Jim Bullard focuses his practice on family law and civil litigation, particularly related to property division, support alimony, child custody and child support orders and modifications. He also has experience drafting, enforcing, and invalidating prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Jim is also one of the few attorneys in Oklahoma with experience in litigating virtual property rights. Jim regularly practices in Tulsa, Wagoner, Rogers, Creek, and Washington Counties and has extensive courtroom experience, focusing mainly on divorce and child custody matters.
While at Washington and Lee, Jim won the 2008 Client Counseling Competition, the 2008 Mediation Competition, and was a Finalist in the 2007 and 2008 Robert J. Grey, Jr. Negotiations Competition. He represented the school in the 2008 ABA Regional Competitions for Client Counseling and Mediation, coming in third place in Client Counseling. Jim served as a justice on the Student Judiciary Committee, a student-run council in charge of upholding Washington and Lee's Honor Code, on the Executive Board of the Student Activity Organization, as the President of the Irish-American Law Student Association during 2007 and 2008, and as a staff writer for the student-run newspaper, the Law News. He was also active in intramural sports, serving as the 2008 Sports Czar.
At SUNY Oswego, Jim served as the Vice President of Scales Hall and as a Senator for the Student Association. He was a staff writer of The Oswegonian newspaper, a co-creator and staff writer for the Speak Easy Society Newsletter, and played on the Varsity Lacrosse Team in 2001-2003.
- Best Lawyers®, Tulsa, Commercial Litigation, 2025
- Best Lawyers®, Tulsa, Family Law, 2020-2025
- Best Lawyers®, Tulsa, Family Law Mediation, 2025
- Super Lawyers®, Rising Star, Family Law, 2013-2023
- 2021 Child Tax Credit: What Your Clients Need to Know, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2021
- AHHA Board of Directors, 2020 – present
- American Bar Association
- Maple Ridge Neighborhood Association, Board of Directors, 2020 – present
- Tulsa Country Club, Recreation Committee, 2016 – 2018
- Tulsa County Bar Association, Golf Tournament Golf Committee, 2017 – present
- Tulsa International Mayfest, Board of Directors, 2016 – 2019
- Doerner Attorneys Named to 2025 Best Lawyers® List
- Navigating Waiting Periods and Timelines for Dissolution of Marriage in Oklahoma
- Super Lawyers® Selects DSDA Attorneys in 2023 Rankings
- DSDA Lawyers Named to 2024 Best Lawyers® List
- Parenting Coordination Efficiently Resolves Parenting Disputes
- Super Lawyers® Names DSDA Attorneys in 2022 Rankings
- DSDA Lawyers Named to 2023 Best Lawyers® List
- Super Lawyers® Names DSDA Attorneys in 2021 Rankings
- 25 DSDA lawyers named to 2022 Best Lawyers® List
- New Tax Credit May Cause Issues for Divorced Families
- Super Lawyers® Names DSDA Attorneys in 2020 Rankings
- Super Lawyers® Names DSDA Attorneys in 2019 Rankings
- 21 DSDA Lawyers Named to 2020 Best Lawyers® List
- Super Lawyers® Names DSDA Attorneys in 2018 Rankings
- Doerner Congratulates Our Lawyers Chosen for Inclusion in 2016 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars!
- James Bullard Joins Leadership Tulsa
- Doerner Saunders Names Managing Partner, New Partner, and Executive Committee Member
- Doerner Congratulates Our Lawyers Chosen for Inclusion in 2015 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars!
- Doerner Congratulates Our Lawyers Selected for Inclusion in 2014 Oklahoma Super Lawyers and Rising Stars!
- 2013 Super Lawyers® Announced