MICHAEL R. FORD

Director

Location: Oklahoma City Office

Phone: (405) 232-0621
Email: mford@fellerssnider.com

Mr. Ford's practice encompasses real estate, taxation, banking law, commercial law, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, estate planning and securities registration.

EDUCATION:
Northwestern University (B.A., 1967); University of Oklahoma (J.D. 1970); George Washington University National Law Center (LL.M. in Taxation, 1974). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Article and Book Review Editor, Oklahoma Law Review, 1969 - 1970.

BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS:
Admitted to Bar, 1970, Oklahoma.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Bar Association, Chairman, Closely-Held Businesses Committee, ABA Section of Taxation, Oklahoma Bar Association, Past Chairman OBA Section of Taxation, Fellow: Oklahoma Bar Foundation. Member: American Law Institute; Oklahoma County Bar Association, Member of International Council of Shopping Centers.

LISTINGS:
Mr. Ford was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty areas of Corporate Law, and Mergers & Acquisitions Law.

Oklahoma Super Lawyers 2006

Author:
"Estate Planning for Oil and Gas Interests," Oil and Gas Taxes Natural Resources, Prentice-Hall (1982); "The Whys and Wherefores of Revocable Trusts," Successful Estate Planning Ideas and Methods Service, Prentice-Hall (October/November 1983); "Choice of Entity for Oil and Gas Activities Under the Tax Reform Act of 1986," Oil and Gas Taxes Natural Resources, Prentice-Hall (1988).