ROBERT L. ("Bob")  WYATT

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

AV ® Peer Review Rated:
5 out of 5 Rating
(Martindale Hubbell ratings explained).

Bob Wyatt was named for the sixth consecutive year to The Best Lawyers in America ® 2012 (Copyright by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).  Bob has been listed for criminal defense in the Oklahoma Super Lawyers and in the U.S. News & World Report "Best Law Firms" (Tier 1) since their inaugural editions.

For 22 years, Bob Wyatt has practiced law in Oklahoma with a focus on litigation.  In 1995, Wyatt was commissioned Special Deputy Counsel to the Governor and in 2003, the Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association recognized him as one of its "Champions of Liberty." Mr. Wyatt  has also been selected multiple times for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America and Oklahoma Super Lawyers, among other professional recognition.

Mr. Wyatt was contracted by the Fraternal Order of Police for the defense of officers charged with crimes.  He represented a police officer in Tulsa in the 2010 "police corruption" probe in federal court and through the FOP currently represents another officer charged in a state court matter.   Mr. Wyatt has also been selected and appointed by the federal court to represent a State narcotics officer in a federal criminal matter.

WYATT LAW OFFICE
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, June 2000 - present. Bob Wyatt's focus has been defense of the accused in criminal actions in state and federal courts in Oklahoma.  Practice includes trials and appeals.  Bob Wyatt is now licensed to practice in the federal courts in the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. That includes the E.D. federal courts in Beaumont, Lufkin, Marshall, Plano, Sherman, Texarkana, and Tyler areas; and the N.D. federal courts in Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas, Ft. Worth,  Lubbock, San Angelo, and Wichita Falls areas.   He is eligible for admission in Texas state courts and  federal courts throughout the nation as needed.

JONES & WYATT, Enid, Oklahoma, 1989-May 2000:
Stephen Jones (Enid) recruited Bob Wyatt from the University of Oklahoma College of Law to join his office in 1989; their association continued for almost 11 years. While in Enid, Bob represented Jones & Wyatt clients in civil litigation and complex commercial transactions, general criminal law, homicide, "white collar" crime, family law, administrative law, and appeals in Oklahoma and federal courts. Wyatt was commissioned or appointed as special deputy counsel to the Governor of Oklahoma, co-counsel to Timothy McVeigh, co-counsel to Phillips University, counsel to the Fire Civil Service Commission for the City of Enid, Oklahoma, counsel or co-counsel to several northwest Oklahoma public school districts, and was appointed to serve on the Oklahoma Bar Association's Criminal Law Committee. While at Jones & Wyatt, Bob Wyatt contributed two chapters to the Criminal Procedure volumes of Vernon's Oklahoma Forms 2d (West Group, 1999).

PRIOR LEGAL EXPERIENCE, 1987-89:
During law school at OU, Mr. Wyatt served as a legal intern for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation(1988-89) and as a law clerk to former OU law professor, Anita Hill (1987).


EDUCATION

• Juris Doctor, May 1989, University of Oklahoma,
          College of Law, Norman, Oklahoma.

• B.S. with Honors, in Business Administration and Economics, (Double-Major), May 1986, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, Oklahoma. Graduated 5th in class.

• Diploma, National Institute for Trial Advocacy--Southeast Regional, January 1995, New Orleans.

• Continuing Legal Education--Over 300 hours, primary emphasis on appellate practice, civil and criminal litigation, criminal procedure, discovery, evidence, legal ethics, and sentencing.


BAR ADMISSIONS

Mr. Wyatt is in good standing and a member of the following courts.  He is eligible for admission in all federal courts and has appeared in other federal jurisdictions.

• Supreme Court of the United States
• United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
• United States District Court, Western District of Oklahoma
• United States District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma
• United States District Court, Northern District of Texas
         (approved Feb. 2010)
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas
         (approved Feb. 2010)
• Oklahoma Supreme Court (all Oklahoma state courts)


PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

• Oklahoma Bar Association
• OBA Criminal Law Section
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
       (Life Member)
• Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
       (Director)
• Luther Bohanon American Inn of Court XXIII  
• Oklahoma County Bar Association
• Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy
• Phi Delta Phi


LISTINGS & HONORS

• The Best Lawyers in America (2007-present: see Ratings)

• Oklahoma Super Lawyers (2006-present: see Ratings)

• AV-Rated, Martindale Hubbell (1998- present: see Ratings)

• U.S. News & World Report "Best Law Firms"  (2010-present) as a Tier 1 Law Firm for both criminal defense white collar and non-white collar matters.

• Wyatt's case, United States v. Avery & Migliaccio, is discussed in Harvey Silverglate's new book, THREE FELONIES A DAY:  How the Feds Target the Innocent (New York, Encounter Books, 2009).

• Interviewed for  National Law Journal for expertise in the area of sex crimes and cybercrimes.  The article was published on February 18, 2008.

• Commissioned Deputy Special Counsel to the Governor of Oklahoma, 1995

• Wyatt's case, United States v. Migliaccio, is discussed in U.S. Attorney's Manual,  § 912 "Falsity"; and in Katherine A. Lauer' article in the ABA Litigation Section publication Defending Government Pharmaceutical Fraud Investigations: Assessing Strategic Options

• 2003 Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association President's Award dubbed the "Internet Champions of Liberty" for contributions to the OCDLA's Internet forum

• 2003 - present:  Guest Lecturer for the Oklahoma Bar Association's Continuing Legal Education programs and other education programs statewide.

•S. Jones, Vernon's Oklahoma Forms, 2d: Criminal Law Practice & Procedure (West Group, 1999)

•S. Jones & P. Israel, OTHERS UNKOWN: The Oklahoma City Bombing and Conspiracy (New York: Public Affairs, 1998)

• J.F. Kelly & P. Wearne, TAINTING EVIDENCE, Inside the Scandals at the FBI Crime Lab (New York: Free Press, 1998)

• Who's Who in the World ® (Marquis)

• Who's Who in America ® (Marquis)

• Who's Who in the South & Southwest ® (Marquis)

• Who's Who in American Law ® (Marquis.

• Best's Directory of Recommended Insurance Attorneys and Adjusters (Oldwick, New Jersey: A.M. Best Company, 1990-2000.

• Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory ® (Reed Publishing and Reed Elsevier, Inc., 1990-)


RECENT & SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS

Bob Wyatt has lectured on the following criminal law and forensics subjects or is scheduled to present:

2008  Special Guest Lecturer at the Advanced Criminal Law
        class at the University of Oklahoma, College of Law
2008  Special Guest Lecturer for the Ethics class at the       
        University of Oklahoma, College of Law
2007 Cyber Crimes in State and Federal Courts &
       Technology and Security in the Modern Law Office
                   (Luther Bohanan American Inn of Courts)
2007 Applications of Forensic Psychology: MPD Redux
                   (OCU Forensic Psychology Course)
2006  Oklahoma White Collar Crime
                   (October-November 2006)
        Oklahoma's Multi-County Grand Jury:  Its
        Operation in White Collar Cases
                   (OBA Continuing Legal Education).
2004  Practical Application of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
                   (OBA Continuing Legal Education)
2003  Criminal Defense 101
                   (OBA Continuing Legal Education)
2003  Applications of Forensic Psychology:  A Lawyer's
        Perspective in Child Abuse
                   (OCU Forensic Psychology Course)
2002  Electronic Discovery
                   (Luther Bohanan American Inn of Courts)
2002  Applications of Forensic Psychology:  A Lawyer's
        Perspective on Multiple Personality Disorder
                   (OCU Forensic Psychology Course)