Pam Anderson has been a practicing litigator for more than 25 years and has received an individual AV rating through Martindale-Hubbell. She has also been named a Best Lawyer in America in Oil & Gas Law, as well as an Oklahoma Super Lawyer in Energy & Natural Resources. Pam has also been named Best Lawyers' 2021 Tulsa Oil and Gas Law "Lawyer of the Year."
Further, Pam has garnered many significant results for clients, including:
- Part of plaintiff team in breach of contract/merger case responsible for winning $1 billion verdict.
- Part of defense team responsible for Oklahoma Court of Appeals Opinion, in a case of first impression, holding that owners of statutory 1/8th royalty interest under a force pooling order were required to bear their share of post-production costs.
Education
- University of Tulsa College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1985)
- University of Tulsa (B.A. in Psychology, magna cum laude, 1982)
Admissions
- Oklahoma - 1986
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma
- United States District Court for the District of Colorado
- Oklahoma Supreme Court
Legal Experience
- 2002 - Present Hall Estill
- 1985 - 2001 Gable & Gotwals
Professional Involvement
- American Bar Association
- Oklahoma Bar Association
- Budget Director, OBA Mineral Law Section, 2008-2009
- Treasurer, OBA Mineral Law Section, 2009-2010
- Secretary, OBA Mineral Law Section, 2010-2011
- Vice-Chair, OBA Mineral Law Section, 2011-2012
- Chairperson, OBA Mineral Law Section, 2012-2013
- Immediate Past Chairperson, OBA Mineral Law Section, 2013-2014
- Tulsa County Bar Association, Fellow
- Tulsa County Bar Association Grievance and Fee Arbitration Committees
- Member, The University of Tulsa College of Law Board of Visitors, Sustainable Energy & Resources Law (SERL) Program, 2013 to present
- Master of the Bar, Council Oak/Johnson Sontag Inns of Court
- Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
Community Involvement
- Former Member, Tulsa School of Arts & Sciences Board of Trustees
- Former Advisory Board Member, Louder Than A Bomb - Oklahoma
- Former Vice-President, Board of Directors, Openarms Youth Project
- Board Member, American Red Cross, Tulsa Chapter, 2008-2009
- Director, University of Tulsa College of Law Alumni Association, 2007-2008
- Tulsa Volunteer Lawyers
- Neighbor for Neighbor
- Former Director, The Summit Club
Teaching/Lecture Experience
- Author, "Gender-Based Determination of Retirement Benefits: Arizona v. Norris", 19 Tulsa Law Journal 755 (1984)
- Co-author, "Division of The Goodwill of a Medical Practice as a Marital Asset after Mocnik v. Mocnik", 63 Oklahoma Bar Journal 3851 (1992)
- Presenter, 2017 Eugene Kuntz Conference on Natural Resources Law & Policy, "Update on Oklahoma Oil & Gas Royalty Litigation." (November 2017)
