THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL 92 | JANUARY 2026 ON THE MOVE Bench & Bar Briefs HOW TO PLACE AN ANNOUNCEMENT: The Oklahoma Bar Journal welcomes short articles or news items about OBA members and upcoming meetings. If you are an OBA member and you’ve moved, become a partner, hired an associate, taken on a partner, received a promotion or an award or given a talk or speech with statewide or national stature, we’d like to hear from you. Sections, committees and county bar associations are encouraged to submit short stories about upcoming or recent activities. Honors bestowed by other publications (e.g., Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, etc.) will not be accepted as announcements. (Oklahoma-based publications are the exception.) Information selected for publication is printed at no cost, subject to editing and printed as space permits. Submit news items to: Hailey Boyd Communications Dept. Oklahoma Bar Association 405-416-7033 barbriefs@okbar.org Articles for the March issue must be received by Feb. 1. Ron Shinn and Evan Edler have joined the Norman litigation firm of HB Law Partners PLLC. Mr. Shinn received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 2002. He has handled a wide variety of civil litigation matters, including closely held business disputes, complex contract disputes and business torts, conducted internal investigations, white-collar criminal defense and represented health care providers and hospitals against allegations arising under the qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act. His practice now also focuses on representing individuals in cases relating to employment matters, such as representing individuals who have been misclassified or paid incorrectly under wage and hour laws, wrongfully terminated, subjected to unlawful discrimination, harassed, retaliated against or otherwise mistreated in the workplace. Mr. Edler received his J.D. from the OU College of Law. He began his legal career working with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol as an assistant general counsel for the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety. His experience with DPS then led him to the Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General Litigation Division, where he worked on a wide variety of cases, including civil rights, personal injury, premises liability and worker rights. In that capacity, he handled matters in state and federal district courts, the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. He now handles disputes on behalf of individuals and businesses, including matters related to real estate and construction, personal injury, products liability, consumer fraud and wrongful death. Nathan A. Miramontes has joined the Tulsa office of GableGotwals as a litigation associate. His experience includes representing health care providers, insurers and public entities in complex medical malpractice, insurance defense and civil rights litigation. He previously served as an associate at a Tulsa law firm, handling all phases of litigation. Mr. Miramontes received his J.D. from the TU College of Law with honors and was inducted into the Order of Barristers. He received a CALI Excellence Award for secured transactions, was a quarterfinalist in the Brigadier General Wayne E. Alley 2023 Military Law Moot Court Competition and was selected for the American Association for Justice mock trial team. He also served as a staff editor for the ABA Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review and as vice president of the Tulsa Law Board of Advocates.
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