LEGAL AREAS OF CONCENTRATION:

Business & Corporate Law
Mergers & Acquisitions
Real Estate Development

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Mr. Doverspike has been affiliated with Pray Walker since 1975 and has concentrated his legal services in Business, Real Estate and Estate Planning for over 30 years. Mr. Doverspike has coordinated over 180 acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs, management buy-outs, Employee Stock Ownership transactions (ESOP'S), tax advantaged mergers, consolidations, dissolutions and the sale of businesses in a variety of industries and service sectors throughout the United States.

A Business law practice requires Mr. Doverspike to be well-versed in lending documentation, financing structures, real and personal property leasing, employment contracts, distributorship agreements, general contract drafting and other practice areas including real estate transactions, dispute resolution and government regulatory compliance.

Mr. Doverspike has organized hundreds of privately-held corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. He has also been involved in the development of S-Corporations, tax advantaged limited partnerships, professional corporations and non-profit organizations. He has also coordinated several commercial real estate transactions including tax-free property exchanges, building leases, and the purchase and sale of income-producing commercial buildings, apartment complexes and condominium projects.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

University of Oklahoma
Bachelor of Arts (1973)

University of Tulsa
Juris Doctorate (1976)

LEGAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Bar Association:
• Chair of the Significant Legislation Committee of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section (1988-1993)
This Committee is the third largest committee in the Section and provides annual reports on legislation in all fifty states affecting probates and trusts
• Member, Business Law and Legal Economics Sections (1980-Present)
• Member, Business Law Opinion Letters Committee (1996-Present)

Oklahoma Bar Association:
• Member, Business Associations Section (1981-Present)

Tulsa County Bar Association:
• Member, Legal Publications Committee (1991)
• Member, Corporate Council Section (1979-Present)

Best Lawyers in America
• 2006 & 2007 inductee for Mergers & Acquisitions

Who's Who in American Law:
• 1992 Inductee for Corporate Lawyers in America.

Tulsa University School of Law
• Member, Continuing Legal Education Advisory Committee

LEGAL PUBLICATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Mergers & Acquisitions - "Not All Takeovers Are Disasters." Tulsa World.
Mergers & Acquisitions - "Acquisitions - Name of the Game." Tulsa World .
Mergers & Acquisitions - "Corporate Mergers Becoming More Sophisticated." Tulsa Business Chronicle.
Featured guest on NBC television affiliate KJRH to discuss business start-up strategies.
Featured guest on CBS television affiliate KOTV to discuss procedures to avoid business failures.
Panelist for Southwest Business Institute's "Grow Oklahoma" Seminar on successful start-up business ventures.
Joint sponsor and speaker with the Enterprise Development Center of the University of Tulsa at regional symposium on "Starting, Buying or Expanding a Business."

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS

Mr. Doverspike has represented a wide variety of industrial, commercial and service-oriented businesses including:

• World's largest publicly-traded international commercial and industrial heat treating, coating & materials testing company
• Steel manufacturing facility
• Hearing-aid manufacturer and distributor
• Sucker rod and industrial spring manufacturer
• Gas compressor manufacturing and fabrication facility
• Wireline and beveled pipe manufacturing plant
• Commercial truck body fabricator and engineering facility
• Aviation products design and fabrication operation
• Industrial Lighting Systems and commercial and theater lighting design and installation
• Block, sheave and hook manufacturer for the energy and construction industries
• Industrial heat exchanger design and manufacturer for refineries and commercial applications
• International bearings and seals manufacturer and distributor
• Chemical distribution company
• Medical goods and service industry businesses; regional re-insurance agencies
• National and State banking and finance institutions
• Real estate investors and investment entities in commercial, industrial and real estate transactions.
• Doctor Clinics
• Dentists
• Accounting Firms

CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS

Member, Tulsa Economic Development Commission
Secretary, Oklahoma Manufacturers Alliance (2006-Present)
Tulsa City Councilor - (1996-2000). Elected to Tulsa City Council - April 1, 1996 and re-elected in 1998. Represented 50,000 residents located in South Central Tulsa. Chair of the City Council (1998-1999)
General Counsel, Greater Tulsa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (2002-2006)
General Counsel, State Hispanic Chamber (2004-2006)
Tulsa Zoning Board of Adjustment - Chair and Board Member (1995)
Chair, Tulsa Metropolitan Citizens Crime Commission (1993-1996)
President, Southeast Tulsa Homeowners Association (1991)
President, Tulsa Summit Club (2000)
Chair, Mayor’s Task Force on Emergency Medical Services (1998)
Co-Trustee, Gelvin Foundation, a private nonprofit charitable organization (1996-present)
Professor, Tulsa Community College - Business Law (1979)