Oklahoma Civil Litigation Lawyers

Civil Litigation

6116 NW 63rd Street, Warr Acres, OK 73132

Travis Vernier is an attorney and partner at Bennett Vernier in Warr Acres, Oklahoma. Before co-founding the firm with Les Bennett, he spent more than ten years in police service and retired as a detective sergeant. His public-service work began earlier, as a volunteer firefighter while he was in high school. As a police officer, Vernier took on assignments as a field training officer, assistant public information officer, and detective in the Crimes Against Children Unit. His investigations there included child homicides and involved work with the district attorney’s Special Victims Unit. He also served on the department’s Emergency Response Team. Separate from his police background, his professional credentials include certification as a Force Science Analyst. Vernier’s legal work encompasses civil disputes, administrative matters, and trial advocacy. That work has taken him into state and federal courts, private arbitrations, and governmental administrative hearings; his law licenses cover Oklahoma and Kansas. At Oklahoma City University School of Law, Vernier was a Merit Scholar and graduated magna cum laude. His four CALI Excellence Awards recognized the highest class grades in Civil Procedure I, Legal Research and Writing II, Trial Practice, and Corporations Law. Law school also included service as a staff editor on the Oklahoma City Law Review. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Politics and Law from Southern Nazarene University and belongs to the Holloway Inn of Court.

Civil Litigation

401 S. Boston, Suite 2200, Tulsa, OK 74103

Wilson’s career is dedicated to protecting the rights of tribal governments and American Indians. A graduate of Stanford Law School, he founded Pipestem Law in 1999. He served as lead counsel in Osage Nation v. US, in which the Nation alleged federal mismanagement of Osage mineral resources and funds derived from minerals production. After 11 years in litigation, the case was settled for $380 million, the largest settlement at the time of a single tribe against the US. Advocating before Congress and federal agencies, Wilson helps tribes reacquire lands, protect aboriginal territories from encroachment, and successfully advocates for greater tribal control over their lands, water, and resources. In 2013, he played a prominent role in the enactment of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization reaffirming the sovereign rights of tribal courts to exercise criminal jurisdiction over all who commit violent crimes against Native women. Wilson is a citizen of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe.

Civil Litigation

330 W. Gray Street, Suite 170, Norman, OK 73069

Bill practices and consults in the areas of oil and gas law, eminent domain and condemnation law, outdoor advertising and media law, zoning and land use law,commercial and civil litigation, government contracting, real estate law, education law, special education law, administrative law, employment law, open meetings act, and open records act. He is admitted to practice before all Oklahoma State Courts, the United States District Courts for the Western, Eastern, and Northern Districts of Oklahoma, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and the United States Court of Federal Claims. Bill has also been admitted to many courts in other states.