Steven K. Balman practices in the area of business litigation on both the trial and appellate level. A graduate of Harvard and the University of Texas School of Law, Balman has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tulsa College of Law since 1991, teaching evidence, pretrial litigation and appellate advocacy. He is a member of the American Law Institute. Mr. Balman is also experienced in probate and estate litigation, especially those cases involving contested Wills and Trusts.

Practice Areas:

• Business Litigation
• Securities Litigation
• Appellate Practice

Professional Associations:

• Elected Member, American Law Institute, 1999
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• Member, Tulsa County Bar Association
• Member, Oklahoma Bar Association
• Supreme Court Historical Society (State Membership Chairman, 1992 – 1993)

Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Experience:

• Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, Temporary Div. , Panel LXI, 1992 – 1993
• Adjunct Settlement Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma, 1998 – present

Education and Honors:

• Harvard University (A.B. cum laude, 1978)
• University of Texas (J.D. with honors, 1981)

Bar Admissions:

• Oklahoma
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• United States District Courts – Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma

Publications:

• Constitutional Irony: Gonzales v. Raich, Federalism and Congressional Regulation of Intrastate Activities Under the Commerce Clause, 41 Tulsa L. Rev. 125 (2005)
• Bush v. Gore – A Response To Dean Belsky, 37 Tulsa L. Rev. 777 (2002) Appellate Advocacy, Oklahoma Bar Association – Continuing Legal Education Publication No. 463 (Fall 1992)
• Regulation D: Revised Federal Rules for Limited & Private Offerings of Securities, 53 Okla. B.J. 810 (1982) (with Lynnwood R. Moore, Jr.)
• Book Review, The Brandeis/Frankfurter Connection by Bruce Allen Murphy, 17 Tulsa L. J. 811 (1982)
• Note, Delaware v. Prouse, 7 Am.J.Crim.L. 395 (1979)

Honors and Awards:

• Master Emeritus, Hudson-Hall Wheaton Chapter, American Inns of Court
• Adjunct Professor, University of Tulsa College of Law (Evidence, Corporations, Pretrial Litigation, Appellate Advocacy) (1991 – present)
• Tulsa County Bar association Golden Rule Recipient 1997
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation 2003
• OBA Earl Sneed Award for Continuing Legal Education 1998
• President’s Award for the Tulsa County Bar Association 1997,2000,2001, and 2002
• President’s Award of the Hudson-Hall-Wheaton Chapter of the American Inns of Court 1996

Community/Civic/Volunteer Work:

• Leadership Tulsa, Class 36 (2006 – 2007)
• Member, Board of Directors, Tulsa Opera, Inc. (2006 – 2007)
• General Counsel for the Tulsa Opera Board (2008 – 2009)
• President’s Short List, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2005)
• 2009 Recipient, Thomas R. Brett Award of the Hudson-Hall-Wheaton Chapter of the American Inns of Court

Noteworthy Cases:

• In re Estate of Wellshear, 142 P.3d 994 (Okla.Civ.App. 90 (2006)
• Sharp v. 251st Street Landfill, Inc., 925 P.2d 546 (Okla. 1996)
• In re Ozey, 172 B.R. 83 (N.D. Bkrcy. 1994)
• I. C. Gas Amcana, Inc. v. J. R. Hood, 855 P.2d 597 (Okla. 1992)
• Cities Service Co. v. Gulf Oil Corp., 797 P.2d 1009 (Okla.Civ.App. 1990)