Patrick O’Hara Jr.

Member/Partner

Areas of Practice

• Oil and Gas Law

• Oil and Gas Litigation

• Personal Injury/Wrongful Death

• Environmental Litigation

• Ad Valorem Tax Litigation

• Business/Corporate Law and Litigation

• Class Action Litigation

• Insurance/Bad Faith Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Oklahoma

• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma

• U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma

• U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma

• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit

• U.S. Supreme Court

Education

• University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, Oklahoma

  • J.D. - 1995

  • Honors: With highest honors

• Oklahoma State University

  • B.S. - 1992

  • Major: Speech Communication

Classes/Seminars/PUBLICATIONS

• Spoke at the 2018 Oklahoma Oil & Gas, Mineral and Land Conference.

• Spoke at the 2014 Western Oklahoma Land, Water, Wind and Mineral Conference concerning land, water and mineral issues

• Spoke at the National Trust Real Estate Association 2013 Educational/Development Forum, Cox Convention Center, concerning land and mineral owner issues

• OBA/CLE event AG Futures: The Latest Developments in Agriculture Law and Their Projected Impact on Oklahoma Ag Producers and Landowners—Landowner Rights in Today’s Oil Patch

• Spoke on oil and gas issues at the Adult Continuing Education Conference sponsored by Southwestern Oklahoma State University

• Spoke at the 2011 Legislative Breakfast

• Spoke at the 2010 Energy and Estate Planning Seminar in Clinton, Oklahoma, sponsored by First Bank & Trust Company of Clinton

• Business & Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, Ch. 79 on Energy Law (contributing author)

Honors and Awards

• Best Lawyers in America, Oil and Gas Law, 2018-2019

• Oklahoma Super Lawyers, 2011 - 2014, 2016-2018

• Oklahoma Bar Foundation, President’s Award, 2016

• Oklahoma Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2009

• Order of the Coif

• American Jurisprudence Award recipient in Antitrust, Civil Procedure I, Legal Research & Writing, Torts I, Torts II and Trial Techniques

• Member/Note Editor, Oklahoma Law Review

• Rayburn L. Foster Memorial Scholarship, 1994

• George B. Frasier Memorial Scholarship, 1993

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Oklahoma Bar Foundation Board of Trustees, Vice President, 2018

• Oklahoma Bar Foundation Board of Trustees, Grants & Awards Committee Chair, 2016-2018

• Oklahoma Bar Association, Energy and Natural Resources Law Section, Budget Director, 2018

• American Association for Justice

• Custer County Bar Association

• Oklahoma Bar Association

• Fellow, Oklahoma Bar Foundation

• Oklahoma County Bar Association

• Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association

• Other Memberships, Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association; American Angus Association; Oklahoma Quail Forever; Quality Deer Management Association; Ducks Unlimited

Other Interests & Memberships

• Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association

• American Angus Association

• Oklahoma Quail Forever

• Quality Deer Management Association

• Ducks Unlimited