Jay P. Walters

Shareholder/Director
Oklahoma City Office
Chase Tower
100 N. Broadway, Suite 1700
Oklahoma City, OK 73102-8820
T 405-232-0621
F 405-232-9659
jwalters@fellerssnider.com
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Civil Trial Practice

Jay Walters is a trial lawyer whose practice spans a broad range of businesses and personal disputes, including business and personal torts, securities fraud, class actions, antitrust, shareholder derivative suits, insurance coverage and bad faith cases, intellectual property, communications law, and products liability. More recently, Mr. Walters has litigated matters on behalf of a number of Indian tribes regarding gaming and membership issues.

Mr. Walters has served as lead counsel in jury and non-jury trials as well as arbitrations. He has litigated cases in federal and state courts throughout the United States, and is admitted to the Oklahoma, Virginia, and District of Columbia bar associations as well as to all Federal Courts in Oklahoma, the District of Columbia, and the Eastern District of Virginia.

Appellate Practice

Mr. Walters also has extensive experience before federal and state appellate courts. He has successfully represented an inventor before the United States Supreme Court obtaining the reversal of a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the reinstatement of a $20 million verdict. He has also successfully represented clients before the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth and D.C. Circuits and all Oklahoma appellate courts. In February of 2008, Mr. Walters obtained the reversal of a multi-million dollar verdict in a published oil and gas case of first impression before the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. Mr. Walters serves on the Board of the Appellate Practice Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association.

White Collar and Regulatory Practice

In addition to civil litigation, Mr. Walters has successfully represented individuals and corporations in government investigations and inquiries by professional governing bodies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, FINRA (f/k/a NASD), Federal Communications Commission, and Federal Grand Juries. Mr. Walters assisted Special Prosecutor Burck Bailey in the impeachment and preparation for trial in the Oklahoma Senate of former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher. Mr. Walters has also successfully represented individuals before professional licensing boards, including the Oklahoma Bar Association and the Oklahoma Board of Osteopathic Examiners.