RWCS knows that the most valuable legal services require a combination of:
- Exceptional strategic thinking
- Creative and tough advocacy
- Cost-consciousness and continuous efficiency
- Flexibility to deal with uncertainty and changes
- Attention to detail at every step
- Sophisticated use of technology.
RWCS attorneys understand the nation’s current business problems, and the demands of a rapidly changing legal world. A brief look at our name partners highlights our strength and ability to provide outstanding service to our clients:
Pat Ryan is the former U.S. Attorney who personally prosecuted the Oklahoma City bombing trials, winning convictions against Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. For many years, Ryan has been acknowledged as one of Oklahoma and the country’s leading trial lawyers. Recently, he was featured in the cover article for the 2008 edition of Oklahoma Super Lawyers.
Phillip Whaley is a highly regarded legal thinker and strategist who has tried many cases over the years in the areas of class actions, business litigation, insurance defense, securities litigation, and environmental litigation.
Mark Coldiron is a highly experienced, knowledgeable, and forceful environmental and energy lawyer. Coldiron was one of the lead trial attorneys in the well known Hardage Superfund case during 1987-1990 and, together with Don Shandy, went on to build a leading edge practice representing large and small companies in environmental and energy litigation and regulatory matters.
Don Shandy is one of the nation’s leading air pollution and environmental law experts, with twenty years experience representing Oklahoma, regional, and national clients in Clean Air Act and other environmental projects, regulation, enforcement, and litigation.
The name partners are backed by an exceptionally strong team of attorneys, including:
- Dan Webber – litigation, also a former US attorney
- Keith Klein – litigation; LL.M in environmental law
- Steve Jantzen – litigation; LL.M in environmental law
- Mike Peters – regulatory; former Oklahoma DEQ attorney
- Steve Gelnar – business transactions
- Paula Jantzen – litigation, environmental and natural resources
- Ricky Pearce – brief writer extraodinaire
Backed by top-notch associates, staff, and using the latest technology, the RWCS legal team handles complex litigation including cases involving huge document productions and scores of depositions. For example, RWCS recently handled a major class action that involved, among other things, production of more than 300,000 pages of documents by our client, production of more than one million pages of documents by an opposing third-party defendant, and 125 depositions taken during the past year alone, with more than ¾ of those depositions lasting one day or longer (including 31 multiple day expert depositions).