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Hall Estill company history timeline

1966

1966 Founded as oil & gas firm in Tulsa with 3 attorneys, including Walter Hall

1967

1967 John Estill and James Hardwick join firm

1968

1968 Thomas Gable and Thomas Golden join firm

1976

In 1976, the firm elects its first Board of Directors and Managing Partner.

1977

1977 Washington, D.C. office opens

1986

Hall Estill opened its second office in 1986 in Oklahoma City.

1987

1987 Oklahoma City office opens

1989

1989 Acquisition of Watson McKenzie law firm in Oklahoma City

1996

In 1996, Hall Estill partner Judith Colbert became the first minority woman partner of a large law firm in Oklahoma history.

1997

1997 Fayetteville, Arkansas office opens 20 06

2003

2003 Firm has 85 attorneys firm wide

2006

2006 Acquisition of Nichols Wolfe law firm in Tulsa

2010

2010 Expands Intellectual Property practice in Oklahoma City with addition of 5 attorneys

2010 Acquisition of Cooper Newsome law firm in Tulsa

In 2010, Hall Estill attorneys successfully defended noted author John Grisham in claims arising from his book The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town, later turned into a Netflix documentary series.

2015

2015 Bentonville, Arkansas office opens 20 16

2016

2016 Firm celebrates 50 year anniversary

2016 Denver and Portland offices open 20 17

2017

2017 Firm has over 130 attorneys firm wide

In 2017, political scientist Adam Feldman identified Hall Estill as one of the four law firms that had appeared most frequently in front of recently-appointed United States Supreme Justice Neil Gorsuch during his time on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

2018

In 2018, Tulsa corporate and litigation law firm Newton, O'Connor, Turner & Ketchum merged with the larger Hall Estill.

2020

2020 Hall Estill Tulsa Attorney confirmed as United States District Judge for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma

2021

2021 Hall Estill Tulsa breaks ground on new offices in Tulsa’s Blue Dome district

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