Gerald Hilsher

Boone, Smith, Davis, Hurst & Dickman, Tulsa, USA

Gerald L. Hilsher is a graduate from the University of Texas School of Law, and is licensed to practice law in both Oklahoma and Texas.  He was formerly an Assistant U.S. Attorney in charge of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (1982-85) and a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Law Enforcement for the U.S. Treasury (1987-89). His private practice has emphasized trial and appellate work, primarily in complex commercial litigation, business torts, product liability, personal injury, employment law, environmental law, and selective white-collar criminal defense. He has a wide breadth of litigation, having represented both plaintiffs and defendants, large companies and small, and individuals as clients.  Although he enjoys the battle in the courtroom, he also recognizes the cost of modern day litigation and has encouraged the use of alternative dispute resolution in appropriate cases.  Mr. Hilsher is an experienced mediator and has served as a federal Adjunct Settlement Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma since 1992.  He has also served as a Judge of the Temporary Court of Civil Appeals. Mr. Hilsher is admitted to practice in the state courts of Oklahoma and Texas, and in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Texas, the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Tenth Circuit and the D.C. Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.