Our Founding

Frederic Dorwart, Lawyers was established in 1994 in the Old City Hall at Fourth & Cincinnati by Frederic Dorwart, Thomas W. Murphy, J. Michael Medina and Richard J. Cipolla, Jr. who had, since their respective admissions to the bar, practiced law together in the former firm of Holliman, Langholz, Runnels & Dorwart. Frederic Dorwart joined Lupardus, Holliman & Huffman in 1966 upon graduation from Harvard Law School and, beginning in 1967, was managing partner of Holliman, Langholz, Runnels & Dorwart.

 Our Firm Today

Frederic Dorwart, Lawyers has, since its founding, expanded to nineteen lawyers principally engaged in securities transactions and litigation, financial institutions law, mergers and acquisitions, complex business litigation, oil and gas transactions and litigation, and retirement community law. We currently serve as general counsel to Oklahoma's largest financial institution and three of Oklahoma's larger independent oil and gas producers, and our firm is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. While our practice has expanded, our objective has remained constant: provide hands-on, timely, and cost-effective problem solving in both routine and difficult litigation, regulatory and transactional matters.