- Corporate LawThe firm offers complete services in the area of business and corporate law, including: analyzing a business to make the initial decision on whether or not to incorporate; drafting documents in preparation for partnership or corporate operation; preparing employment and stock purchase agreements; buying or selling businesses, mergers, terminating or dissolving the business; and preparing general business agreements and contracts. Ms. Ables has provided legal advice in transactional matters including mergers and acquisitions for more than thirty five years. Ms. Ables and Mr. Blassingame both advise entities on the appropriate types of entities would best suit their clients businesses. Ms. Ables and Mr. Blassingame negotiate and draft business agreements, from small locally owned businesses to national companies with international reputations. They have expertise in all forms of businesses, including limited liability companies, joint ventures, corporations, as well as general and limited partnerships. Mr. Blassingame has also done extensive work in trademarks and filings with the federal government to protect businesses and their proprietary assets.
- Mergers and AcquisitionsAfter an eight year stint as President of United Founders Life Insurance Company and several years as a consultant in the field of insurer mergers and acquisitions, Mr. Rhodes joined the firm in 1973. He practiced primarily in the insurance regulatory area. He served for many years as General Counsel to both the Oklahoma Life and Health Guaranty Association and the Association of Oklahoma Life Insurance Companies. In addition, he acted as the chief lobbyist for Oklahoma’s domestic life insurers for almost three decades. A fluent Spanish speaker and longtime member of the InterAmerican Bar Association with a lifetime love of Mexico, he also acted as a consultant for the Oklahoma Governor’s Office on Latin American affairs. Mr. Rhodes, who passed away in 2013, was a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association for sixty-three years.
- Business DisputesThe firm has provided legal defense to insurers in all lines of insurance at both the trial court and appellate levels. Due to the firm's unique understanding of insurance and insurers, it has and continues to act as outside counsel to numerous national insurers who do business in the State of Oklahoma. Insurance defense has always and continues to be a high area of concentration of the law firm's involvement and expertise. Life, accident and health, property and casualty, and liability defense are but a few of the areas of the firm's insurance litigation practice in both Oklahoma and Texas. Johnny Blassingame is licensed in Oklahoma and Texas and has been involved in multi-jurisdictional litigation where he provided insurance defense representation to insurers. He regularly advises insurers on the “ins and outs” of bad faith and provides representation in all types of litigation matters. James Rhodes oversees all appellate work for the firm and has been involved in numerous appellate matters on behalf of clients in complex issues involving business disputes.
- Limited Liability Companies
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