Jon Douglas Starr, Attorney

Jon Starr is the Head of the Litigation Department for the Tulsa office. His practice is focused on civil litigation, his cases have involved issues of product liability, premises liability, breach of contract, construction disputes, civil rights, medical malpractice, defamation, insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, securities, and automobile negligence.

Mr. Starr, who is Chairperson of the Oklahoma Bar Association Insurance Section, is one of only forty-five attorneys in the state of Oklahoma who presently holds the designation of "Advocate" with the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is also the youngest attorney who holds that designation in the Oklahoma Chapter. Starr has tried more than ninety cases to verdict in his fourteen-year career and also does work as a mediator and arbitrator.

Mr. Starr completed his undergraduate education at Oklahoma State University where he was the student government Association President and then graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1991 with distinction where he also served as President of his class.

Mr. Starr is AV rated by Martindale-Hubell, which signifies that this peers have recognized his legal abilities are of the very highest standard and that his professional ethics are unquestioned. He is licensed in the Northern, Western, and Eastern United States District Courts in Oklahoma. He is also licensed and has presented oral argument before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Oklahoma and American Bar Associations. He is a charter member of the Litigation Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association and has served on the Tulsa County Bar Association Fee Arbitration Committee. He is member of the Defense Research Institute, and is also a graduate of the International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy.

Mr. Starr is a past President and Board Member of the Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel. He has authored two scholarly articles that have been Published in the Oklahoma Bar Journal, "ATTORNEY LIEN CLAIMED: Is it Worth Paper It is Written on ?" and "Some Major Points about Minor's Claims".