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Two Leadership Square 211 North Robinson, Suite 1000 Oklahoma City, OK 73102-7103 (405) 552-2368 direct (405) 235-0439 fax
mark.spencer@
mcafeetaft.com
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Practice Areas
Admissions - Oklahoma, 1987
- Oklahoma Supreme Court
- U.S. District Courts for the Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education - J.D., with distinction, John Marshall Law School, 1987; Moot Court Executive Board; William Starr Insurance Law National Moot Court Competition, Hartford, CT (Third Place); Illinois State Bar Association Moot Court Competition, Springfield, IL (Second Place)
- B.A., Tulane University, 1981
Professional Organizations and Memberships - Oklahoma County Bar Association
- Oklahoma Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel
- Fellow of the Oklahoma Bar Foundation
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg American Inn of Court (Master of the Bench)
- Luther Bohanon American Inn of Court XXIII (Former Barrister)
Civic Involvement and Leadership - Board Member, Federal Bar Association, Oklahoma City Chapter
- Oklahoma State Board of Psychology Examiners (Hearing Examiner)
- Oklahoma Christian Counseling Center (Director)
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Mark D. Spencer Shareholder | | |
BiographyMark Spencer practices in the areas of employee benefits litigation, insurance defense, healthcare litigation, employment and appellate law. His practice has been concentrated in the area of ERISA litigation. Mark represents employers, insurers, administrators, fiduciaries, third party administrators, health maintenance organizations and benefits in a wide variety of lawsuits. In addition to litigating cases involving employer-provided benefits, he also represents several insurance companies in traditional life, health and disability insurance litigation.
Upon graduation from law school and before entering private practice, Mark served as a law clerk for the Honorable William J. Holloway, Jr., Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
| Representative Experience
- Great-West Life & Annuity Ins. Co. v. Knudson, 534 U.S. 204 (2002) (amicus curiae)
- Gaither v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 394 F.3d 792 (10th Cir. 2004)
- Conover v. Aetna US Healthcare, Inc., 320 F.3d 1076 (10th Cir. 2003), cert. denied, 542 U.S. 936 (2004)
- Beaird v. Seagate Tech., Inc., 145 F.3d 1159 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 525 U.S. 1054 (1998)
- Gaylor v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co., 112 F.3d 460 (10th Cir. 1997)
- Shamrock Drilling Fluids, Inc. v. Miller, 32 F.3d 455 (10th Cir. 1994)
- Warner v. Aetna Health Inc., 333 F.Supp. 2d 1149 (W.D. Okla. 2004)
- Conover v. Aetna US Healthcare, Inc., 167 F. Supp. 2d 1317 (N.D. Okla. 2001)
- Great-West Life & Annuity Ins. Co. v. Clingenpeel, 996 F. Supp. 1348 & 1353 (W.D. Okla. 1998)
- Melton v. White, 848 F.Supp. 1511 & 1513 (W.D. Okla. 1994)
- Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Browning, 839 F.Supp. 1508 (W.D. Okla.1993)
- Ferguson v. The Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 777 F.Supp. 15 (W.D. Okla. 1991)
- Cranfill v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 2002 OK 26, 49 P.3d 703 (Okla. 2002)
- Trice v. Burress, 2006 OK CIV APP 79, 137 P.3d 1253
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