Of Counsel
Email: mdduncan@chubbucklaw.com
Practice Areas: Insurance coverage, insurance bad faith defense, products liability, professional negligence and general litigation. Admitted to practice in all federal and state courts in Oklahoma, and the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Preeminent AV rated, 5.o out of 5.0, including by the Judiciary. Tried more than 50 trials in 20 state and federal courts in Oklahoma. Also serves as mediator for Dispute Resolution Consultants.
Education: B.A. Journalism, University of Oklahoma 1980; J.D., University of Oklahoma 1985; Mediation certification, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2017.
Previous Work: Shareholder, Fenton, Fenton, Smith, Reneau & Moon. News reporter prior to law school.
Professional associations: Defense Research Institute, Oklahoma state and county bar associations. American Bar Association.
Personal: Serious photography avocation, past state Bar Association Artist of Year recipient. Director of The Edwards Store, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to historic preservation in Oklahoma, director of the Sustainable Journalism Foundation and president of The Depot, a non-profit arts organizations in Norman, Oklahoma. A resident of Norman, so he can walk to Oklahoma Sooners football games.
Representative cases: Brady v. Criswell Funeral Home, 1996 OK CIV APP 1; Haynes v. South Community Hospital Management, Inc., 1990 OK CIV APP 80; Salinas v. Jamar, Inc., 98-7032, 10th Cir. 1997.
