Graydon Dean Luthey Jr.
GableGotwals
Dean Luthey is a shareholder in the Tulsa office of GableGotwals. He is a 40-year litigator who has been recognized repeatedly by his peers and clients for his litigation experience including in commercial and Native American law.
He has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, various federal circuits, multiple state appellate courts, and has handled matters in federal and state trial courts and agencies across the country. Among his clients have been major energy companies, Fortune 500 companies, Indian tribes and their leaders, national churches, state and local governmental entities, insurance companies, Big 4 accounting firms, law firms, and health care providers. Dean served for over a decade as general counsel of the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association.
Dean has served in many law leadership roles. He was presiding judge of a temporary division of the Oklahoma Court of Appeals; president of a Tulsa American Inn of Court; president of the Federal Bar Association Chapter of Northeastern Oklahoma; served for 10 years as one of the 12 members of the American Bar Foundation National Fellows Research Advisory Committee; and presents often to the annual Oklahoma appellate judicial conference where the audience is limited to appellate judges, trial judges, and their law clerks. He has lectured at the American Bar Association's annual meeting; meetings of the International Masters of Gaming Law; and seminars throughout Oklahoma. He became an adjunct professor of law at The University of Tulsa In 1986.
In addition to being named in Martindale-Hubbell, Benchmark Litigation, Chambers USA, Best Lawyer in America, and Super Lawyers, he was selected by the American Bar Foundation as the Outstanding State Chair for the Fellows of the ABA, of which he is a life Fellow. Further, in 2011 he was presented with a Leadership Law award from the Oklahoma Bar Association and the Journal Record, as well as named to the inaugural "Men of Distinction" list published by the Tulsa Business Journal.
Dean has had extensive involvement with the Tulsa area community and beyond including Chairman of Oklahoma Futures (the State of Oklahoma economic development board); Chairman of the State of Oklahoma University Hospitals Authority; Chairman of the City of Tulsa revenue bond issuing Authority; Gilcrease Museum National Advisory Board; Tulsa Area United Way Board of Directors; University of Oklahoma College of Arts & Sciences Board of Visitors; OU/Tulsa President's Advisory Council; Tulsa Ballet Executive Committee and Board; the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, Texas; Executive Committee and Board of Trustees, the Oklahoma Center for Community Justice Executive Committee; NatureWorks Board of Directors; Trustee of St. Simeon's Home and its Foundation; and for 16 years Chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma.
