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Bryan J. Nowlin 
Tulsa, Oklahoma,
Associate
phone (918) 591-5290
fax (918) 925-5290
email bnowlin@dsda.com

Bryan J. Nowlin focuses his practice in the areas of Trusts, Estates, and Probate, Business Litigation, and Indian Law. As part of the Trusts and Creditors Rights practice group he served as first chair counsel in a construction arbitration before the American Arbitration Association, as well as multiple appearances in state and federal courts in Oklahoma. As part of his trust practice he participated in a trial which resulted in a rare dismissal for the Firm's client at the close of the plaintiff's evidence. Mr. Nowlin regularly speaks at seminars regarding the law relating to business in Indian Country including serving as a panelist during the American Indian Chamber of Commerce Business Summit. He also participates in the Firm's representation of electrical utilities.    A Native Oklahoman, Mr. Nowlin is a 2002 graduate magna cum laude of Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts with majors in History and Political Science. His undergraduate research honors thesis focused on the constitutional infirmities within Weimar Germany as measured by the instability of the first three democratic cabinets. Mr. Nowlin received his Juris Doctor with distinction in 2006 from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. While at the College of Law Mr. Nowlin served as editor-in-chief of the American Indian Law Review. As editor-in-chief he greatly increased the number of tenured professors publishing with the Law Review. Mr. Nowlin also participated in two national moot court competitions, the Tulane Sports Law Competition in 2005 and the National Entertainment Law Competition in 2004 at which his brief placed first in the nation.    Mr. Nowlin is a member of the American Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, and Tulsa County Bar Association. At the ABA he is a member of the Trust and Fiduciary Litigation Committee of the ABA's Real Property Section.  Mr. Nowlin also presently serves on the Oklahoma Bar Association Civil Procedure and Evidence Committee. 

Areas of Practice:
Commercial and Civil Litigation
Trust and Fiduciary Litigation
Indian Law
Commercial Litigation
Business Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Oklahoma, 2006
U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma, 2007
U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma
U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
Supreme Court of the Muscogee Creek Nation
Education:
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, Oklahoma
Juris doctor
Honors: With Distinction


Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 2002
Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Major:  History
Major:  Political Science


Published Works:
Conflicts in Sovereignty: Narragansett Tribe in Rhode Island, 30 American Indian L. Rev. 151, 2005


Representative Cases:
Jage v. Trust Co. of Oklahoma, 2009 WL 368504 (N.D. Okla. 2009
Mexico Private Equity Fund v. Daugherty, 2009 WL 2044720 (N.D. Okla 2009)
Simmons Food, Inc. v. H. Mahmood J. Al-Bunnia & Sons Co., 2010 WL 58291 (W.D. Ark. 2010)
Spriggs v. First American Title & Trust Co,. 2011 WL 665622 (W.D. Okla. 2011)
Honors and Awards:
American Jurisprudence Award, Civil Procedure


American Indian Law Review Award


Dean's Award for Advocacy


1st Place Brief, National Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition, 2004


Panelist, American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma, Business Summit, 2008


Super Lawyers Rising Star


BV Martindale Rating after only 3 years in practice


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
Member


Tulsa County Bar Association
Member


The firm's ability to grow and prosper over the years, while maintaining long standing relationships with clients, is the direct result of its philosophy of always placing the client first.

Offices

Tulsa
Williams Center Tower II
Two West Second Street, Suite 700
Tulsa, OK 74103-3117
(918) 582-1211

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Oklahoma City
201 Robert S. Kerr
Avenue - Suite 700
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
(405) 319-3500

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Norman
1800 N. Interstate Dr., Suite 123
Norman, OK 73072
(405) 319-3501