Oklahoma City Criminal Defense Lawyers

The most critical aspect to any criminal defense case is your defense team. Your defense team will help you understand the process of prosecution, will work with you and on your behalf in order to present the strongest defense possible and will also serve as a sounding board as you deal with the fear and stress that is inherent in any criminal case. Our firm has years of criminal defense experience, and you need to allow us to serve as your guiding light through what many see as a dark period in life. Below is information regarding your defense team.

Tommy Adler, Oklahoma Defense Lawyer

Tommy Adler was born and raised in Oklahoma City. He graduated from Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School and earned an undergraduate degree in Public Relations/Journalism from the University of Oklahoma. Attorney Adler then earned his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.

Upon admission to the State Bar, Mr. Adler worked as a Public Defender in Oklahoma County in the felony trial division. He represented clients in over 1,000 cases ranging from misdemeanors to murders. Mr. Adler also assisted in the training of new lawyers at the Public Defender's office and drafted the still-used protocol manual for the appropriate and professional representation of clients. Aside from all of the benefits Attorney Adler provided to the office outside the court room, he was also successful in either securing a dismissal or winning a verdict of not guilty for his clients in nearly 90% of his cases that proceeded to a jury trial.

Overall, your defense team is critical to your overall result. Tommy Adler and his team have decades of collective experience serving criminal defendants capably, and you owe it to yourself to work with such a level of experience. Your very freedom could depend on your choice of attorneys, which is why you need to contact the firm today for a consultation if you've been charged with a crime in Oklahoma.

Sample Results:
NOT GUILTY; Indecent Exposure
CASE DISMISSED; Sexual Battery
CASE DISMISSED; First Degree Rape

Mark Kendall Bailey, Oklahoma Criminal Defense

Mr. Bailey was born in Alexandria, Louisiana. He graduated with distinction from Louisiana College with his Undergraduate Degree in Criminal Justice. He received his Juris Doctorate Degree from Oklahoma City University School or Law. Prior to his legal career, Mr. Bailey worked as a licensed Firearm Instructor and Tactical Baton Trainer for law enforcement personnel.

Mr. Bailey began his legal career in the area of Corporate Litigation. After graduation, he accepted a position with the Oklahoma City law firm of Hiltgen & Brewer. Mr. Bailey successfully defended clients such as Wal-Mart and Home Depot in trials held across the state of Oklahoma. In 2003, he shifted his focus to Criminal Defense Litigation and began work for the Oklahoma County Public Defenders Office. Mr. Bailey was responsible for managing, negotiating and litigating thousands of felony cases ranging from D.U.I. to Murder I. Based on his extremely high success rate, Mr. Bailey attained the position of Supervising Attorney, responsible for training other attorneys in the professional and appropriate representation of their clients.

Mr. Bailey is licensed to practice law in Oklahoma and Texas as well as the United States Federal District Courts for the Western and Northern Districts of Oklahoma.

Mr. Bailey currently teaches college classes on Jury Selection Techniques and Forensic Firearms Evidence. He is a member of the Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Oklahoma Bar Association and Texas Bar Association. Mr. Bailey is also a licensed Certified Mediator. In 2001, he was honored with The Burbridge Foundation Award for Excellence in Mediation.

Mr. Bailey is an avid freshwater and saltwater fisherman; he has been married to his wife, Victoria, for eight years and they recently celebrated the birth of their first son.

Sample Sex Defense Results:
NOT GUILTY; Rape I (8 times)
NOT GUILTY; Rape in Second Degree by Instrumentation
NOT GUILTY; Assault with the Intent to Commit Rape
NOT GUILTY; Forcible Oral Sodomy

Daniel Pines Markoff, Oklahoma Attorney

Mr. Markoff was born and raised in Houston, Texas, received his undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin and his law degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law. He also studied Comparative Law at Oxford University, and Spanish at the Universidad de Valencia, in Valencia, Spain. While in law school, he was the recipient of the Raymond D. Naifeh Judicial Fellowship, and clerked for Oklahoma Country District Judge Eugene H. Mathews. Prior to his law career, Mr. Markoff worked on the 1988 Presidential Campaign as National Advance Staff, and as the Immigration Coordinator for the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program.

Mr. Markoff was one of the first lawyers in Oklahoma to represent women injured by silicone breast implants and the diet drug combination, Fen/Phen. During those cases, and others, Mr. Markoff was interviewed by CNN, The CBS Evening News, Cosmopolitan Magazine and all major TV stations in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. He also represented and assisted Lynn Starks, who with the help of State Representative Leonard Sullivan, changed the laws regarding bunk bed construction statewide, nationwide and worldwide.

Professional Affiliations include The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, Oklahoma City University School of Law, Board of Directors, 1996-1998, Oklahoma City University School of Law Dean's Circle 2001 - present, Oklahoma County Bar Association. Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Jeffrey R. Atkins, Oklahoma Attorney

Mr. Atkins is a native Oklahoman, born and raised in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. He received his undergraduate degree in business administration from the University of Central Oklahoma where he was also a 4-year member of the golf team. He obtained his law degree from The University of Oklahoma College of Law. While in law school he received the American Jurisprudence Award for his academic excellence in Conflicts of Laws and Professional Responsibility.

Professional affiliations include: Association of Trial Lawyers of American, Oklahoma Bar Association and the William J. Holloway, Jr. American Inn of Court. Mr. Atkins is admitted to practice in all state and Federal Court Districts in Oklahoma.

Mr. Atkins has been married for 15 years and has 2 children. In addition to his law practice, he is very active in his community and church. He currently serves on the board of Infant Crisis Services and the Rose Creek Property Owners Association, is entering his sixth season as a coach for his daughter's soccer team in the Edmond Soccer Club, and co-teaches kindergarten Sunday School with his wife.

Barry R. Davis, Oklahoma Attorney

Mr. Davis was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, received his undergraduate degree in 1971 from the University of Oklahoma and received his law degree from Oklahoma City University Law School in 1975. Mr. Davis has maintained a commercial and insurance trial practice in Oklahoma for thirty years. He is a certified mediator, trained by the American Arbitration Association, and has mediated and arbitrated over 1,000 cases.

Mr. Davis is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Oklahoma County Bar Association, and the Association of Attorney-Mediators. He currently serves as Treasurer of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association. He is licensed to practice law by the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, the United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Mr. Davis has been married for 28 years and has 3 children. In addition to his work as an attorney Mr. Davis teaches an adult Sunday school class and sings in his church choir.

Jerri Neighbors, Oklahoma Attorney

Jerri Neighbors was raised in Texas and moved to Oklahoma in 1995 after graduating from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech Communications and Human Relations. Ms. Neighbors attended law school at Oklahoma City University School of Law, graduating in 2001 cum laude. She received the CALI award foracademic excellence in Legal Research and Writing III and Criminal Procedure. She was honored on the faculty honor roll and a member of the Moot Court Honors Board. While in law school, Ms. Neighbors worked with the personal injury firm of Norman & Edem, where she continued to practice until 2008 when she began working as a consumer advocate lawyer and then expanded her expertise into family practice as a solo practitioner. She joined the firm of Atkins and Markoff in August, 2009 in the family law division.

Ms. Neighbors is a volunteer for Oklahoma Lawyers for Children, having received the 2005 Mona Lambird Service to Children Award. When volunteering, she represents children whose parents have been accused of abuse and neglect and providesa voice for the children. Ms. Neighbors’ professional affiliations include the Oklahoma Bar Association, Oklahoma County Bar Association and the Oklahoma Association for Justice (formerly Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association). She is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Western, Eastern and Northern Districts of Oklahoma.

Ms. Neighbors is married to Larry and together they have one child. When not practicing law, she enjoys spending time with her family and watching her husband race sprint cars throughout the mid-west.