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Admissions
  • Oklahoma, 1982
  • U.S. District Courts for the Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma
  • U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits
  • U.S. Tax Court
Education
  • J.D., with distinction, Oklahoma City University, 1982; Phi Delta Phi; Note Editor, Oklahoma City University Law Review; Recipient, Corpus Juris Secundum Award
  • B.A, University of Maine at Presque Isle, 1979
Professional Organizations and Memberships
  • Oklahoma County Bar Association (Chair, Fee Grievance and Ethics Committee; Former Director and Former President of the Bankruptcy Section; Former Library Trustee)
  • Oklahoma Bar Association (Board Member and Past President, Commercial Law Section; Board Member and Immediate Past President, Bankruptcy Section)
  • American Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association (President of the Oklahoma City Chapter, 1997 - 1998)
  • Master of the Bench, American Inns of Court
  • Conference on Consumer Finance
  • American Banking Institute
Civic Involvement and Leadership
  • Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, OKC (Lay Leader, Trustee, Chair of Building Committee, and Member of Administrative Board)
  • Mayor’s Judicial Advisory Board (Former Member)
  • Oklahoma City Rotary Club 29
  • Oklahoma Zoological Society (Former Treasurer and Member of the Board of Directors)
  • Oklahoma City Tree Bank (Former Member of the Board of Directors)
Ross Plourde
Shareholder,  Practice Group Leader
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Biography

Ross Plourde practices primarily in the areas of commercial litigation, commercial law, and bankruptcy.  His expertise in the area of bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law has earned him inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America. 

Ross has extensive experience in complex business litigation, bankruptcies and receiverships, as well as the arbitration and mediation of commercial disputes and out-of-court workouts.  In commercial litigation, Ross has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide range of matters, including contract disputes, creditors’ rights, receiverships, lender liability, intellectual property disputes, real estate disputes, litigation under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act, environmental litigation and all forms of business torts.

Subsequent to admission to the Oklahoma Bar, Ross served as Assistant Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma.

Representative Experience

  • Representation of individuals and companies in business and commercial litigation and arbitration.
  • Representation of clients in connection with the enforcement of oil and gas liens and mechanics and materialmens liens.
  • Representation of an energy company in connection with its claim against Petrosurance in its receivership action.
  • Representation of energy clients in connection with the enforcement of creditors rights and related issues in the oil and gas industry.
  • Representation of creditors and debtors in bankruptcy, bank insolvency, insurance company insolvency, and state insolvency proceedings.
  • Experience in a broad range of litigation, including contract and commercial disputes, banking, construction, products liability, intellectual property and environmental litigation.

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