Kerri E. Kobbeman
Overview
Kerri Kobbeman helps employers and businesses navigate workplace challenges, disputes, and corporate matters so they can manage risk, maintain compliance, and achieve their operational objectives.
A significant portion of Kerri’s practice focuses on labor and employment law. She represents employers in wrongful discharge, discrimination, retaliation, and wage and hour matters and has defended clients in class, collective, and individual employment actions. Her experience also includes enforcing employment-related contractual obligations and representing employers in administrative proceedings before federal and state agencies. By combining litigation experience with practical workplace counseling, Kerri helps clients address employment issues efficiently and effectively.
Beyond her employment practice, Kerri handles a broad range of commercial litigation matters. Her experience includes products liability disputes, commercial litigation, and federal and state energy regulatory proceedings. She works closely with clients to develop strategies tailored to their business objectives while navigating complex legal and regulatory challenges.
Kerri also advises clients on corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, tender offers, corporate governance, contract drafting, and contract negotiation. This multidisciplinary experience allows her to provide comprehensive counsel on both litigation and business matters.
Credentials
Education
- University of Arkansas, 2005 (J.D.), summa cum laude
- McPherson College, 1997 (B.S.)
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 2008
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, 2008
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, 2005
- Best Lawyers in America, 2018-2026
- Oklahoma Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, 2025-present
- “Hook, Line and Sinker: How Congress Swallowed the Domestic Catfish Industry’s Narrow Definition of This Ubiquitous Bottomfeeder,” 57 Arkansas Law Review 407, 2004