Benchmark Litigation, a guide that provides analysis of commercial and financial litigators and law firms in the United States, named GableGotwals as a "highly recommended" law firm for Litigation and the Firm's Labor & Employment team was also "recommended." In addition, 14 GableGotwals attorney were recognized.
U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®, for the 12th consecutive year, announced the "Best Law Firms" rankings. GableGotwals is ranked in the 2023 list regionally in 75 practice areas.
Dean Luthey, a Shareholder at GableGotwals, has been appointed by the Board of Governors of the Oklahoma Bar Association, upon nomination of its President, to the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s Committee on Judicial Elections.
GableGotwals is pleased to announce five attorneys have been named Shareholder effective January 1, 2022.
Two GableGotwals shareholders recently spoke to the Oklahoma Judicial Conference at its annual meeting on topics requested by the conference organizers. Dean Luthey, along with Court of Civil Appeals Judge Stacie Hixon, gave a presentation on court awarded attorney fees. Trent Shores participated on a panel that included tribal Attorneys General regarding the United States Supreme Court decision in McGirt v. State of Oklahoma, holding that the Muscogee Nation’s historical reservation had not been disestablished.
After obtaining a $22.65 million judgment for the Firm’s client for a counterparty’s breach of a major gas asset purchase agreement, also obtained an award of interest and attorneys’ fees ultimately resulting in the client recovering nearly $30 million.
Successful in convincing the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals to reverse a district court’s order certifying a class of royalty owners applying the de novo standard of review.
Pursued and successfully obtained injunctive relief worth approximately $1 billion requiring affirmative assignment of oil and gas properties to rightful owner and successfully defended appeal of trial court decision to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.