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Biography

Douglas M. Todd is a Shareholder in the Litigation Department. He represents both privately-held and public companies in a wide range of litigation matters.

Doug graduated fourth in his class at Oklahoma City University and received American Jurisprudence awards in Civil Procedure; Conflicts; Contracts; Professional Responsibility; Torts; and Wills and Estates. From June 1995 to September 2002, Doug clerked for United States Magistrate Judge Sam A. Joyner in the Northern District of Oklahoma. He has also served as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Tulsa College of Law, coaching the Jessup International Law and Health Law moot court teams as well as teaching appellate advocacy and brief writing. Additionally, Doug is an adjunct professor at Oklahoma City University, teaching International Business Transactions.

Born and raised in Rockledge, Florida, Doug lives in Tuttle, Oklahoma, with his wife and four children. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, reading, and swimming.

Representative Experience

  • Representation of clients in litigation in both state and federal court, involving class actions; mass tort liability; construction law; employment law; securities fraud; trademark infringement; RICO and complex business disputes.
  • Successful defense of product liability matters for Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and automotive companies.
  • Appointed as class counsel in identity theft case involving wrongful disclosure of electronically-stored personal and proprietary information of thousands of individuals.
  • Successful defense of client against claims totaling $32 million alleging tortious breach of dozens of natural gas sales agreements, bad faith administration of such contracts, fraud and punitive damages.
  • Representation of numerous banks, including the nation's second largest bank in litigation matters.
  • Successful defense of an importer of Romanian tubular products, including casing, in two separate multi-million dollar down-hole failure cases.
  • Litigation of numerous business-related disputes and shareholder actions, complex and varied in nature.
  • Successful defense of commercial real estate owners and developers regarding high-profile projects in various complex litigation matters.
  • Representation of companies and individuals in litigation relating to shareholder, non-compete and confidentiality agreements.
  • Successful defense of several companies against credit defamation and false reporting claims.
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