Fletcher D. Handley, Jr.
Fletcher Handley, Jr.
El Reno
Oklahoma (OK)
Personal Injury Plaintiff: General
Family Law
General Litigation
Profile
FLETCHER D. HANDLEY, JR., practices plaintiff's personal injury and domestic relations law in El Reno, Oklahoma. He is a former member of the Council of the American Bar Association's Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS), and has also served as Chair of the Auto Law Committee. He was recently appointed as Chair of the Plaintiff's Policy Task Force. In 1999, he testified on behalf of the ABA before the US Senate Commerce Committee regarding no-fault insurance. He is a former member of the ABA Standing Committee on Armed Forces Law, and the ABA Working Group on Protecting the Rights of Service Members. Handley began his military career as an Air Force ROTC Cadet in 1966, and served on active duty with U.S. Navy Patrol Squadron 11 as a P-3 Orion aircrew member from 1969-1972. He enlisted in the Oklahoma Army National Guard in 1981 and was commissioned into the JAG Corps in 1983. He retired as the Assistant State Judge Advocate for Oklahoma and Military Judge in January, 2008. He was selected as Oklahoma's Outstanding Young Lawyer of 1983 and was appointed to a temporary division of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals in 1991. He is an Oklahoma Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is a National Trial Lawyers Association Top 100 Trial Lawyer. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Association for Justice. He is a Charter Member of the International Society of Primerus Law Firms, and currently serves on the Primerus Accreditation Board. He is licensed to practice in all Oklahoma state and federal courts, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.
Selected To
Oklahoma Super Lawyers 2011
Oklahoma Super Lawyers 2010
Oklahoma Super Lawyers 2009
About Fletcher Handley, Jr.
Admitted: 1979, Oklahoma
Professional Webpage: www.handleylaw.com/resume.asp
Honors and Awards:
- Selected by Oklahoma Bar Association as Oklahoma's Outstanding Young Lawyer, 1983
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Oklahoma Dram Shop Law: A Primer Speaker — Motor Vehicle Collision Seminar, Hawaii Bar Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1999 Speaker — "Trial of a Serious Auto-Truck Accident Case," TIPS-YLD Spring Meeting, La Jolla, CA, 1998 Speaker — "Class Certification of an Insurance Coverage Issue," American Bar Association Convention, San Francisco, 1997 Program Chair and Speaker — "Mediation of an Auto Wreck Case - What to Know Before You Mediate," American Bar Association Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994 Panelist — "Consumer Choice in Auto Insurance," American Bar AssociationConvention, New York City, New York, 1993 How to Handle Small Personal Injury Cases,Oklahoma County Bar Association Seminar, Aspen, Colorado, February, 1993 Program Chair — "Hedonic Damages," American Bar Association Convention, San Francisco, California, 1992 A Guide to Administrative Board Proceedings in the Oklahoma Army National Guard, Judge Advocate General's School, Charlottesville, Virginia, July, 1991
Verdicts and Settlements:
- $3,000,000 settlement — Class action on behalf of mineral owners, Canadian County, 1997 $1,600,000 arbitration award — Personal injury and bad faith on behalf of 16-year-old girl injured in I-35 accident, Oklahoma County, 2000 $1,550,000 jury verdict — Wrongful death of 21-year-old against tavern owner, Oklahoma County, 2005 $1,500,000 settlement on first day of trial — Wrongful death of motel guest, Harris County, Texas, 1994 $1,100,000 settlement — Personal injury and wrongful death on Route 66, Canadian County, 1986 $1,000,000 jury verdict, including pre-judgment interest — Personal Injury from truck debris on I-40, Canadian County, 2009 $450,000 settlement — Wrongful death in truck accident on I-40, Oklahoma Federal District Court, Eastern District, 1997 $400,000 settlement — Wrongful death of 21-year-old against tavern owner, Oklahoma County, 2004 $400,000 post-trial settlement — Product liability claim for wrongful death of 23-year-old husband and father killed on the job, Oklahoma County, 1982 $300,000 settlement — Personal injury for 28-year-old mother for I-5 accident, Los Angeles County, California, 1988 $250,000 — Personal injury for 25-year-old male for auto wreck on rural road, Woodward County, 1981
Video:
- News report on Jury verdict in Dram Shop case tried in Oklahoma County., Casey's Law, 2005
Educational Background:
- 1966 Graduate of El Reno High School - selected as Distinguished Alumni in 2010 1975 Graduate of the University of Oklahoma, BA in Journalism/Professional Writing 1979 Graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law 1990 Graduate of US Army Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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A Primer on Oklahoma Dram Shop Law
Written Materials for CLE presented on 2007 Oklahoma Bar Convention
Industry Group(s): Oklahoma Association For Justice
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