Katherine Crowley Jimenez

Associate

(405) 552-2314
katie.crowley@mcafeetaft.com
Oklahoma City

Overview

Katie Crowley Jimenez is a trial lawyer whose state and federal civil litigation practice is primarily focused on matters affecting the energy industry, including the resolution of contract and royalty payment disputes, seismicity and late interest payment cases, class actions, and lawsuits involving claims of surface damages, pollution, lease cancellation, quiet title, adverse possession, nuisance and trespass, negligence, personal injury, property damage, and products liability.

A portion of Katie’s practice is devoted to representing clients in environmental enforcement actions and litigation involving environmental claims brought by private parties.

Katie’s achievements have earned her inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (commercial litigation; energy law; oil and gas law) and in Oklahoma Super Lawyers’ list of “Oklahoma Rising Stars,” which recognizes the state’s top up-and-coming attorneys.

Prior to entering law school, Katie worked for Texas-based Nalco Champion, a supplier of fine chemicals for the petroleum industry, where she trained in refineries and chemical plants to provide chemical treatment and enhanced processes to customers in the oil and gas industry.

Honors and Awards

  • Selected by peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2024–Present)
  • Named to Oklahoma Super Lawyers’ list of “Oklahoma Rising Stars” (2024–Present)

Professional Organizations and Memberships

  • Oklahoma Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Mineral Lawyers Society of Oklahoma City

    Writing Credits

  • Class Actions Threaten the Energy Industry: Class Action Lawsuits and Royalty Litigation in Light of Cline v. Sunoco

    Winter 2021 | Oklahoma City University Law Review
  • Oklahoma, 2022
  • J.D., summa cum laude, Oklahoma City University, 2022
    • Managing Editor, Oklahoma City University Law Review; OCU Law Outstanding Graduate; 9 CALI Awards
  • B.S., (Chemical Engineering), University of Oklahoma, 2018