Michael W. Brewer - Oklahoma City, OK

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, Oklahoma, 1986
    J.D.
    Honors: Dean's List; Regents Scholar; American Jurisprudence Award in Antitrust Law

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1982
    Bachelor of Science
    Honors: Dean's List; Tau Beta Pi
    Major: Mechanical Engineering

Current Employment Position(s)

• Shareholder/Director

Classes and Seminars

• The Evolution of the Practice of Law; Panelist, OADC Annual Meeting, Four Seasons Las Colinas, June 2016
  
• The Ultimate Inner Badger For Countering the Reptile, October 2015, OADC/TADC Red River Shootout CLE, Westin , Stonebriar, Frisco Texas
  
• Unleashing Your Inner Badger – Counteracting the Reptile Strategy, June 2015, OADC Summer Meeting, Gaylord Texan, Grapevine TX
  
• Ethics in Discovery, OCBA, Las Vegas, Nevada, March, 2012
  
• Proof of Defect Using Circumstantial Evidence, DRI Product Liability Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 2007
  
• Technology Committee Business Meeting, Update on New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, DRI Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, October, 2006
  
• Unturned Stones Cost Effective Yet Risk Averse Strategies to Prevent Inadvertent Production, DRI E-Discovery Seminar, May, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
  
• Civil Law with Forms, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2005
  
• Recent Developments in Employment Law, Sterling Education Services, 2003
  
• Damages in Oklahoma Civil Trial Practice, National Business Institute, 2003
  
• E-Discovery, DRI Product Liability Technology SLG, 2003
  
• Conducting An Effective Cross-Examination in Oklahoma, Lorman Education Services, 2003
  
• Successful Deposition and Trial Testimony, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2002
  
• Trying the Soft Tissue Injury Case in Oklahoma, National Business Institute, 2002
  
• Civil Law with Forms, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2001
  
• Discovery of Electronic Evidence, SLG Defense Research Institute, 2001
  
• Oklahoma Auto Insurance Law and Accident Litigation, Lorman Education Services, 1999
  
• Effective Discovery and Winning Motion Practice in Civil Cases: Written Discovery and Medical Advice, Oklahoma Bar Association, 1999
  
• Computer Technology For Attorneys, SLG Defense Research Institute, 1998
  
• Legal Practice in Oklahoma: Taking Your First Deposition, Oklahoma Bar Association, 1991 - 1998
  
• Premises Liability: Preparation and Trial of a Difficult Case in Oklahoma, National Business Institute, 1997
  
• Trying the Wrongful Death Case in Oklahoma: Strategies and Preparation and Valuation, National Business Institute, 1997
  
• Insurance Law: Third Party Coverage in Oklahoma, National Business Institute, 1996
  
• Paralegals and the Litigation Team in Oklahoma, Institute for Paralegal Education, 1995
  
• Oklahoma Auto Insurance Law and Accident Litigation, Lorman Education Services, 2000
  
• Effective Discovery and Winning Motion Practice in Civil Cases: Written Discovery and Medical Advice, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2000
  
• Computer Technology For Attorneys, SLG Defense Research Institute, 1999

Representative Cases

• David Stuart v. Jeannie Beddell, Petsmart, CJ - 2011 - 5849, Tulsa Dist. Ct. July 17, 2011; Order Granting Motion for summary Judgement
• Allstate v. Brown
  • Citation: 920 F.2d 664
  • Court: C.A. 10th Cir.
  • Year: 1990
  • Serial Number: 1990168895
• English v. Wal-Mart
  • Citation: 16 P.3d 1136
  • Court: OK Civ App 5
  • Year: 2001
  • Serial Number: 2001093337
• Meadows v. Wal-Mart
  • Citation: 21 P .3d 48
  • Court: OK 25
  • Year: 2001
  • Serial Number: 2001211906
• State ex rel. Brown v. City of Warr Acres, et al.,
  • Citation: 946 P. 2d 1140
  • Court: 1997 OK 117
  • Year: 1997
• Clark v. National Union Fire Ins. Co.
  • Citation: 188 F. 3d 518, 1999 WL 536652
  • Court: C. A. 10
  • Year: 1999
• Pruitt v. Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P.,
  • Citation: SD-104824, Vol. 79-No. 6, p. 464 OBJ
  • Court: Okla. Civ. App. Div.1,
  • Year: 2008
• Porter v. Wal-Mart
  • Citation: SD 105541, Vol. 79-No. 24, p. 2102
  • Court: OBJ (Okla. Civ. App. Div. 2,
  • Year: 2008

Ancillary Businesses

• Arbitration Forum, Oklahoma City,  Arbitration Panel Member

• Mediation Services

Published Works

Articles

• OBA/CLE Form Book, Chapter on Taking Depositions, 1995, 2001, 2005 & 2010 editions
  
• I Want One of Those!: Experts in A Bad Faith Case-Everyone Needs One, Or Do They?, Oklahoma Bar Association Journal, Vol. 79, No. 20, p. 1773, 2008
  

Bar Admissions

• Oklahoma, 1986
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma, 1986
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1987
• U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma, 1986
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1986
• The Chickasaw Nation Bar Association, 2015
• Choctaw Tribal Court, 2016
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2017

Other Affiliations

• President of Oklahoma County Bar Association, 2019 - 2020
• Oklahoma County Bar Association; Vice President, 2017 - 2018; President Elect, 2018 - 2019
• Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel, 2005 (President)
• Oklahoma County Bar Association, 1986 - Present (Member)
• Defense Research Institute (Chair of The Insurance Roundtable, 2010, Insurance Law Committee)
• FDCC (Past State Representative & Membership Development Committee)
• Oklahoma State Bar Association (Member, Insurance Law Committee, Budget Committee)
• American Bar Association (Litigation, Tort, Employment & Labor Relations, Trial & Insurance)
• Defense Research Institute (Technology, Employment Law, Product Liability, Diversity Committees)
• Defense Research Institute, 2005 - 2006 (Technology Committee Chair)
• Early Neutral Evaluation Panel for the Western District (Member)
• Transportation Lawyers Association (Member)
• Federation of Defense and Insurance Counsel (Member)
• Oklahoma County Bar Association, 1995 - 1998 (Director)
• Young Lawyers Division of the Oklahoma Bar Association, 1988 - 1991 (Director)
• William J. Holloway Jr. American Inns of Court CV, 1993 - 1996 (Barrister)
• National Foundation for Judicial Excellence, 2004 - 2007 (Oklahoma State Representative)
• Defense Research Institute (Product Liability Steering Committee)
• Oklahoma County Bar Association, 2005 - 2010 (Chairman, Fee Grievance and Ethics Committee)
• Defense Research Institute; Oklahoma State Representative 2001-2003
• National Retail and Restaurant Defense Association (NRRDA)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi
• Alpha Tau Omega