Okla. Stat. tit. 85A, § 85A-83

A. 1. Every claim, request for benefits, controversion of

benefits, request for a hearing, pleading, motion, and other paper

of a party represented by an attorney shall be signed by at least

one attorney of record in his or her individual name, whose address

shall be stated. A party who is not represented by an attorney

shall sign his or her claim, request for benefits, request for

additional benefits, controversion of benefits, request for a

hearing, pleading, motion, or other paper, and state his or her

address.

2. The signature of an attorney or party constitutes a

certificate by him or her that:

a. he or she has read the claim, request for benefits,

request for additional benefits, controversion of

benefits, request for a hearing, pleading, motion, or

other paper,

b. to the best of his or her knowledge, information, and

belief formed after reasonable inquiry, it is well

grounded in fact and is warranted by existing law or a

good-faith argument for the extension, modification,

or reversal of existing law, and

c. it is not brought for any improper purpose, such as to

harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless

increase in the cost of litigation.

3. If a claim, request for benefits, request for additional

benefits, controversion of benefits, request for a hearing,

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pleading, motion, or other paper is not signed, it shall be stricken

unless it is signed promptly after the omission is called to the

attention of the pleader or movant.

4. If a claim, request for benefits, controversion of benefits,

request for a hearing, pleading, motion, or other paper is signed in

violation of this act, the Commission, including administrative law

judges, on motion or on their own initiative, shall impose on the

signatory, a represented party, or both, an appropriate sanction,

which may include a judgment to pay to the other party or parties

the amount of reasonable expenses incurred because of the filing of

a claim, request for benefits, request for additional benefits,

controversion of benefits, request for a hearing, pleading, motion,

or other paper, including a reasonable attorney fee.

B. Appropriate sanctions, including the amount of reasonable

expenses and attorney fees, may also be imposed against a party or

its attorney who, without good cause shown, fails to appear for a

hearing, deposition, or any other matter scheduled by the Commission

or administrative law judge, or who frivolously joins another party.