Richard M. Eldridge

918.388.5561

Richard M. Eldridge is a founding member of EldridgeCooperSteichen&Leach. He has more than 30 years of trial experience and was Special District Judge for Tulsa and Pawnee counties, as well as a judge for the Temporary Court of Appeals, and served as an adjunct settlement judge for Tulsa County. Richard also has served as Director at large of the Tulsa County Bar Association. He is a frequent presenter at national meetings on medical products liability.

Education:
  • Oklahoma State University (BA 1973)
  • University of Tulsa (JD 1975)
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Phi Delta Phi
  • Order of the Barristers
  • Order of the Curule Chair
  • Staff member, Tulsa Law Journal
Membership:
  • American Judicature Society
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the ABA
  • Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
  • American Bar Association
Practice Areas:
  • Civil Litigation
  • Products Liability
  • Medical Products Liability
Author:
  • “Is Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Eroding the Learned Intermediary Doctrine?,” 41 For the Defense 14 (No.12, Dec. 1999)
  • “Baker v. Arbor Drugs, Inc.: Pharmacists Beware of Voluntarily Assuming the Duty to Protect Against harmful Drug Interactions,” 141 J. Contemp. Health L. and Pol’y 41, (1997)

Rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell
Designated Oklahoma Super Lawyer