Matt Crook’s practice is primarily focused on commercial and business litigation, with an emphasis on the resolution of disputes involving the construction industry, including creditors’ rights, commercial debt collections, workouts, bankruptcy, construction contracts, construction defects, and homeowner claims. His clients include prominent homebuilders, major residential developers, large suppliers of construction materials, and owners of commercial and residential real property.
Matt’s work in the areas of creditors’ and debtors’ rights and bankruptcy litigation is extensive and includes securing and defending preference actions, obtaining collection judgments and assisting with post-judgment collection efforts, enforcing mechanic’s and materialmen’s liens, representing clients in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, and shielding business owners from personal liability prior to the company obtaining bankruptcy protection.
A certified public accountant since 2003, Matt’s career experience also includes representing clients in business and real estate transactions, estate planning, probate and trust litigation, and oil and gas transactions and litigation.
Upon earning his undergraduate degree in accounting and finance from the University of Oklahoma in 1997, the Tulsa native worked as a business analyst for a Fortune 500 energy company for nearly two years. Since embarking on his legal career in 2002, he has gained valuable, diverse business and legal experience working in private practice, as in-house counsel for a publicly traded natural gas processing company and an oilfield equipment distributor, as a crude oil marketing sales specialist, and as a crude oil marketing purchasing specialist prior to joining McAfee & Taft in 2026.