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Jon Douglas Starr 
Legal Arts Building
1515 South Boulder
P.O. Box 2619
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119-2619
 

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Phone: (918) 584-3391
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Fax: (918) 592-2416
Web site: http://www.mcgivernlaw.com
http://www.tulsalawyer.org/


PositionAreas of PracticeEducation
Published Works


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".

Current Employment Position(s):
Head of the Litigation Department Tulsa office
Areas of Practice:
Agriculture Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Aviation
Business & Commercial Law
Civil Rights
Constitutional Law
Construction Law
Contracts
Employment Law -- Employer
Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law
Estate Planning
Franchising
Health & Health Care Law
Insurance Law
Labor Law
Litigation & Appeals
Medical Malpractice
Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
Native Peoples Law
Nursing Home
Personal Injury -- Defense
Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
Products Liability Law
Professional Malpractice Law
Real Estate Law
Science & Technology Law
Sexual Harassment
Traffic Violations
Transportation Law
Litigation Percentage:
99% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Oklahoma, 1991
U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma, 1991
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1991
U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma, 1991
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1994
Education:
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, Oklahoma
J.D.


Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1986
B.S.
Major:  International Public Administration


Published Works:
"Attorney Lien Claimed" Is It Worth the Paper It Is Written On, Oklahoma Bar Journal P. 619-623, 71, 2000


Some Major Points About Minors Claims, Oklahoma Bar Journal P. 785-789, 73, 2002


Birth Information:
1964
Practice Areas
Workers' Compensation DefenseEmployment LawProducts Liability DefensePremises LiabilityMotor Vehicle NegligenceLitigation And AppealsInsurance DefenseBad Faith Defense
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Since 1963, the workers’ compensation and insurance defense lawyers of McGivern, Gilliard & Curthoys have been providing quality legal representation from our offices in Tulsa and Oklahoma City to clients throughout the state of Oklahoma, in communities such as Edmond, Norman, Ardmore, Elk City, and Muskogee, and in all of Creek County, Okmulgee County, Wagoner County, Mayes County, Rogers County, Payne County, Oklahoma County, Cleveland County, and Tulsa County.