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John C. Niemeyer

The firm's senior partner, John C. Niemeyer has over forty years of experience in trial practice. He has tried hundreds of cases to jury verdict in both state and federal courts across the country, including trials in Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Nevada, as well as in Oklahoma.

John C. Niemeyer earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas A. & M. in 1957, where he was a member of the Corp of Cadets.

After serving his country in the Army, he attended Southern Methodist University, where he earned his Juris Doctorate in 1962.

Mr. Niemeyer was admitted, on examination, in both Texas and Oklahoma in 1962. He has been a member of the bar of Texas and Oklahoma since his admission to practice in those states.

From 1962 to 1984, he practiced law in the firm of Foliart, Mills & Niemeyer in Oklahoma City. In 1984 Mr. Niemeyer founded the firm, which has been in existence in Oklahoma City for over twenty years.

In addition to his admission to the bars of Oklahoma and Texas, Mr. Niemeyer is a member of the bar of the Muscogee (Creek) Tribal Court. He is a member of the bars of the United States Supreme Court, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is licensed to practice before the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of Oklahoma, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and the District of Colorado.

He is a member of the Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations, the State Bar of Texas, the Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

In conjunction with his partner, Mr. Niemeyer is author of the Oklahoma Chapters of the Aspen Publications' Tort Law Desk Reference and Product Liability Desk Reference. Mr. Niemeyer serves as regional counsel for Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire LLC, and is a member of the Regional Trial Counsel Network, a network of separate and independent law firms located in key geographic regions throughout the United States.