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Stephen Cortes is an Oklahoma City attorney with over 17 years of legal experience in both the public and private sectors.. Stephen is passionate about helping individuals, families, and business owners achieve peace of mind by developing and implementing creative cost effective plans tailored for each client. He believes that effective estate planning is critical to the financial and physical well-being of his clients. “I am grateful for the opportunity to be involved in the process,” he says.. As part of the estate planning process, Stephen prepares documents for clients and works to educate them on the importance of titling assets to ensure their estate planning documents work the way they intend. His goal is to make this process as accessible, efficient and streamlined as possible so that individuals are more motivated to develop and complete their plan, and families do not have to deal with the fallout from a lack of planning.. Stephen is an active member of WealthCounsel, a national community of top estate planning professionals committed to the highest standard of practice excellence.. With over 17 years of legal experience in the public and private sectors, Stephen has served in leadership roles as General Counsel for Governor Brad Henry, and Referee of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. He is a graduate of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Citizens’ Academy, a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, Oklahoma County Bar Association and is a Leadership Oklahoma Lifetime Member.. Stephen’s commitment to helping others includes volunteering and serving as a Board Member of the Oklahoma City Rescue Mission. In addition, he hosts an annual charity event that, over the last 10 years, has raised over $200,000 for children’s charities.

Our firm is about one thing – helping our clients make smart business decisions. We do this in two ways:1. Business Issues Cases where we help our clients with a present need to determine a cost-effective solution. They range from simple drafting of documents to combative litigation to negotiating a deal.2. Custom Legal Department Program where we proactively build a system to protect, improve and grow our client’s businesses. We serve as General Counsel and bring active legal and management help on a fixed fee basis.. Since entering private practice, I have garnered extensive litigation and business representation experience. I served as lead or co-counsel in litigation cases with recoveries in excess of $50 million including numerous jury trials and a substantial victory against the Bank of America. We also regularly represent clients in complex arbitrations. Our firm maintains a limited clientele of established clients and takes select clients as general counsel.. A native of Enid, Oklahoma, I hold a Bachelor’s Degree, Summa Cum Laude and with Distinction, from Cornell College. I received a Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma in 1993. At Cornell University, I earned a Master’s in Public Administration. Prior to starting in private practice in 1995 I worked for the US Department of Energy in Washington, DC.

I focus on complex business litigation.  My experience as a certified public accountant gives me the ability to quickly analyze business and financial cases.  I have successfully represented clients in actions against insurance companies, oil companies, stock brokers, governmental entities, and large corporations.  I have handled cases in Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, and Arizona.. I represented royalty owners in an action against Shell Oil Company that resulted in the largest punitive damage award sustained by the courts in Oklahoma.  The verdict is listed Lawyers USA “Top 10 Verdicts of 2008” as the 6th largest verdict in the United States.. I am recognized in Oklahoma Super Lawyers magazine which features the top 5% of Oklahoma attorneys.  I was named the Best Lawyer in Oklahoma City by Oklahoma Magazine (Best of the Best).  I have an “AV” Peer Review Rating in Martindale Hubbell, which is the highest rating that can be given.. If you have a case with which you need help, or just a question on the law, let me put my experience to work for you. Call me at Calvert Law Firm.

Experienced Litigation attorney serving clients in Saint Louis and surrounding areas.