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GableGotwals is pleased to announce four new associates have joined the Firm in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

Bailey Barnes focuses on general corporate transactions, commercial agreements, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions. She received her J.D. with honors at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. In addition, she won two American Jurisprudence awards for Antitrust and Mergers & Acquisitions, was named to the Order of the Solicitors and Dean’s Honor Roll, and received the Gene H. & Jo Ann Sharp Outstanding 2L Award. Bailey is a Marjorie P. Maute Memorial Public Service Fellow and was on the Editorial Board of the Oklahoma Law Review as a Notes and Comments Editor. She received her B.A. in Strategic Communications at Oklahoma State University. Madeline M. Cook focuses on a broad range of general litigation matters, specifically in copyright and trademark infringement, medical malpractice defense, Native American law, and energy. Her experience includes drafting pleadings, researching complex legal issues, and advising clients on litigation strategy. She received her J.D. with honors at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where she was on the Dean’s Honor Roll, received the Frank C. Love Memorial Award (2021), and American Jurisprudence Award – International Business and Human Rights. Madeline was also the Notes and Comments Editor of the Oklahoma Law Review. She received her B.A. in Communication and French Language & Literature at The University of Tulsa, where she graduated cum laude and was named to the President’s Honor Roll, and received the Freeland FacultyAward for French. Maria Escobar focuses on litigation matters, including drafting, preparing, and reviewing motions and pleadings. Her experience also includes conducting legal research on various matters, including oil and gas, civil procedure, zoning laws, discovery request limitations, and conflict of laws. Maria received her J.D. at the Oklahoma City University School of Law, where she graduated magna cum laude and was named on the Faculty Honor Roll and Dean’s List. She also received CALI Awards in Evidence, Constitutional Law I, and Trial Practice. She was a member of the Oklahoma City University Law Review, inducted to the Order of the Barristers, and named a Holloway Scholar and Alumni Scholar. She received her B.A. in Economics and B.S. in Political Science at Oklahoma State University. Maria is also fluent in Spanish.

Rhyder M. Jolliff focuses on a range of matters, spanning from corporate transactions and risk managementtogenerallitigation.He received his J.D. at The University of Tulsa College of Law, where he graduated as class salutatorian. Rhyder received 11 CALI Awards (highestindividual performancein subject)and was inductedintotheOrderoftheCuruleChair,thelawschool’s highest academic honor. He received his B.A. in Public Policy at Rogers State University, where he graduated summa cum laude and was named an Outstanding Liberal Arts Graduate.

Crowe & Dunlevy is pleased to announce the addition of J. Christopher Davis and Jon Cartledge as attorneys in the firm’s Tulsa office. Davisjoinsthefirmasashareholder and director. He represents clients as a member of the firm’s Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Litigation & Trial, and Product Liability Practice Groups. With more than 27 years of experience in the courtroom, Davis represents businesses and individuals throughout Oklahoma in state and federal courts, serving as lead counsel in catastrophic loss and bet-the-company cases regarding corporate tort and IP related matters. A seasoned litigator and mediator, Davis is regularly soughtafter for his formidable courtroom presence as Oklahoma’s only active paraplegic trial attorney. A former federal law clerk, Davis has an active presence in multiple federal court venues including serving as an Adjunct Settlement Conference Judge, a member

of the Committee on Local Rules and Court Operations, and a former member of the Admissions and Grievances Committee for the U.S. Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Davis received his Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. He graduated cum laude from Oral Roberts University (ORU) with a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology, and holds a Master of Arts in Biblical Literature as well as a Master of Education in Applied Linguistics from ORU.

court levels.

A firm director, Cartledge is a member of the Appellate, Insurance, Litigation & Trial, and Product Liability Practice Groups. His practice focuses on legal research and brief writing as well as preparing oral arguments at the trial and appellate

Cartledge has more than two decades of trial experience representing clients in state and federal courts on matters regarding civil and commercial litigation including multimillion dollar tort litigation, insurance defense, and intellectual property. He also has particular experience serving as lead counsel in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases involving the oil and gas industry. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Tulsa College of Law graduating as the salutatorian. He completed his undergraduate degree at Oral Roberts University where he graduated summa cum laude.

Hall Estill has announced the addition of four new attorneys. Bailey Betz has joined the Tulsa office, while Alyssa Gillette and Alexandra (Allie) Crawley have joined the OklahomaCityoffice,allasassociates.Inaddition,J. Kirk McGill has joined the Hall Estill Denver office as Special Counsel. “We welcome the unique skillsets and dedication Bailey, Alyssa, Allie and Kirk each bring to our practice and clients,” said Stephen Ray, managing partner for Hall Estill.“They make great additions to the team, providing excellent representation to our clients across our practice areas.”

Betz focuses his practice in the corporate services and litigation arenas. Withinhispracticehealsoassistsclients in the cannabis law industry. Betz earned his Juris Doctorate, with highest honors, at the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2020. He holds also a 2016 bachelor’s in economics, with a minor in finance, from Oklahoma State University. During law school, he served as the Executive Articles Editor of the Oklahoma Law Review, was awarded the Comfort "Top Ten" Scholarship, and received the Salem Civil Liberties Award. Upon graduation, he was inducted into the National Order of Scribes and the Order of the Coif. Gillette practices in the areas of energy and environmental law, as well as litigation. She graduated first in her class, summa cum laude, in 2019 with a Juris Doctorate from Oklahoma City University School of Law. While in law school, she served on the Oklahoma City University Law Review. She earned her bachelor’s, summa cum laude, in 2014 from TexasA&M University. She also served as an intern for the U.S. Army JAG Corps, completed an externship with the Oklahoma County Public Defender's Office and served as a judicial assistant in the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Crawley focuses her practice in the areas of general civil litigation, including contract disputes, securities litigation and complex business litigation. While in law school, she served as the Business Development Editor for the American Indian Law Review and was a member of the VictimAdvocacy Program. She graduated from University of Oklahoma College of Law, earning her Juris Doctorate, with distinction, in 2021, and Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s in strategic communications, cum laude, in 2017. McGill is a full-service attorney with specialties in Federal and state appeals, litigation, constitutional law and civil rights defense, tax, estates and trusts, business law, administrative law and regulatory compliance, contracts, and commercial transactions.

McGill earned his J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2018. In addition, he is a Colorado Certified Public Accountant, and earned a M.S. in Accounting from the University of Colorado-Denver (2014), as well as B.S.

degrees in both Accounting (minor in English Literature) and Business Administration (emphasis in finance), summa cum laude, from Regis University (2009). He is presently completing a Doctor of BusinessAdministration program.

JOHNSON & JONES, P.C. is pleased toannouncethatattorneyM. Scott Mogan has joined the Firm, in a Senior Counsel position. Mr. Mogan graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2004 and also earned his B.S.B.A. from the University of Oklahoma in 2001. Prior to joining the Firm, he was most recently Vice President / Loan Documentation Manager at Bank of Oklahoma from February 2020, and prior to that spent nearly eight years with the Office of Legal Counsel of the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Mogan will practice primarily with the firm’s transactional department and will focus on general corporate law, commercial transactions, acquisitions/ divestitures, tax and estate planning.