Attorney - Jonathan E. Shook
Jonathan E. Shook is a civil litigation lawyer who, since 1999, has focused his practice on representing individuals in matters pertaining to employment law and/or employee benefits. Mr. Shook has successfully represented hundreds of employees who have been wronged by their employers, and he has done so in a wide variety of contexts, including sexual harassment, age discrimination, race discrimination, gender discrimination, and retaliatory discharge.
He has represented a wide variety of individuals who have been denied an employee benefit obtained through their employment, including short-term disability benefits, long-term disability benefits, severance plan benefits, and retirement or pension benefits. Mr. Shook has represented individuals across the State of Oklahoma and in all three federal district courts in the State.
Mr. Shook has received a Martindale-Hubbell rating of "AV® Preeminent™" which indicates that his fellow lawyers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence. He has also been recognized as an Oklahoma Super Lawyer by Oklahoma Magazine. He is the past President of the Tulsa Employment Lawyers Association. Mr. Shook is married and has three children. The Shook family resides in Tulsa.
Areas of Practice:
- Employment Law - Representing Employees
- Employee benefits law (ERISA) - Representing Individuals
Litigation Percentage:
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
- Oklahoma, 1997
- U.S. District for the Northern District of Oklahoma
- U.S. District for the Western District of Oklahoma
- U.S. District for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
- United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Education:
- University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1996, J.D. with honors
- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1992, M.B.A.
- University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1987, B.A. Majors: Economics and Political Science
Professional Association and Memberships:
- Oklahoma Bar Association
- Tulsa County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- National Employment Lawyers Association
- Tulsa Employment Lawyers Association
- American Inns of Court
Reported Cases:
- Schwob v. Standard Insurance Co., 37 Fed. Appx. 465 (10th Cir. 2002)
- Horn v. Cendant Operations, Inc., 2003 WL 21513210 (10th Cir. 2003)
- Transwestern Publishing, L.L.C. v. Langdon, 84 P.3d 804 (Okla. Ct. App. 2004)
- Saffa v. Oklahoma Oncology, Inc., 405 F.Supp.2d 1280 (N.D. Okla. 2005)
- Silver v. CPC-Sherwood Manor, Inc., 151 P.3d 127 (Okla. 2006)
- Holt v. Grand Lake Mental Health Ctr., 443 F.3d 762 (10th Cir. 2006)
- Turgeau v. Administrative Review Bd., 446 F.3d 1052 (10th Cir. 2006)
- Boyles v. AG Equipment Co., 506 F.Supp.2d 809 (N.D. Okla. 2007)
- Schwob v. Standard Ins. Co., 2007 U.S. App. Lexis 21541 (10th Cir. 2007)
- Grand Lake Marina, LTD v. Grand River Dam Authority, 2008 OK CIV APP 4, 177 P.3d 1104 (Okla. Ct App. 2008)
Tinkler v. Level 3 Communications, LLC, 2008 WL 199901 (N.D. Okla. Jan. 22, 2008)
