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Serious injury and wrongful death
Plaintiff representation after catastrophic injury, fatal incidents, vehicle and truck wrecks, medical negligence, unsafe property, and insurance disputes.
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Practice areas for serious legal matters.
Addison Law Firm represents people and families in serious-injury, civil-rights, and workplace claims. The firm also advises employers, businesses, nonprofits, and tribal governments on employment, governance, contracts, and disputes.
405-698-3125For individuals and families
Start with what happened to you.
The legal label can come later. Begin with the harm, the people or institutions involved, and any deadline you know about.
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Civil rights
Federal claims involving jail medical neglect and death, excessive force, unlawful searches, false arrest, and other government misconduct.
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Employee rights
Plaintiff-side employment work involving discrimination, retaliation, harassment, unpaid wages, leave, severance, and unlawful termination.
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Counsel for employers, organizations, and tribal governments.
Some matters call for a defense. Others call for a contract, a policy, a governance decision, or steady advice before a dispute grows.
For employers
Employer counsel and defense
Counsel on agency responses, investigations, policies, contracts, compliance, and workplace disputes.
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Outside general counsel
Ongoing or project counsel on contracts, governance, compliance, disputes, and day-to-day organizational risk.
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Tribal government counsel
Counsel for tribal governments, commissions, and enterprises on sovereignty, governance, gaming, contracts, employment, and disputes.
This practice serves tribal institutions. The firm does not represent individual employees in tribal-employment disputes.
View this practiceHow intake works
Tell us what happened. We will identify the right starting point.
The same process applies whether you are calling for yourself, a board, a business, or a tribal government.
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Share the essentials
Tell us who is involved, what happened, the harm or risk, and any deadline you know about.
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We check fit and conflicts
The firm reviews the matter before discussing representation, advice, or strategy.
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Get a direct answer
If the matter is a fit, we discuss the next step. If it is not, we say so plainly.
Experience across forums
The problem determines the forum. The forum shapes the strategy.
D. Colby Addison is admitted in Oklahoma state courts, all three Oklahoma federal districts, and the Tenth Circuit. His experience also includes current service as a Tribal Supreme Court Justice and prior service as an Oklahoma Administrative Law Judge.
Recent analysis
Legal insight, in plain language.
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Personal Injury
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Trucking Accidents
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Local counsel
Oklahoma counsel, statewide.
Location can affect the court, agency, available claims, and evidence. Start with the place most closely connected to the matter.
Common questions
The right category is only the beginning.
These answers explain how the firm routes new matters. The facts, parties, forum, and deadlines still control the answer.
What type of attorney do I need for my matter?
Start with the problem rather than the legal label. Injury and wrongful-death matters belong in the serious-injury section. Claims against police, jails, or other government actors belong in civil rights. Workplace disputes may involve employee representation or employer counsel. Businesses, nonprofits, and tribal governments can begin with the organizational-counsel section. If the fit is unclear, the firm can review the essentials and tell you whether the matter falls within its work.
Does Addison Law Firm handle criminal cases?
No. The firm does not handle criminal defense. Some civil-rights matters arise from an arrest, detention, or prosecution, but the civil claim and the criminal case are separate. The criminal-case history may still affect the available civil claims.
How do legal fees work?
Selected personal-injury, trucking, civil-rights, and employee matters may be handled on a contingency-fee basis. Employer, general-counsel, and tribal-government work uses an engagement-specific fee arrangement. The scope and fee terms are set out in writing before representation begins.
Does the firm handle matters outside Oklahoma?
Addison Law Firm is based in Oklahoma City. D. Colby Addison is admitted in all three federal districts of Oklahoma and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Matters outside Oklahoma depend on the forum, admission requirements, subject matter, and fit. Tribal-government work may involve institutions elsewhere in the region.
How can the firm represent both employees and employers?
The firm represents employees in appropriate workplace claims and separately advises or defends employers. Every inquiry is screened for conflicts before substantive advice or representation. In tribal-employment matters, the firm represents tribal governments and does not represent individual employees bringing claims against a tribal employer.
How soon should I contact an attorney?
Prompt review matters because evidence can change and legal deadlines vary by claim. Oklahoma Section 1983 claims generally borrow a two-year limitations period, while a related state-law claim against a public entity may require notice within one year and has a separate filing window after denial. Other matters follow different rules. The actual dates and claims should be reviewed before relying on a general deadline.
Not sure where the matter fits?
Start with the facts. We can sort out the label.
Share the essential people, events, harm or risk, and any known deadline. The firm will review fit and conflicts before discussing representation.