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Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts
Best's Insurance Professional Resources
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts


DeWitt Paruolo & Meek

Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense

705 NW Fourth Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 138800, Oklahoma City, OK 73113

Practice Areas

  • Accident
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Appellate Practice
  • Arbitration
  • Bad Faith
  • Bodily Injury
  • Breach of Contract
  • Business Law
  • Civil Litigation
  • Class Actions
  • Commercial and Personal Lines
  • Commercial Vehicle
  • Common Carrier
  • Complex Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Consumer Law
  • Contractors Liability
  • Contracts
  • Coverage Analysis
  • Declaratory Judgments
  • Directors and Officers Liability
  • Excess
  • Extra-Contractual Litigation
  • Fire
  • First and Third Party Defense
  • Homeowners
  • Insurance Corporate Practice
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Insurance Law
  • Insurance Policy Enforcement
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Mediation
  • Medical Devices
  • Motor Carriers
  • Motor Vehicle
  • Negligence
  • Nursing Home Liability
  • Personal and Commercial Vehicle
  • Personal Injury
  • Personal Liability
  • Personal Lines
  • Policy Construction and Interpretation
  • Premises Liability
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Errors and Omissions
  • Professional Liability
  • Property
  • Slip and Fall
  • Tort Liability
  • Tort Litigation
  • Trial and Appellate Practice
  • Truck Liability
  • Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist
  • Wrongful Death

About Us

Nelson Terry Morton DeWitt & Paruolo has developed a broad base of experience in multiple areas of civil trial practice. Our attorneys have tried, mediated, arbitrated and otherwise resolved civil litigation matters for their clients throughout Oklahoma and other states.

Our diverse clientele, including large corporations, closely-held businesses, insurance companies and other entities, trust our aggressive, results-driven approach to litigation. By thinking outside of the box, and looking for unique solutions to the often complex legal issues facing our clients, we have distinguished our firm through ingenuity and focus.

Client Information

Insurance Clients

Non-Insurance Clients

  • Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
  • The Boldt Company
  • Duit Construction Company, Inc.
  • Greyhound Lines, Inc.
  • TTK Construction Co., Inc.

Personnel Information

Partners


Robert W. Nelson

Oklahoma City, OK

Years of Experience: 38

Practice Areas
  • Insurance Defense
  • Product Liability
  • Personal Injury
Admitted
  • Oklahoma, 1980
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma
Additional Biographical Details:

Oklahoma Super Lawyer; Best Lawyers in America

Memberships:
  • Oklahoma, Oklahoma County and Canadian County Bar Associations
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Education:
  • East Central University, B.S., 1977
  • The University of Oklahoma College of Law, J.D., 1979

Born: 1956

Douglas A. Terry

Oklahoma City, OK

Years of Experience: 24

Practice Areas
  • Class Actions
  • Bad Faith
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Personal Injury
Admitted
  • Oklahoma, 1993
  • Arkansas, 2009
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, 1993
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, 2009
Memberships:
  • American, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Oklahoma County Bar Associations
  • Oklahoma Association for Justice
Education:
  • Northeastern State University, B.A. (summa cum laude), 1990
  • The University of Oklahoma College of Law, J.D. (with honors), 1993
Law Review:
University of Oklahoma Law Review

Born: 1967

Derrick L. Morton

Oklahoma City, OK

Years of Experience: 18

Practice Areas
  • Class Actions
  • Insurance Litigation
  • Personal Injury
Admitted
  • Oklahoma, 1999
  • Arkansas, 2009
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma, 1999
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma, 2000
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma, 2001
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, 2009
Memberships:
  • American, Oklahoma and Oklahoma County Bar Associations
  • Oklahoma Association for Justice
Education:
  • Texas Tech University, B.B.A., 1996
  • The University of Oklahoma College of Law, J.D., 1999

Born: 1973

Derrick T. DeWitt

Oklahoma City, OK

Years of Experience: 19

Practice Areas
  • Litigation
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Bad Faith
  • Tort
  • Trucking
  • Consumer Law
  • Product Liability
  • Business Litigation
Admitted
  • Oklahoma, 1998
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1999
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2012
Memberships:
  • Oklahoma and Oklahoma County Bar Associations
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel
Education:
  • Oklahoma State University, B.A., 1995
  • Oklahoma City University School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 1998

Born: 1973

Thomas A. Paruolo

Oklahoma City, OK

Years of Experience: 18

Practice Areas
  • Insurance Defense
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Bad Faith
  • Civil Litigation
Admitted
  • Oklahoma, 1999
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma
Memberships:
  • Oklahoma Bar Association
  • Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel
  • Defense Research Institute
Education:
  • Baylor University, B.A. Political Science, 1996
  • Syracuse University College of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 1999

Born: 1974

Justin D. Meek

Oklahoma City, OK

Years of Experience: 11

Practice Areas
  • Bad Faith
  • Insurance
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Insurance Coverage
Admitted
  • Oklahoma, 2006
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma
Memberships:
  • Oklahoma, Oklahoma County and Canadian County Bar Associations
Education:
  • Oklahoma State University, B.S., 2002
  • Oklahoma City University School of Law, J.D., 2006
Fraternity Information:
Phi Delta Phi; Phi Delta Theta

Born: 1979

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