James Kelly

Attorney representing individual, governmental, and institutional clients in leadership roles in personal injury, mass torts, complex commercial, pharmaceutical, class action, and criminal litigation in state and federal courts with numerous published cases and achieved state and national record verdicts.

• Social Technologies LLC v. Apple, __ F.3d __ (9th Cir. 2021) (Trademark infringement action brought by Social Technologies over MEMOJI mark under the Lanham Act)
• BP America, Inc., v. State of Oklahoma ex rel., W.A Drew Edmondson, 613 F.3d 1029 (10th Cir. 2010) (State of Oklahoma claims consumer protection violations for BP’s “price fixing” in state energy markets)
• Henderson v. Scott, 260 F.3d 1213 (10th Cir 2001) (Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board decreasing the frequency of inmate’s parole reconsideration dates did not violate the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution)
• Gibson v. Klinger, 232 F.3d 799 (10th Cir. 2000) (Court defines “pending” post-conviction application for purposes of tolling the statute of limitations of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act)
• Harris v. State, 13 P.3d 489, 2000 OK CR 20 (Court approves computer-enhanced animation to reenact murder sequence as illustrative and demonstrative aid to expert’s testimony)
• Reupert v. State, 947 P.2d 198, 1997 OK CR 65 (Court clarifies criminal discovery and preliminary examination statutes)
• Hoover v. State, 29 P.3d 591, 2001 OK CR 16 (Court explains expungement statutes)
• Admitted in Oklahoma, Missouri, and Illinois, and numerous US District Courts and US Courts of Appeal nationwide; member in good standing of state and national trial lawyer associations; and Pro Bono Legal Counsel, Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Innocence Project, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Certified Mediator with the Oklahoma Supreme Court