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 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 (including 150+ jury trials) 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 and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Metro Christian Academy. 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:
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
- American Judicature Society
- Defense Research Institute
- Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the ABA
- Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
- Product Liability Defense Alliance
- Life Science Defense Alliance
- 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)
- The Restatement Sections Specifically Applicable to Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Cases in State Court: A 50-State Survey, A Report of the Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices and Biologicals Subcommittee of the Product Liability Committee, ABA, Section of Litigation, (2003) (Author of Oklahoma Chapter)
Rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell
Designated Oklahoma Super Lawyer
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