GableGotwals was formed on September 1, 1944, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. What began as a modest, two-person enterprise between Ellis Gable and Charles Gotwals 80 years ago has grown into a full-service law firm that employs approximately 100 attorneys and more than 60 professionals with offices in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Houston, Texas.
GableGotwals represents a diversified client base across the nation including Fortune 500 corporations, privately owned companies, entrepreneurs, foundations, and individuals. The connections and reach of Oklahoma-based GableGotwals are global. The Firm’s clients entrust it every day with the stewardship and strategic management of their legal challenges. GableGotwals is well known for high quality legal services provided by experienced litigators and transactional lawyers who have been recognized by numerous prestigious publications, professional organizations, and federal, state, and county bar associations.
The Firm’s stellar reputation, developed over many decades, enables the Firm to provide effective representation to its clients in state and federal courts and before numerous regulatory agencies. GableGotwals’ highly experienced litigators come from a variety of backgrounds and provide unique perspectives to clients. Examples include former U.S. Attorneys, assistant U.S. Attorneys, and judges. Additionally, GableGotwals employs five former energy company general counsel.
GableGotwals’ attorneys have experience at all levels of state and federal appellate courts, including state supreme courts, federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. The Firm’s skilled practitioners have handled appeals of matters in which they served as trial counsel in addition to serving as specially retained appellate counsel for matters handled at trial by other firms. The Firm’s appellate practice group includes several former federal law clerks and federal appellate clerks.
GableGotwals’ alternative dispute resolution attorneys have been widely and actively involved as arbitrators, mediators, court appointed settlement judges, and special masters. GableGotwals’ attorneys serve as neutrals on panels for the Center for Public Resources, Inc. and the American Arbitration Association.