Clifford A. Wright

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He has earned an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for his professionalism and ethics.

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Practice areas

  •     Business law
  •     Native American law
  •     Commercial
  •     Oil and gas contracts
  •     Securities
  •     Collections
  •     Bankruptcy
  •     Insolvency law
  •     Creditors rights
  •     Domestic relations
  •     Family law
  •     Real estate
  •     Business disputes
  •     Appellate law
  •     Corporations
  •     Limited liability companies
  •     Federal and state taxation
  •     Insurance
  •     Estate planning
  •     Probate
  •     Estate administration
  •     Health care law
  •     Administrative agency law
  •     Elder law
  •     Employment law
  •     Torts (including negligence)
  •     Personal injury

Admitted

  • Oklahoma, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Claims Court, 1977
  • U.S. District Court, Western, Eastern and Northern Districts of Oklahoma and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1978
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • Cherokee Nation Supreme Court
  • Bankruptcy Courts for the Western, Eastern and Northern District of Oklahoma

Education

  • Oklahoma City University, J.D., 1976
  • Boston University, LL.M. in Taxation, 1977
  • University of Washington, B.A., 1974

Military

  • U.S. Army, 1968-1970

Associations & memberships

  • Oklahoma and American Bar Associations
  • The American Association for Justice
  • The Oklahoma Association For Justice
  • Cherokee Nation Bar Association

Representative cases

  • Tenneco Oil Company v. Richard D. Bogert, et al., 630 F.Supp. 961 (W.D. Oklahoma, 1986)
  • Peabody Coal Company v. State of Oklahoma ex rel Commissioners of the Land Office, 1992 Ok Civ App 83, 884 P.2d 857
  • Texaco, Inc. V. Berry Petroleum Corporation et al, 869 F. Supp. 1523, 131 Oil & Gas Rep. 81 (W.D. Oklahoma, December 5, 1994)
  • Oklahoma Employers Safety Group, SIA v. Colbert Nursing Home, Inc., 1997 OK 94, 954 P.2d 120
  • In re Magnolia Gas Company, LLC et al v. Compression Solutions Co., LLC, 255 B.R. 900 (United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Oklahoma, November 21, 2000)
  • Rose Group, LLC v. Brian R. Miller, et al 2003 OK CIV APP 18 64 P.3d 573
  • State of Oklahoma, ex rel. State Insurance Fund v. Great Plains Care Center, Inc., 2003 OK 79, 78 P.3d 83
  • Cheasapeake Exploration Limited Partnership v. Chesapeake Exploration Limited Partnership, Chespeake Operating, Inc. and Evok, Inc., 2004 Ok. Civ. App. 94, 103 P.3d 621

Biographical details

  • Phi Delta Phi
  • Author: Use of Revocable Trusts in Business and Estate Planning, Oklahoma Home Builder and Builder Review, 1978
  • Author: Oil and Gas Drilling Programs: Preparing the Documentation,  Clark Boardman Company, Ltd., 1984
  • Co-Author: Tax Aspects of Oil and Gas Programs,  The Institute for Energy Development, 1979
  • Co-Author: Investor Oriented Lease Acquisition Funds,  The Institute for Energy Development, 1980
  • Contributing Author: Securities and Partnership Law for MLP’s & Other Investment Limited Partnerships,  Clark Boardman Company, Ltd., 1989

 

Attorney Clifford A. Wright serves clients throughout Oklahoma.