| Mark is a trial
lawyer who has demonstrated fierce devotion to the cause of
justice. He graduated with honors from the University of
Oklahoma and also from the University of Oklahoma College of
Law. He became a lawyer in 1978 at the age of twenty-three and
has been in private practice ever since. During the Oklahoma oil
boom, Mark practiced extensively as a trial lawyer for the oil
industry, handling in excess of 100 jury trials during that era.
As the oil boom faded, Mark made a decision that the remaining
years of his practice would be devoted to representing
individuals rather than companies. For years Mark's practice has
consisted of both civil and criminal trials and appeals, in both
state and federal courts. He has represented numerous clients
charged with capital murder, handled complex civil litigation
from will contests to injuries, and has handled trials and
appeals of many white collar criminal matters. Mark has received
much recognition for his work in the areas of both criminal and
constitutional law from the Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers
Association. He has twice won The Justice Thurgood Marshall
Outstanding Appellate Advocacy award (2001 and 2004). Mark was
the co-recipient of the Abolitionist of the Year Award (2005)
from the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. Mark
has also received the prestigious Angie Debo Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Oklahoma affiliate of the American
Civil Liberties Union. In
addition to membership in the Oklahoma Bar Association, Mark is
licensed in Oklahoma's three federal district courts, the 10th
Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
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Lanita has worked
at the firm since 1979, becoming a shareholder in 1992. She
graduated with honors from Southern Nazarene University and took
a law degree from Oklahoma City University. Lanita has devoted
her practice to representing individuals. She has been either
lead counsel or co-counsel in some significant phase of over
thirty capital murder cases. Her impassioned work on behalf of
her clients earned her recognition as Abolitionist of the Year
(2005) from the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
She is an accomplished civil practitioner as well, routinely
representing clients in contested civil matters including will
contests, divorces and complex business disputes. Lanita has
been lead counsel in numerous federal civil rights cases,
primarily focused on vindication of first amendment rights. She
is active in the community, having served as a C.A.S.A.
volunteer to assist troubled children. She is a longtime board
member of the American Civil Liberties Union, having served as
President, general counsel and as litigation chair. In addition
to being a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, Lanita is
licensed in the Western, Eastern and Northern federal court
districts in Oklahoma, and is licensed in the 10th Circuit U.S.
Court of Appeals, as well as the United States Supreme Court.
Lanita is married, has two grown
sons, and four granddaughters.
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