ABG Announces Ryan Ellis Promoted to Partner in the Research, Writing, and Appellate Division — Research, writing, and appellate attorney Ryan Ellis has been promoted to partner. Ryan has more than a decade of experience in multiple areas of litigation, and she has had an excellent track record of success at ABG. She has taken the lead on complex summary judgment motions on behalf of insurance clients, prepared countless motions... Read more » [...]
Associate Ryan Ellis Wins Appeal on Novel Issue in State Court — Research and writing associate Ryan Ellis obtained a favorable ruling from the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals on May 30, 2024, on a novel legal issue in a case litigated by partners Bill Fiasco and Tommy Gayle. The case involved medical negligence allegations against a chiropractor for treatment provided by a massage therapist in his... Read more » [...]
Associate J.P. Ray appointed to The Tulsa African-American Affairs Commission — Associate J.P. Ray was recently appointed to the City of Tulsa’s African-American Affairs Commission. The Commission is tasked with advising the Mayor and City Council on a number of initiatives including encouraging and promoting unity, purpose and understanding among the African-American people of the greater Tulsa area; and encouraging and promoting cooperation between the African-American... Read more » [...]
Partner Bill Fiasco presented at the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s Annual District... — Bill Fiasco was privileged to speak at the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s Annual District VII Meeting in Tulsa on September 29, 2023. The meeting included approximately 250 OBGYN physicians from Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mexico, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Bill’s presentation was titled “How to Survive a Lawsuit.” [...]
Tommy Gayle and Kit McVay attend IADC Trial Academy — Partners Tommy Gayle and Kit McVay completed the prestigious 49th Annual International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy on August 11, 2023. This seven-day intensive course is designed to sharpen trial skills and introduce new techniques and tactics in the areas of general tort and insurance defense trial advocacy. The Trial Academy includes lectures and... Read more » [...]
Andrew Wakeman Joins Firm as Partner — Atkinson, Brittingham, Gladd, Fiasco & Edmonds is pleased to announce that Andrew Wakeman has joined the firm as a Partner. Mr. Wakeman is an accomplished trial attorney with significant experience in automobile negligence, insurance bad faith, and medical malpractice. [...]
Michael Atkinson Admitted to Practice in the State of Montana — Atkinson, Brittingham, Gladd, Fiasco & Edmonds is pleased to announce that Michael Atkinson was sworn in as a member of the Montana State Bar on June 7, 2023, and is now admitted to practice law in all courts in the State of Montana. [...]
Bill Fiasco and Kit McVay Obtain Defense Verdict in Tulsa County — A Tulsa County jury returned a unanimous defense verdict on April 13, 2023, in favor of a general surgeon and his clinic, represented by Bill Fiasco and Kit McVay, in a wrongful death action. Plaintiff alleged her husband died due to the negligence of the surgeon and local hospital after complications arose following an outpatient... Read more » [...]
Bill Fiasco and Kit McVay Obtain Defense Verdict — On December 15, 2022, Bill Fiasco and Kit McVay obtained a defense verdict in Tulsa County District Court on behalf of a Tulsa urologist accused of medical negligence. After four days of trial, the jury returned the verdict on behalf of the doctor and the clinic with which he was employed. [...]
Bill Fiasco inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers — Bill Fiasco has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier [...]