Attorney Richard Comfort, Richard E. Comfort, P.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma

Richard E. Comfort
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Areas of Practice:: Business & Commercial Law; Business Organizations; Estate Planning; Family Law; Litigation & Appeals; Wills; Trusts

Bar Admissions:: Oklahoma, 1970; U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma, 1970; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1970; U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma, 1970; U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1982

Education:: University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1970
J.D.
Honors: Corpus Juris Secundum Award, Contracts, 1967
Honors: American Jurisprudence Award, Legislation, 1970
Honors: American Jurisprudence Award, Jurisprudence, 1970; University of Arkansas, Monticello, Arkansas, 1960
B.S.E.
Major: Education

Honors and Awards:: Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association, Named Outstanding State Trial Judge, 1980; Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, Outstanding Senior, 1969

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association, 1973 - 2001; Member; Oklahoma Bar Foundation, 1992 - 1993; Presiding Judge; Tulsa County Bar Association, 1982 - 1983; Member, Library Board of Trustees; Tulsa County Bar Association, 1983 - 1984; Member, Judicial Candidates Committee; Tulsa County Bar Association, 1990 - 1991; Chairman, Court Operations Committee; Tulsa County Bar Association, 1993; Member, Fee Arbitration Committee; Association for Conflict Resolution; Member; U.S. Arbitration and Mediation, Inc., Southwest, 1987 - 1992; Mediator and Arbitrator; American Bar Foundation; Fellow; Oklahoma Bar Foundation, 1992 - 1993; Trustee; Oklahoma Bar Association, 1985 - 1987; Member, House of Delegates; Oklahoma Bar Association, 1989 - 1891; Member, House of Delegates; United States Arbitration and Mediation, Inc., Home Office, Seattle, Washington, 1998; Founder, Executive Director and Chief Mediator; Tulsa County District Court, 1990 - 1992; Charter Member, Adjunct Settlement Conference; City of Tulsa Municipal Court, 1990 - 1992; Charter Member

Past Employment Positions:: Fordyce, Sheridan and Little Rock, Arkansas Schools, Public School Teacher, 1957 - 1967; Saied Music Company, Tulsa, Okalhoma, Sales and Credit Manager, 1967 - 1970; Rosenstein, Livingston, Fist & Ringold,(now Rosenstein, Fist & Ringold), Law Clerk and Legal Intern, 1968 - 1969; Tulsa County, 14th Judicial District, State of Oklahoma, Special Judge, 1974 - 1978; 14th Judicial District, State of Oklahoma, District Judge, 1978 - 1981; Oklahoma Court of Appeals(Temporary Division #199), Presiding Judge, 1984; Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Collingsworth, and Nelson, P.C.(now Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable Golden and Nelson, P.C.), Shareholder and Senior Attorney, 1986 - 1992; Gable, Gotwals, Hays, Rubin & Fox Attorneys (now Gable & Gotwals), Law Clerk and Legal Intern, 1968 - 1969; Comfort, Lipe & Green (merged with Connor & Winters), Founding Partner; Richard E. Comfort (Private Law Practice), 1970 - 1974

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