Hiltgen & Brewer, P.C.

Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense

Cary E. Hiltgen

Oklahoma City, OK

• E-Mail: chiltgen@hbokc.law

Practice Areas

• Product Liability
• Personal Injury
• Contracts
• Railroad Law

Admitted

• Oklahoma, 1981
• U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
• U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1993
• U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 1994
• U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, 1995
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Circuits
• U.S. District Court, Western District of New York, 1996
• U.S. District Court, Central District of Utah
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2004

Additional Biographical Details:

Oklahoma Super Lawyers, Personal Injury Products; Defense, Oklahoma Magazine (2006-2015)

Memberships:

• American, Oklahoma and Oklahoma County Bar Associations
• Coalition of Food Industry Counsel
• Defense Research Institute (Past President, 2011; Past Chair, Product Liability Committee, Law Institutes)
• Product Liability Advisory Counsel
• Trucking Industry Defense Association
• International Association of Defense Counsel

Education:

• Hutchinson Community Junior College, A.A., 1974
• Northwest Missouri State University, B.S., 1976
• Oklahoma City University, J.D., 1980

Born: 1954

Michael W. Brewer

Oklahoma City, OK

• E-Mail: mbrewer@hbokc.law

Practice Areas

• Insurance Law
• Personal Injury
• Employment Law
• Product Liability
• Transportation

Admitted

• Oklahoma, 1986
• U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Additional Biographical Details:

Arbitration Panel, Arbitration Forum; Oklahoma Super Lawyers, Personal Injury General; Defense, Oklahoma Magazine (2006-2015); 2017 Judge Geary L. Walke Briefcase Award

Memberships:

• American, Oklahoma (Past Board of Directors) and Oklahoma County (Past Board of Directors; Past Chairman of Fee Grievance and Ethics Committee; Vice President, 2017-2018) Bar Associations
• Federation of Defense and Insurance Counsel
• Defense Research Institute (Past Chairman of Insurance Roundtable, Product Liability Committee, Representative to Diversity Committee, Past Chairman, Technology Section)
• Early Neutral Evaluation Panel for Western District of Oklahoma
• Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel (Past President; Past, Defense Lawyer of the Year)
• William J. Holloway Jr. American Inns of Court (Barrister, 1993-1996)
• Transportation Lawyers Association

Publications:

• Author: "Workers' Compensation: Erosion of the Exclusive Remedy Provision", Oklahoma Law Review, Vol. 38-3 (Fall 1985)

Education:

• The University of Oklahoma, B.S.M.E., 1982
• The University of Oklahoma, J.D., 1986

Honors:

Phi Delta Phi; Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Anti-Trust Law

Born: 1960

Brock C. Bowers

Oklahoma City, OK

• E-Mail: bbowers@hbokc.law

Practice Areas

• Transportation
• Insurance Law
• Trucking
• Personal Injury
• Premises Liability
• Subrogation

Admitted

• Oklahoma, 1994
• U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, 1995
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1996

Additional Biographical Details:

Oklahoma Super Lawyers, Civil Litigation; Defense, Oklahoma Magazine (2014-2015)

Memberships:

• American, Oklahoma and Oklahoma County Bar Associations
• Defense Research Institute
• Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel

Education:

• The University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1991
• The University of Oklahoma, J.D. (with honors), 1994

Honors:

Phi Beta Kappa

Born: 1969

Norman Lemonik

Oklahoma City, OK

• E-Mail: nlemonik@hbokc.law

Practice Areas

• Insurance Law
• Personal Injury
• Workers' Compensation

Admitted

• Michigan, 1980
• Oklahoma
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1991
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma, 1994

Memberships:

• American and Oklahoma Bar Associations
• Defense Research Institute
• Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel

Education:

• Syracuse University, B.S., 1976
• New York University, J.D., 1980

Born: 1954

J. Randy Baker

Oklahoma City, OK

• E-Mail: Rbaker@hbokc.law

Practice Areas

• Labor and Employment
• Product Liability
• Insurance Defense
• Railroad Law

Admitted

• Oklahoma, 1980
• U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Additional Biographical Details:

Administrative Law Judge, Oklahoma Department of Labor

Memberships:

• American, Oklahoma and Oklahoma County Bar Associations
• Defense Research Institute
• Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel

Education:

• Oklahoma State University, B.S., 1977
• Oklahoma City University, J.D. (with honors), 1980

Born: 1955

Jeffrey C. Grotta

Oklahoma City, OK

• E-Mail: jgrotta@hblokc.law

Practice Areas

• Commercial Law
• Insurance Law
• Personal Injury
• Product Liability
• Creditor Rights

Admitted

• Oklahoma, 1993
• U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, 1994

Memberships:

• Oklahoma and Oklahoma County Bar Associations
• Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel
• Defense Research Institute

Education:

• The University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1986
• The University of Oklahoma, J.D. (Dean's List), 1993

Law Review:

American Indian Law Review

Born: 1961

Katie R. McCune

Oklahoma City, OK

• E-Mail: Kmccune@hbokc.law

Practice Areas

• Trucking Industry Defense
• Insurance Defense
• Workers' Compensation
• Employment Law

Admitted

• Oklahoma, 2013
• U.S. District Court, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma

Memberships:

• Defense Research Institute

Education:

• University of Central Oklahoma, B.A., 2007
• Oklahoma City University, J.D., 2012

Born: 1981

Rachal A. Lisle

Oklahoma City, OK

• E-Mail: rlisle@hbokc.law

Admitted

• Oklahoma, 2019
• U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, 2020

Education:

• The University of Oklahoma, B.A. Political Science, 2016
• Oklahoma City University School of Law, J.D. (Dean's List), 2018

Born: 1993

William W. Whitehurst

Oklahoma City, OK

Admitted

• Oklahoma, 2021

Education:

• Austin College, B.A. (cum laude), 2017
• The University of Oklahoma College of Law, J.D., 2021

Born: 1993

André V. Farinha

Oklahoma City, OK

• E-Mail: afarinha@hbokc.law

Admitted

• Texas, 2004
• Nevada, 2006
• Oklahoma, 2016
• U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma

Education:

• University of Southern California, B.S., 1996
• University of Denver College of Law, J.D., 2000

Born: 1971