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SUPER LAWYERS HONOREES Neal E. Stauffer, a partner at Stauffer & Nathan in Tulsa, is an Oklahoma attorney with over 25 years of experience in insurance law and another 10 years of experience, prior to becoming a lawyer, as an insurance agent and adjuster. With all of his experience on both sides of the aisle, it is no surprise he is a successful attorney with a focus on insurance coverage, personal injury, bad faith, class action and products liability cases. As proof of his success, there is a long list of reported cases on which he acted as lead counsel. Those cases include Wagnon v. State Farm; Lawrence v. State Farm; Travel Stop Inc. v. Alliance Gen. Ins. Co.; Weldon v. Dunn; Hale v. A. G. Ins. Co.; ANB Bankcorp v. Equitable Life Assurance; State Farm v. Van Horn; Truesdell v. State Farm; Wilson v. Glancy; and Lester v. Smith. Stauffer’s success and expertise have been acknowledged by his peers. Stauffer is a fellow of the American College of Insurance Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel. He holds a Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent™ rating and he was appointed a lawyer member of the Professional Responsibility Tribunal for the Supreme Court of Oklahoma in 2012. He is a member of the Arkansas Bar Association, the Oklahoma Bar Association, and the Eighth and Tenth Circuit courts of appeal. Jody R. Nathan is recognized for her exceptional appellate work, with nearly 50 reported decisions, and for her practice in insurance law, including products and professional liability. Those cases include Max True Plastering Co. v. U.S. Fidelity and Guar.; First Bank of Turley v. Fidelity and Deposit Ins. Co.; Tilton v. Richardson; and Massey v. Farmers Ins. Group. She writes and lectures on insurance, personal injury, discovery, appeals and technology, and notes new insurance cases on the firm’s blog. Nathan is AV rated and received the Earl Sneed award from the Oklahoma Bar Association for outstanding contributions in the field of continuing legal education. She is licensed to practice in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri; the United States Supreme Court; and the Eighth and Tenth Circuit courts of appeal.
RISING STARS HONOREE Kate D. Thompson, an associate at Stauffer & Nathan, has more than 12 years of experience in civil tort law and business litigation. Thompson began her legal career as the sole litigation attorney for a firm located in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Following three successful years in Massachusetts, she returned to her family in Oklahoma and joined a litigation firm in Tulsa, where she continued her practice for five years in civil tort law and business litigation. In 2011, Thompson opened her own firm emphasizing her practice on personal injury litigation. She joined Stauffer & Nathan in May 2015 and concentrates her practice in personal injury litigation. Thompson was selected to Rising Stars in 2010, 2014, 2015, and 2016. She is approved to practice in the Northern and Eastern districts of Oklahoma. Thompson is a member in good standing of the Oklahoma and Massachusetts bar associations and is a member of the Oklahoma and Tulsa County bar associations.