Bison Lawyers

Matthew B. Wade – Joined the Abel Law Firm in 2014 after spending 7 years as In-House Counsel for State Farm Insurance and 2 years working for small litigation firms in Oklahoma City. In 2022, Matthew was named the Managing Attorney for the Abel Law Firm. Matthew is a 2005 graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law and a 1999 graduate of Oklahoma Christian University (BBA in Accounting). He serves as the Chair of the Insurance Law Section and as a member of the Bench and Bar Committee and Law School Committee for the Oklahoma Bar Association....

Engaged in private practice of law since 1971. Extensive experience in Municipal law and Probate.

Milissa R. Tipton-Dunkins was born and raised in Hutchinson, Kansas. She received a Bachelor of Science in Administration of Justice from Wichita State University. She obtained her Juris Doctorate from Oklahoma City University School of Law. She has been admitted to the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Western District of Oklahoma, and the Supreme Court. She has extensive experience in complex immigration matters and representing clients before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and those in Deportation/Removal Proceedings before the United States Department of Justice’s Immigration Courts (EOIR) and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA).

Ryan Y. Cunningham is a founding partner of Cunningham & Mears. Mr. Cunningham devotes his practice to protecting the rights of injured Oklahoma residents. In addition to assisting injured clients, Mr. Cunningham endeavors to improve personal injury representation by speaking on issues related to personal injury law to attorneys in continuing legal education courses and to law students.

I am an adoption and guardianship attorney with over 15 years experience and have successfully completed hundreds of adoptions. We do all types of adoption in all 77 counties in Oklahoma.

Attorney Kim Nguyen has recovered over $50 million dollars in compensation for her clients. Due to her dedication and perseverance, Kim has earned a reputation for being a tough adversary among her peers and she is committed to protecting and defending the rights of injured workers in Oklahoma.

Kim, a personal injury lawyer, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Economics from Oklahoma State University. She also studied abroad for a year in Japan where she earned a minor in Japanese and International Relations. Prior to receiving her Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma...

Shelley L. Levisay is a Christian community-oriented attorney that dedicates herself to her clients. She is a Shawnee native having attended high school at Liberty Academy, college at Oklahoma Baptist University, and lawschool at the University of Oklahoma. She is an officer and active member of the Shawnee Rotary Club, as well as President of the Pottawatomie County Bar Association, an auxiliary and advisory board member of Project Safe, a member of the Shawnee and Oklahoma Music Teachers Association. She teaches in the evenings at both Oklahoma Baptist University and St. Gregory’s University. Shelley’s...

Member of the Oklahoma State Bar and admitted to practice in the following courts: • All Oklahoma State District Courts • United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit • United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma • United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Amelia B. Recla received her Juris Doctorate at Oklahoma City University School of Law graduating Cum Laude in 2006. She was Editor in Chief of Oklahoma City University Law Review during her last year. Upon graduation, she was honored...

Richard Wall is a criminal defense attorney from Norman, Oklahoma. He is a life-long resident of Norman, graduating from Norman High School in 1986. He attended the University of Oklahoma where he was a five-time recipient of the Director's Award from the H.H. Herbert School of Journalism and Mass Communication and was listed six times on the President's Honor Roll. He graduated with distinction from the University of Oklahoma in 1990 with a degree in journalism. Mr. Wall attended law school at the University of Oklahoma College of Law where he was listed on the Dean's Honor Roll and received...

I re-entered private practice after serving the past five years as a Judge of the District Court of Kay and Noble County, Oklahoma. I am in general practice of law with no special area of emphasis.

20 years of Criminal Law experience.

PROTECTING AND DEFENDING YOUR FUNDAMENTAL STATE AND FEDERAL RIGHTS is our primary mission. It is important to know that criminal charges in State, Federal, Municipal, and Tribal Courts risk more than your rights. Investigations jeopardize the life you have worked to build and the future you hope to share with your family. Your livelihood, reputation, and freedom may be at risk when the government considers enforcement actions, including criminal prosecutions, targeting you or your business. We have spent years mastering the skills and developing the knowledge to defend our clients and the lives they have built. I have more...

Marcus P. Mears is a founding partner of Cunningham & Mears. Mr. Mears is committed to helping Oklahoma’s injured victims in the areas of injury law and insurance litigation. Mr. Mears was selected to the Million Dollar Advocates Forum for his work as lead counsel in multiple seven figure injury cases. The Million Dollar Advocates Forum is one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States with membership limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements. Less than 1 percent of U.S. lawyers are members.