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Bruce A. McKenna
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| Title: |
Managing Attorney |
| Industry: |
Legal |
| Type of Organization: |
Law Firm |
| Major Product/Service: |
Legal services targeting insurance defense |
| Expertise: |
Mr. McKenna has over 30 years legal experience. He practices litigation and specializes in insurance defense in the context of professional errors and omissions and general liability claims. Mr. McKenna practices in the areas of complex commercial litigation including class action defense. He prepares coverage opinions and represents borrowers in private bond placements for construction and public works projects. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, 2nd and 10th Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, Oklahoma and New York State Courts, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Cherokee Nation Supreme Court. |
| Geographic Area of Distribution: |
Oklahoma, New York |
| Affiliations: |
Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society; Pi Gamma Mu National Honor Society; New York State Bar Association; Oklahoma Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Muskogee (Creek) Nation Bar Association; Tulsa County Bar Association; Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Liaison to Professional Liability Committee, Defense Research Institute; Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel; President, Northeast Oklahoma Studebaker Drivers Association; Member, American Bar Association Advisory Committee |
| University/Degree: |
B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Long Island University, 1977; J.D., With Honors, University of Tulsa College of Law, 1980 |
| Born: |
September 14, 1955, New York, New York |
| Hobbies/Sports: |
Antique Studebakers, reading, painting, carpentry |
| Spouse: |
Catherine M. Cullem |
| Married: |
August 12, 1978 |
| Children: |
Rachel Anne McKenna, Gregory Raeburn McKenna |
| Work History: |
Mr. McKenna worked with the following organizations throughout his career: Casey & Jones, Tulsa, Oklahoma, from 1979 to 1987; Flower & Plotka, Bay Shore, New York from 1987 to 1989; Norman & Wohlgemuth, Tulsa, Oklahoma, from 1989 to 1992; Casey, Jones & McKenna, Tulsa, Oklahoma, from 1992 to 1998; Holden & McKenna, Tulsa, Oklahoma, from 1998 to 2004; Pray Walker Jackman Williamson & Marlar, Tulsa, Oklahoma, from 2004 to 2007 and Glendening McKenna & Prescott, Tulsa, Oklahoma, from 2007 to the present. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa College of Law, from 2002 to the present. |
| Honors & Awards: |
"AV" rated, Martindale-Hubbell; Oklahoma Super Lawyer, 2007-2011; Lifetime Honorary Member, Scribes, The American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects; Charter Member, Litigation Section, Oklahoma Bar Association; Editor, The Federal Lawyer, the Magazine of the Federal Bar Association; American Jurisprudence Awards, Labor and Conflicts of Law; Tulsa Oklahoma's "Top Lawyers", 2011; Staff Member, Tulsa Law Journal Vol. 14; Editor, Tulsa Law Journal Vol. 15. |
| Published Works: |
Author, "False Light: Invasion of Privacy", 15 Tulsa L. J. 113 (1980); "A Jury of One's Peers", The Federal Lawyer, Vol. 57, no. 7; "Breed Discrimination Laws: So Wrong in so Many Ways", The Federal Lawyer, Vol. 58, no. 5; Gives presentations nationally |
| Career Accomplishments: |
Mr. McKenna served as a Judge with the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, Temporary Division in 1993. He is an Adjunct Settlement Conference Judge with the U.S. District Court and is a Certified Mediator through the Harvard University Law School Program on Negotiation and is a former Chairman of the Oklahoma Bar Association, (Young Lawyers Division) Judicial Administration Committee. Mr. McKenna serves as a Director at the University of Tulsa College of Law Alumni Association and has served as a Coach with the University of Tulsa College of Law National Health Law Moot Court Competition Team. They won the National Championships in 2003 and 2005 and took second Place in 2004 and 2006. |
