Reid E. Robison

Reid E. Robison is a veteran trial lawyer whose practice is concentrated in business-related litigation, including antitrust, securities, products liability, tax, white-collar criminal cases, contract and insurance disputes and multi-district and other complex litigation in courts throughout the United States.

As part of his appellate practice, he has appeared and argued cases in Oklahoma, Delaware and Virginia and before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Eighth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits.

His skills as a litigator have earned him inclusion in several prestigious industry publications, including The Best Lawyers in America (bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, antitrust law, and legal malpractice law), Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Oklahoma Super Lawyers.  He has been perennially listed in all three publications since their inaugural editions and has been named to Super Lawyers' prestigious list of "Top 50 Oklahoma Lawyers" since 2008.

Reid was selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honorary society dedicated to promoting superior advocacy, professionalism and ethical standards among its Fellows. He is also a Fellow and State Chairman of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, an organization whose membership is limited to 600 of the world's best trial lawyers.

Reid is a past president of the Oklahoma County Bar Association.

Following graduation from law school, Reid served as an assistant attorney general of the state of Oklahoma and as a captain in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the U.S. Air Force.

• Successfully defended a former public laboratory chief executive officer charged with participating in alleged criminal conspiracies to commit Medicare fraud and securities fraud.  In the former count, the government brought what is believed to be the first federal prosecution of laboratory executives for alleged violations of the anti-kickback law.  The client was acquitted on both counts after a three-week trial.
• Successfully defended a Canadian company challenged by the state as unauthorized to own land in Oklahoma.  Obtained an injunction against the Attorney General of Oklahoma, preventing an attempt to escheat the land.
  
• Acted as lead counsel in the first case to define “tender offer” under the Federal Securities Laws.
  
• Acted as lead counsel in the successful appeal of a case in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit established the scienter pleading standard under the Federal Securities Laws.
  
• Served as lead counsel in an antitrust case brought by a grocery wholesaler against manufacturers which were accused of conspiring to prevent competition from entering the market.
  
• Defeated an attempt by the State Insurance Department to appoint a receiver for an insolvent insurer.
  
• Successfully defended manufacturers of consumer products of many kinds in cases around the country.
  
• Served as lead defense counsel in federal grand jury investigations and criminal cases involving business issues, including antitrust and tax matters.
  
• Successfully represented a manufacturer of consumer products in an appeal before the Delaware Supreme Court in a lawsuit involving products liability claims.
• Represented clients in qui tam matters brought by private citizens, as well as governmental agencies including the Department of Justice, alleging false claims.