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Guy A. Fortney 
2617 East 21st Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114
 

Communication Center 
Phone: (918) 742-2021
E-mail: Email Me
Fax: (918) 742-2197
Web site: http://www.brewsterlaw.com

Areas of PracticeEducationAffiliations
Representative Cases

Guy A. Fortney came to the firm after graduation from law school in 1996. His practice focuses on medical malpractice, civil rights and document intensive civil and criminal litigation in both state and federal court. Guy has been instrumental in developing cases that have settled for several million dollars ranging from medical malpractice and personal injury to toxic torts. He is rated BV by Martindale-Hubbell. In 2001, he secured a judgment in excess of $7,000,000.00 after three weeks of trial in a divorce case. In 2005, he was part of the trial team that received a verdict for $15,600,000 in an insurance bad faith case. 

Guy Fortney graduated from the University of Tulsa in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science. In 1996, he graduated from the University of Tulsa College of Law with Juris Doctorate where he was a member of the Order of Barristers and Phi Delta Phi and the recipient of the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Law, Medicine & Ethics and the Jerry M. Melone Award in Law and Medicine. During law school he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Baculus in 1995-96 and Managing Editor in 1994-95. Additionally, Guy was the Student Speaker at University of Tulsa College of Law graduation ceremonies. He is a member of the Tulsa County Bar Association, the Oklahoma and American Bar Association. He is also a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association and the Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association.

Guy is admitted to practice before the Oklahoma Bar, United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Areas of Practice:
Medical Malpractice
Civil Rights
Civil & Criminal Litigatoin
Criminal Defense
Bar Admissions:
Oklahoma, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1997
U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma
U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma
Education:
University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1996
Juris Doctorate


University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1993
Bachelor of Science


Representative Cases:
Pierce v. Gilchrist et al., 359 F.3d 1279 (10th Cir. 2004)
U.S.A. v. Wood, 207 F.3d 1222 (10th Cir 2000)
Fleming Companies, Inc., v. Tru Discount Foods, et al., 977 P.2d 367 (1999 OK CIV App. 18 1999)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Breach of Confidentiality on the Technology Front, National Association of Legal Secretaries, Professional Development & Education Conference, March 14, 2004


Medical Records for Oklahoma Attorneys, National Business Institute, January 9, 2002; April 8, 2004; March 17, 2005


Essential Litigation Skills for Oklahoma Paralegals, Institute for Paralegal Education, December 6, 2001


From Classroom to Courtroom: Techniques for the New Lawyer - Dynamic Demonstrative Evidence, American Trial Lawyers Association, University of Tulsa, March 17, 2000


Litigation Case Management for the Oklahoma Paralegal, To Trial and Beyond, Institute for Paralegal Education, December 16, 1999; January 19, 2001


Results Oriented Settlement Packages, Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association, November 15, 1999


Voir Dire: Selecting a Winning Jury, Co-Author, Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association, December 1998


Medical Malpractice Litigation, Law & Medicine Society, University of Tulsa, October 1998


Good Morning America, ABC, July 6, 1998


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Tulsa County Bar Association
Member


American Bar Association
Member


American Trial Lawyers Association
Member


Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association
Member

The Tulsa law firm of Brewster & De Angelis, P.L.L.C., represents clients throughout northeastern Oklahoma in communities such as Sapulpa, Claremore, Bixby, Bartlesville, Broken Arrow, Collinsville, Glenpool, Jenks, Leonard, Lotsee, Oakhurst, Owasso, Sand Springs, Sperry, Turley, West Tulsa, and Bristow; in Oklahoma City; and statewide.

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