Energy Alert – Watershed Moment: U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Federal Power Under Clean Water Act
This Alert addresses what this means for energy infrastructure in and around “wetlands.”
GableGotwals Grows Texas Presence with the Addition of Houston-based Brian K. Tully
Brian brings more than 20 years of commercial litigation and appellate experience in Texas and nationwide.
IEL’s Energy Law Advisor – Protective Measures Energy Companies Should Consider After Supreme Court Opens Door for Overtime Wage Lawsuits by Brooks A. Richardson and Chris S. Thrutchley
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision will likely impact companies within the oil and gas industry.
Win for Cherokee Nation, Tossing Fugitive’s Lawsuit
GableGotwals successfully represented the Cherokee Nation in a civil lawsuit brought against it by Kimberlie Gilliland, an international fugitive from justice. From 2016 through 2019, the Cherokee Nation Attorney General charged Gilliland, a former executive director of the Cherokee Nation Foundation, with 15 total counts of embezzlement. While facing tribal criminal charges, Gilliland fled to Poland and filed a habeas petition in 2022 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, seeking to have a warrant for her arrest voided and tribal embezzlement charges dismissed. GableGotwals sought to dismiss Gilliland’s petition and, in doing so, defended tribal sovereignty and protected the integrity of the Cherokee Nation’s justice system.
GableGotwals Secures Win for Cherokee Nation
Shareholders Trent Shores and Adam C. Doverspike successfully represented the Cherokee Nation in a civil lawsuit brought against it by Kimberlie Gilliland, an international fugitive from justice.
Additional Financial Services Victory for Security Bank & Trust Co.
Following GableGotwals’ successful representation of Security Bank & Trust, Co. on its civil claims for fraud, conspiracy, and civil RICO (racketeering) against a former bank customer and a former bank employee, criminal charges were filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Oklahoma. In 2018, the bank was awarded actual and treble damages in the District Court of Ottawa County, Oklahoma, totaling $3,645,412.80, for a check kiting scheme involving John Theodore Linthicum, a former bank customer, and Angela Asbell, a former bank employee. In his criminal case, Linthicum pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. He also ordered to pay restitution of $1,215,137.60. Criminal charges against Asbell and a third participant, Doug Mayfield, remain pending.
GableGotwals Welcomes David Herber to the Firm
His practice focuses on administrative and regulatory law, bankruptcy, commercial and insurance law. Before joining the Firm, David served as Deputy General Counsel in the Executive Office of Governor J. Kevin Stitt.
John D. Sullivan Testifies before a Texas House of Representatives Committee Supporting HB 19 and SB 27
Due to the large volume of disputes, more and more states are establishing separate business courts.