Larry
Lahman was born in Carmen, Oklahoma, on October 24, 1943. He attended
Northwestern Oklahoma State University receiving a Bachelor of Science
in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics in 1965.
Larry
subsequently attended graduate school at Oklahoma State University as
well as the University of Maryland, North Carolina State University,
Central Oklahoma State University and Phillips University. He also
received a Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of Oklahoma
College of Law in 1973.
Larry is admitted to practice before all
state courts, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court
of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, the United States Court of Military
Appeals and the United States District Court for the Western and
Northern Districts of Oklahoma. He has served as a member of the
Garfield County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations, the Phi Alpha
Delta Legal Fraternity and Blue Key Honorary Fraternity.
Larry
was a parachutist and infantry officer with the U.S. Army Special
Forces – the Green Berets – in Vietnam and Cambodia and retired as a
Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves. He holds a Combat
Infantryman's Badge, a Bronze Star and other decorations and awards for
his military service.
Larry served as President of the
Garfield County Bar Association, President of the Enid Lions Club,
Chairman of the Enid Salvation Army Advisory Board, Republican County
Chairman and Presidential Elector for Reagan in 1984.
He has a
unique and widely varied practice representing individuals in the
bankruptcy court, against large corporations in class actions and in
litigation involving State and Federal False Claims Acts. Larry is an
inventor holding
United States Patent 6,550,491 issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Larry
has written numerous articles for the Oklahoma Bar Journal and often
lectures and provides Continuing Legal Education for other lawyers. His
most recent publication was entitled:
"Bad Mules: A Primer on the Federal False Claims Law" and appeared in the April 2005 issue of the
Oklahoma Bar Journal. A copy of this article in PDF is available for download by
clicking here. A more current and
expanded version of Larry's "Mules" article is also available on this website.
Other publications include
"Lilliputian Estates: The Transfer of Minuscule Assets" in the October 28, 1995, issue of the
Oklahoma Bar Journal and
"Bankruptcy: Chapter 7 Plus Chapter 12 Equals Chapter 19" in the July 25, 1987, issue of the
Oklahoma Bar Journal.
Contact:
You may contact Larry as follows:
Larry D. Lahman
Mitchell & DeClerck, PLLC
202 West Broadway Avenue
Enid, Oklahoma 73701
larry.lahman@sbcglobal.net email
580.234.5144 Office Telephone
580.747.3114 Cellular Telephone
580.234.8890 Office Fascimilie