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Michael W. Brewer - Oklahoma City, OK
9505 North Kelley Avenue Oklahoma City, OK 73131
Hiltgen & Brewer, P.C.
Updated: 02/18/2024
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Oklahoma City Premises Liability Lawyer
Overview
Mr. Brewer is a founding member of the law firm of Hiltgen & Brewer practicing in the areas of business litigation, personal injury, product liability, employment law, transportation and insurance defense. He is AV Preeminent. He is the Author of "Workers' Compensation: Erosion of the Exclusive Remedy Provisions" University of Oklahoma Law Review, 1985. Mr. Brewer is also a frequent contributor and speaker at locally and nationally sponsored seminars
About Michael W. Brewer
Current Employment Position(s)
- Shareholder/Director
Practice Areas
- Premises Liability
- Insurance Law
- Personal Injury -- Defense
- Employment Law -- Employer
- Products Liability Law
- Transportation Law
- Construction Defects Law
- Bad Faith Law
Litigation
- 95%
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, 920 F.2d 664 (C.A. 10th Cir. 1990)
- English v. Wal-Mart, 16 P.3d 1136 (OK Civ App 5 2001)
- Meadows v. Wal-Mart, 21 P .3d 48 (OK 25 2001)
- State ex rel. Brown v. City of Warr Acres, et al.,, 946 P. 2d 1140 (1997 OK 117 1997)
- Clark v. National Union Fire Ins. Co., 188 F. 3d 518, 1999 WL 536652 (C. A. 10 1999)
- Pruitt v. Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P.,, SD-104824, Vol. 79-No. 6, p. 464 OBJ (Okla. Civ. App. Div.1, 2008)
- Porter v. Wal-Mart, SD 105541, Vol. 79-No. 24, p. 2102 (OBJ (Okla. Civ. App. Div. 2, 2008)
Qualifications
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)
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
- Employment Law from A to Z in Oklahoma: The Interaction Between the ADA and Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Claims, Loman Education Services, - 2005
- 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
Education
- University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, Oklahoma, 1986
J.D.
Honors: Dean's List; Regents Scholar; American Jurisprudence Award in Antitrust Law - University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1982
Bachelor of Science
Honors: Dean's List; Tau Beta Pi
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Fraternities and Sororities
- Phi Delta Phi
- Alpha Tau Omega
Ancillary Businesses
- Arbitration Forum, Oklahoma City, Arbitration Panel Member
- Mediation Services
Articles
Published Works
- 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
- Workers' Compensation: Erosion of Exclusive Remedy Provisions, University of Oklahoma Law Review, Fall, Vol. 38, No. 3, 1985
Office Information
Address
9505 North Kelley Avenue Oklahoma City, OK 73131
Phone
Fax
- 405-605-9010
Websites
Achievements
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Included on the 2024 Oklahoma list
Past Lists
- 2023 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
- 2007 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
- 2006 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list
Honors
- OADC outstanding Defense Lawyer of The Year, 2007
- DRI Leadership Award, 2006
- DRI Exceptional Performance Award, 2005 - 2006
- OADC Leadership Award, 2005
- DRI State Leadership Award, 2004
- AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, 1996 - 2004
- Oklahoma Super Lawyer, 2006 - 2019
- Judge Geary L. Walke Briefcase Award from the Oklahoma County Bar, 2017
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