Sam G. Bratton II received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of New Mexico in 1969 and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of New Mexico in 1974.

Mr. Bratton heads the firm's Creditor's Rights and Bankruptcy Practice Group and is one of the Firm's principal bankruptcy attorneys with substantial experience in all phases of creditors' rights, workouts, financial restructuring and bankruptcy, including representation of debtors, trustees, committees, and secured and unsecured creditors. 

He is listed in Who's Who in American Law, and The Best Lawyers in America, and is a frequent seminar lecturer on the subject of bankruptcy. Mr. Bratton is a director and past chair of the Bankruptcy and Reorganization Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association, and chaired the Advisory Committee on Local Rules of procedure for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Mr. Bratton is also an Adjunct Settlement Judge for the Bankruptcy Court and previously served as a Special Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Appeals, Temporary Division.