R. Thomas Seymour, Of Counsel

Email Tom Date of Birth: July 13, 1942

Education:

• Will Rogers High School, Tulsa, 1960
• A.B., cum laude, Harvard College, 1964
• LL.B., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1967

Military:

• Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, 1967-1969; Vietnam Veteran

Military:

• Associate, Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, 1969-1971
• Partner and Senior Partner, Doerner, Saunders Daniel & Anderson, 1971-1982
• Seymour Law Firm, 1982-2008
• Seymour & Graham, 2008-2011
• Of Counsel, Graham, Allen & Brown, 2012
• Practice primarily trial practice in business, white collar criminal and civil rights cases
• Adjunct Professor, Oral Roberts Law School, 1980-1984

Sample Cases:

• In re Williams Securities Litigation, N.D. Okla. (lead counsel for three years, settled for $311,000,000).
• McGee v. City ofTulsa, N.D. Okla. ($14,500,000 jury verdict, largest jury verdict in the United States in a wrongful imprisonment case).
• McGowan v. Sheriff of Custer County, W.D. Okla. (settled in 2010 for $10,000,000).
• England v. Sheriff of Delaware County, W.D. Okla. (settled in 2011 for $13,500,000).
• U.S. v. Brady, N.D. Okla. (case dismissed by court, U.S. Government assessed attorney fees under the Hyde Amendment for wrongly bringing the prosecution).
• U.S. v. Gardner, N.D. Okla. (case dismissed by Department of Justice, U.S. Government assessed attorney fees under the Hyde Amendment for wrongly bringing the prosecution).
• (Only law firm in the United States to receive two paid awards of attorney fees under the Hyde Amendment).

Civic and Charitable Service:

• President, Green Country Soccer Association
• Chairman, Oklahoma Soccer Association
• President and Chairman, Tulsa Opera, Inc.
  • Founder, Tulsa Opera Endowment
  • Founder, Tulsa Opera President's Council
• Trustee, Tulsa Performing Arts Center (three terms)
• Founding Board Member, Simon Estes Educational Foundation
• President, North Tulsa Heritage Foundation
• President, All Souls Unitarian Church
• President, Church of the Restoration, Unitarian-Universalist
• Co-President, Mount Crested Butte (Colo.) Performing Arts Center
• Board Member of Magic Empire Girl Scouts, Tulsa Ballet, Tulsa Arts & Humanities Council