Background
Edwards, Joe E. was born on January 10, 1949 in Tulsa. Son of Earl H. and Kathleen D. (Charles) Edwards.
Edwards, Joe E. was born on January 10, 1949 in Tulsa. Son of Earl H. and Kathleen D. (Charles) Edwards.
University of Oklahoma (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1971. M A P.A., 1972); Oklahoma City University (Juris Doctor, 1974). Phi Delta Phi. Lecturer for Continuing Legal Education Seminars sponsored by the University of Oklahoma College of Law, Oklahoma City University School of Law, the Oklahoma Bar Association and the Texas Association of Bank Counsel on the following topics: Banking, Bankruptcy, Creditor"s Remedies and Debtor’s Rights, Energy, Failed and Failing Banks, Lending to the Troubled Venture, Loan Participations, Mortgage Foreclosure, Officers and Directors Liability, and Real Estate Problem Loans, 1980-1989.
Arbitrator, Federal Court annexed arbitration program, since 1985.
Earthmovers, Incorporated. v. Clarence L. Boyd Company, Incorporated., 554 P.2d 877 (Okl. Appendix 1976); Chase Manhattan Bank, North.A. v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 554 F.Supp. 251 (West.D. Oklahoma 1983); Heritage Land Company v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 572 F.Supp. 1265 (West.D. Oklahoma 1983); In Re Schick Oil & Gas, Incorporated., 35 B.R. 282 (West.D. Oklahoma 1983); Grove Holding Corporation v. First Wisconsin National"l Bank of Sheboygan, 803 F.Supp. 1486 (East.D. Wisconsin 1992); Octagon Gas Systems, Incorporated. v. Rimmer, 995 F.2d 948 (10th Circuit 1993)Worked at Day, Edwards, Federman, Propester & Christensen, Professional Corporation (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) specializing in General Civil Trial. Trial of Civil Cases in all State and Federal Courts. Administrative Law, Agribusiness, Anti-Trust Law, Arbitration and Mediation of disputes, Banking Regulation and Transactions, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Employment Law, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Franchising Regulation and Transactions, Health Care Law, Insurance Law, International Law, Labor Relations, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Natural Resources, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate Law, Securities Regulation and Transactions and Workers Compensation.
Admitted to the bar, 1974, Oklahoma and United States.
District Court, Western District of Oklahoma. 1977, United States. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma, United States.
Supreme Court and United States. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
1991, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Phi Delta Phi. Author: "Participate in the Conduct of an Enterprise: for RICO Liability," 64 Oklahoma Bar Journal 2142, 1993. Lecturer for Continuing Legal Education Seminars sponsored by the University of Oklahoma College of Law, Oklahoma City University School of Law, the Oklahoma Bar Association and the Texas Association of Bank Counsel on the following topics: Banking, Bankruptcy, Creditor"s Remedies and Debtor"s Rights, Energy, Failed and Failing Banks, Lending to the Troubled Venture, Loan Participations, Mortgage Foreclosure, Officers and Directors Liability, and Real Estate Problem Loans, 1980-1993.
Arbitrator, Federal Court annexed arbitration program, 1985.
Member: Oklahoma County (Member, Bankruptcy Law Section), Oklahoma (Member, Sections on: Banking and Commercial Law. Bankruptcy; Litigation), Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law. Litigation; Real Property.
Probate and Trust.
Economics of Law Practice) Bar Associations. Oklahoma City Banking Lawyers Association. The firm offers diverse legal services to local, national and international clients which include some of the most prestigious banking, brokerage, financial, insurance and industrial businesses in the United States and the global economy.
Our clients include a large number of major, publicly owned domestic and international corporations, as well as closely held domestic and international corporations, banks, financial institutions, partnerships and individuals, which have been represented by us as general, regional or special counsel
The firm is frequently retained by other law firms to act as lead, special or local counsel in connection with major transactions or complex litigation. The firm"s litigation practice extends to all areas of the United States.
Primary areas of expertise are: Employment Law (including discharge, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and discrimination, hiring and unions). Financial and Securities Transactions (including agribusiness, asset based finance, banking regulation and transactions, business associations, energy and co-generation regulation and transactions, franchising, insurance coverage, leveraged leasing, liability management, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, all forms of securities and all forms of public and private securities offerings).
Health Law (including acquisitions, strategic joint ventures, managed health care malpractice, preferred provider organizations, telemedicine, anti-kickback safe harbors.
Insolvency Law (including director and officer liability, bankruptcy, reorganization and restructuring). Litigation (including litigation before state and federal trial and appellate courts. Representation in regulatory and arbitration proceedings.
And, litigation in securities cases, "white collar" criminal cases, anti-trust cases, lender liability cases, commercial torts, bodily injury, worker"s compensation defense, employment and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims, products liability, environmental claims, health, and professional malpractice).
Real Estate & Environmental Law (including construction, development, leasing, sales, environment compliance and mortgage banking). Natural Resources (including agriculture, energy, oil and gas pollution).
And International Law (including international commercial transactions, customs, export controls, and immigration). Complex Litigation and White Collar Crime have become fast growing and successful sectors of the firm"s practice.
The firm has been engaged to both prosecute and defend Litigation matters in several distant areas of the United States.
While the scope of the firm"s expertise has substantially expanded, a significant sector of the firm"s practice remains focused on banking clients.
President Sooner Dinner Club, Oklahoma City, 1985-1986. Member American Bar Association (member sections of business law, litigation, real property, probateand trust, economics of law practice), Federal Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association (member sections on banking and commercial law, bankruptcy, litigation), Oklahoma County Bar Association (member bankruptcy law section), Oklahoma City Banking Lawyers Association.
Married Diana Lynn Flynt, January 29, 1970 (divorced September 1990). Children: G. Allen, Ryan A.