. Tucker (Partner) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, November 2, 1942; admitted to bar, 1966, Oklahoma. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.A., 1963; J.D., 1966). Member, PE-ET Society. U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit Advisory Committee, Oklahoma Delegate, 2000-2004. Senior Adjunct Settlement Judge, Special Projects, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma, 1988—. Chairman, Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee, Northern District of Oklahoma. U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society, State Chair, 1999-2004; Historical Society of the 10th Judicial Circuit. Member: Tulsa County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates; American Inns of Court (Master). American College of Trial Lawyers (Regent 2004—; State Chairman, 1996-1998; Chairman, Samuel Gates Committee, 2000-2004); International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Oklahoma and American Bar Foundations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Trial Practice; Appellate Practice. Email: John H. Tucker | | Jo Anne Deaton (Partner) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, July 15, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Oklahoma. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.A., 1978); University of Tulsa (J.D., 1981). Phi Delta Phi. Member, The Order of Barristers. Law Clerk Bailiff for U.S. District Judge James O. Ellison, Northern District of Oklahoma, 1981-1982. Adjunct Settlement Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma. Adjunct Settlement Judge, Tulsa County District Court. Former Member, Local Rules Committee, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma. Chairperson, Board of Directors, Oklahoma Attorneys Mutual Insurance Company. Member: Tulsa County, Oklahoma and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1984) Bar Associations; American Inns of Court (Master). Fellow, Oklahoma Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Products Liability; Insurance Defense; Appellate Practice. Email: Jo Anne Deaton | | Dan S. Folluo (Partner) born Keokuk, Iowa, August 6, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Oklahoma. Education: Southwest Missouri State University (B.S., 1982); University of Tulsa (J.D., 1985). Author: "Navigating the Troubled Waters of the Tripartite Relationship," OADC News, Spring 1999. Adjunct Settlement Judge, Tulsa County District Court. Member: Tulsa County and Oklahoma Bar Associations; Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel (Vice President 1995-1996; President Elect 1997; President 1998); Defense Research Institute (Exceptional Performance Citation, 1998); American Board of Trial Advocates; Trucking Industry Defense Association. Practice Areas: Motor Carrier Liability; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Insurance Defense; Extra Contractual Insurance Defense. Email: Dan S. Folluo | | Ann E. Allison (Partner) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, January 10, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Oklahoma. Education: Oklahoma State University (B.S., 1985); University of San Diego; University of Oklahoma (J.D., 1988). Member: Tulsa County, Oklahoma, Federal and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates; Defense Research Institute; Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Professional Liability; Healthcare Liability; Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Drug and Medical Device Defense; Employment Law; Civil Trial Practice. Email: Ann E. Allison | | Andrew D. Downing (Partner) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 19, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Oklahoma; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1991); University of Tulsa (J.D., 1995). Recipient, Maurice Merrill Golden Quill Award, 2006. Author: "The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Act and Daubert," Vol. 77, No. 27, Oklahoma Bar Journal (10/7/2006); "Daubert and Exposure Cases in Oklahoma," Tort Trial & Insurance Practice, ABA Committee News (Spring 2006); "Oklahoma Employers Beware: The Rock and A Hard Place Dilemma," Vol. 72, No. 21, Oklahoma Bar Journal (7/14/2001). Member, The University of Tulsa Division of Continuing Education, Advisory Board. Special Counsel for the Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner. Adjunct Professor, Advanced Torts, The University of Tulsa. Member: Oklahoma, Tulsa County and American (Member, Sections on: Tort; Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice; Toxic Tort Defense; ERISA; Vaccine Injury Litigation; Workers' Compensation; Third Party Subrogation; Insurance Insolvency; Insurance Receivership. Email: Andrew D. Downing | | Bradley A. Jackson (Partner) born Terre Haute, Indiana, May 26, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Oklahoma; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Oklahoma State University (B.S., 1989); University of Tulsa (J.D., 1992). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Professional Responsibility, 1992. Member: Tulsa County (Member: Law Related Education Committee; Court Operations Committee) and Oklahoma Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates; Defense Research Institute (Exceptional Performance Citation, 2006); Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel (Chair, CLE Committee, 2000-2005; Chair, Long Range Planning Committee, 2005; President, 2006). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Motor Carrier Liability; Health Care Litigation; Construction Litigation; Commercial Liability. Email: Bradley A. Jackson | | Colin H. Tucker (Partner) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 12, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Oklahoma. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 1990); Columbia University (J.D., 1994). Articles Editor, Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts, 1993-1994. Director, Columbia Negotiation Competition, 1993. Judicial Law Clerk to: the Hon. James O. Ellison, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1994-1995; Hon. Sven Erik Holmes, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Member: Tulsa County (Board of Directors; Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, 2000-2001), Oklahoma, Federal (Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma, President 2001-2002) and American Bar Associations; American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Toxic Substance Liability; Environmental Litigation; Construction Litigation; Media and Entertainment; Appellate Practice; Civil Trial Practice. Email: Colin H. Tucker | | Kerry R. Lewis (Partner) born Benton, Arkansas, September 20, 1965; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas; 1995, Oklahoma. Education: Southern Nazarene University (B.S., 1988); University of Tulsa (J.D., 1991); Tulane University Law School (LL.M., 1992). Staff Member, Tulsa Law Journal, 1989-1990. Notes and Comments Editor, Tulsa Law Journal, 1990-1991. Recipient, Scribes Award as Outstanding Editor of a Law Journal, 1991. Author: Comment: "A Re-Examination of the Constitutional Right to a Jury Trial Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 26 Tulsa Law Journal 571 (1992). Member: Tulsa County, Oklahoma and American (Member, Sections On: Tort & Insurance Practice; Litigation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense; Appellate Practice; Civil Trial Practice. Email: Kerry R. Lewis | | Leslie J. Southerland (Partner) born Bartlesville, Oklahoma, November 26, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Oklahoma. Education: University of Tulsa (B.A., 1984; J.D., 1987). Staff Member and Research Editor, Tulsa Law Journal. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Graduate, DRI Trial Academy. Collaborator, Neighbor for Neighbor Legal Clinic. Participant, Tulsa Lawyers for Children. Member: Tulsa County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Products Liability Defense; Automotive Products Liability; Heavy Equipment Products Liability; Employment Law; Appellate Practice. Email: Leslie J. Southerland | | Nathan E. Clark (Partner) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, September 12, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Oklahoma. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1994; J.D., 1997). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Graduate, NITA Trial Academy. Member: Tulsa County and Oklahoma Bar Associations; Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel (Secretary, 2007). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Employment Law; Construction Litigation; Mold Litigation. Email: Nathan E. Clark | | Theresa Noble Hill (Partner) born Lubbock, Texas, July 18, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, North Carolina; 2001, Oklahoma. Education: University of Victoria (B.A., 1992); University of Oklahoma (J.D., 1999). Co-Author: Oklahoma Chapter, "State-by-State Guide to Construction Contracts and Claims," 2006; Oklahoma Chapter, "State-by-State Guide to Architect, Engineer, and Contractor Licensing," Volume 2, 1999, 2000, 2001 editions; Oklahoma Chapter, "Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law," 2000, 2001, 2002 editions; "Cleaning up After the Floods," Roofing Contractor, 2000. Member: Tulsa County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense; Toxic Tort Defense. Email: Theresa Noble Hill | | —————————— | | Carlye O. Jimerson (Associate) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 10, 1957; admitted to bar, 1997, Oklahoma. Education: Oklahoma State University (B.S., 1979); University of Tulsa (J.D., 1995). Member: Judicial Nominating Committee, City of Tulsa, 2007—; Alumni Board, University of Tulsa Law School, 2007—. Member: Tulsa County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations; Federal Bar Association (President, Northern/Eastern Oklahoma Chapter, 2004); United States Supreme Court Historical Society; American Inns of Court; United States, American, and North Tulsa Tennis Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Criminal Defense; Employment Liability; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability. Email: Carlye O. Jimerson | | Bradley S. Shelts (Associate) born Bartlesville, Oklahoma, January 29, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Oklahoma. Education: Oklahoma State University (B.S., 1998); University of Tulsa (J.D., with highest honors, 2002). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Curule Chair; Order of the Barristers. Recipient, CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Advanced Legal Writing; Merit Scholarship Winner. Member: Tulsa County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Trial Practice; Appellate Practice. Email: Bradley S. Shelts | | Lindsay J. McDowell (Associate) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, January 4, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Oklahoma. Education: Oklahoma State University (B.A., 1999); University of Oklahoma (J.D., 2003). Administrative District Director, District VI, Kappa Alpha Theta. Member, Whittier Moot Court Team, 2002-2003. Member and Class President, 2002-2003, Student Bar Association. Member: Tulsa County (Member, Executive Committee, Young Lawyers Division 2005-2007), Oklahoma and American Bar Associations; Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel (Young Lawyer of the Year, 2006 - first recipient of this award). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Employment Law; Appellate Practice; Insurance Receivership. Email: Lindsay J. McDowell | | Denelda L. Richardson (Associate) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, December 13, 1963; admitted to bar, 2004, Oklahoma. Education: Southern Nazarene University (B.S., 1996); University of Tulsa (J.D., 2003). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Curule Chair. Member: Tulsa County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations. Languages: American Sign Language. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Employment Law; Appellate Practice. Email: Denelda L. Richardson | | Wm. Baron VanBurkleo (Associate) born Cooksville, Ontario, October 11, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Oklahoma. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.A., 1989); University of Tulsa (J.D., 1992). Member: Oklahoma Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation. | | OF COUNSEL | | Daniel D. Draper, III (Of Counsel) born Stillwater, Oklahoma, August 4, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, Oklahoma. Education: Oklahoma State University (B.S. in Business Administration, 1994); University of Oklahoma (M.B.A., 1996); University of Tulsa (J.D., with honors, 1999). Member: Tulsa Lawyers for Children, Inc.; Special Olympics of Oklahoma; City of Owasso Board of Adjustment. Member: Tulsa County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations; Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Supreme Court Historical Society. Reported Cases: Clark v. Mazda Motor Corp., 68 P.3d 207 (Okla. 2003); Hanover Insurance Company, et al. v. Honeywell, Inc., et al., 200 F. Supp.2d 1305 (N.D. Okla. 2002). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; Fire Loss; Insurance Receivership; Insurance Liquidation; General Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation. Email: Daniel D. Draper, III | | Larry D. Henry (Of Counsel) born St. Paul, Minnesota, September 3, 1946; admitted to bar, 1970, Iowa; 1976, Oklahoma; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits.. Education: University of Iowa College of Law (LL.B., with distinction, 1970). Member: Tulsa County and Oklahoma Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. | | James D. Johnson (Of Counsel) born Waterloo, Iowa, July 7, 1950; admitted to bar, 1987, Oklahoma. Education: University of Northern Iowa (B.S., 1973); Oklahoma City University (J.D., 1986). Claims Counsel, Medical Protective Insurance Company, 1987-1988. House Counsel, Mid-Continent Casualty Insurance Company, 1988-2007. Member: Oklahoma Bar Association; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Extra Contractual Insurance Defense; Civil Practice. Email: James D. Johnson | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | John Gregory Madden, III (Administrator) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 29, 1951; Education: University of Tulsa (B.S., Business Administration, 1974); Oklahoma State University (M.S., Business Education, 1978). Member, Association of Legal Administrators (Regional Officer, 2005-2007; President, Tulsa Chapter, 2002-2003 and 2007-2008). [Lt. Colonel, USMC Reserve, Retired]. Email: John Gregory Madden, III | | Gay Waid Sellers (Administrator) born Miami, Oklahoma, March 22, 1951; Member, NALS... the association for legal professionals (1972—; President, NALS of Oklahoma, 2004-2006). Certified Professional Legal Secretary, 1980. Certified Professional Paralegal, 2004. Email: Gay Waid Sellers |
|
