Andrew R. Turner
Overview
Andy Turner helps creditors, businesses, trustees, and other stakeholders navigate bankruptcy proceedings, creditors’ rights matters, and commercial disputes so they can protect their financial interests and achieve practical solutions to all types of associated legal matters.
For more than 30 years, Andy has represented clients in complex commercial bankruptcy matters across a variety of industries, including energy, real estate, telecommunications, health care, and transportation. His experience includes representing secured and unsecured creditors, debtors in possession, trustees, committees, and committee members in insolvency and restructuring proceedings. Clients rely on his strategic guidance to address financial challenges, preserve assets, and maximize recovery opportunities.
Beyond his bankruptcy practice, Andy handles a broad range of commercial disputes involving contract claims, commercial collections, creditors’ rights, commercial fraud, embezzlement, construction liens, oil and gas liens, and related business matters. His experience in both litigation and insolvency proceedings allows him to develop practical strategies tailored to each client’s legal and financial objectives.
Credentials
Education
- Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1981 (J.D.), cum laude
- The University of Oklahoma, 1978 (B.A.), with highest honors
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1990
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1992
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1996
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1981
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1996
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1981
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1983
- U.S. District for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1996
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, 1996
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 2010
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, 2009
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 2010
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, 2010
- University of Tulsa, Adjunct Professor of Law, 1988
- Parent Child Center of Tulsa, Board Member Emeritus, 1982-present; President, 1989, 1995
- Society for Welfare of Abused Children, Guardian Angel, 1996
- Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, 2007-2026
- Lawyer of the Year, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization, 2018; Litigation – Bankruptcy, 2020
- Oklahoma Super Lawyers, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights; Business Litigation; Construction/Surety
- American Board of Certification, Board of Directors, 2015-present
- Oklahoma Bar Association, Board of Governors; Bankruptcy Section, Chairman,1997-1998, 2017-2018
- Tulsa County Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, Chair, 1989-1990
- American Bar Association, Litigation; Construction Law Forum
- American Bankruptcy Institute