Stratton
Taylor is a member of
the Oklahoma Bar Association
and is also admitted to
practice before the United
States Supreme Court,
United States Court of
Appeals for the Tenth
Circuit, United States
District Courts for the
Northern, Eastern, and
Western Districts of Oklahoma.
Taylor earned his Baccalaureate
Degree and his Juris Doctorate
from the University of
Tulsa.
Taylor
served as a State Representative
from 1978 to 1982. In
1982, he won election
to the State Senate.
From 1995-2003, Taylor
served in the highest
leadership position
of the Oklahoma State
Senate, President Pro
Tempore. At the age
of 51 after 28 years
of public service, Taylor
left the State Senate
to engage in a full
time law practice.
He is
a Fellow of the Litigation
Counsel of America and
has been named by his
peers as a Super Lawyer.
He is also a lifetime
member of the National
Conference of Commissioners
on Uniform State Laws.
Taylor
has an active trial
practice throughout
Oklahoma. He has been
involved in numerous
litigation matters,
including class action
and multi-district litigation.
Taylor has represented
corporate clients in
all three federal judicial
districts in Oklahoma,
as well as virtually
all of the state’s
seventy-seven (77) counties.
Taylor’s
published opinions include
the following:
Public
Service Company of Oklahoma
v. Willis, 2007 OK CIV
APP 18, 155 P.3d 845
(affirming Trial Court’s
confirmation of PSO’s
exercise of its power
of eminent domain as
correct as a matter
of law).
B. Willis,
C.P.A., Inc. v. Goodpaster
and Public Service Company,
183 F.3d 1231 (10th
Cir. 1999) (a successful
defense case resulting
in a published opinion
by the Tenth Circuit
Court of Appeals).
Southern
Disposal, Inc. v. Texas
Waste Management and
the City of Hugo, 161
F.3d 1259 (10th Cir.
1998) (successful anti-trust
defense case with a
published decision by
the Tenth Circuit Court
of Appeals, and an unpublished
decision by the Oklahoma
Court of Civil Appeals,
certiorari denied by
the Supreme Court of
Oklahoma).
Stratton
Taylor Library at Rogers
State University
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