Family Law

• Child Support
  When a police officer violates a citizen’s civil rights – whether by using too much force, making a false arrest or detention, illegally searching a citizen’s person, home, car or otherwise – a similar public trust is violated. Nonetheless, an argument rages in our country over whether law enforcement is as capable of misconduct as are the rest of us. Many members of our society simply cannot come to terms with the idea that law enforcement officers labor under the same pressures – mortgage payments, child support, job-related stressors, etc. – as do the rest of us and therefore are just as vulnerable to wrongdoing. A cop appears on the witness stand with a badge, a gun and a uniform and jurors instinctively need to trust her….and the culture of unchecked wrongdoing grows.
• Child Abuse

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Browse our library of unofficial descriptions of criminal defense cases, civil rights, and civil law issues as well as links to official online sheets for many cases in both Texas and Oklahoma. In some cases, we have also linked to newspaper stories and other relevant information to give you a more complete understanding. BROWSE CASE RESULTS
• Sex Crimes
  Have a look at the 47th President of the United States on the issue, expressly urging we abandon due process for men accused of sexual assault. No matter he deftly swept away similar allegations against himself – here’s a public policy maker who can redirect the law with the stroke of a pen. Or, try this one on for size: “Oh man it’s kind of sick how much joy I get out of being cruel to old white men.” No, it’s not your imagination.  Yes, this environment is our lot
• White Collar Crimes
  Defending a white-collar crime to a jury is a difficult proposition: your “peers” in the jury box will include at least a few who have never worked in a corporation, never dealt with large sums of money, and labor to understand the more technical aspects of the allegations.  They may resent a well-heeled, well-educated defendant who is even accused of wrong-doing. They may simply have no experience in the world of big-business and only know it seems like a world populated by people who think they are better: you need a trial lawyer who can defuse the instinctive resentment of the people who will determine your fate.
• Misdemeanors
  He established The Haslam Law Firm, PLLC in 2000 to refocus his practice in litigation. From 2007 to 2011, Haslam was the public defender in three SE Oklahoma counties, personally defending in excess of 500 felonies and 400 misdemeanors. He has served as Chancellor for the Diocese of the Southwestern States [the Anglican Church] and board member of Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men and Women, a national organization that assists people in abusive relationships and rejects the myth that these relationships more often afflict women than men.
• Drug Crimes
• Assault
• Murder
  People in positions of great trust violate that trust daily. Mothers murder their own children. Congressmen commit sexual improprieties. Doctors commit malpractice. Priests sexually abuse children. Teachers have sexually inappropriate relations with their students. Law enforcement officers are no different – and The Haslam Law Firm can make them accountable to their victims. Read More

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Transactions
  Haslam began his legal career at Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison and Lewis, one of Oklahoma’s largest law firms, where his work focused on business transactions for large corporate and government clients.

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  The Haslam Law Firm handles civil litigation, personal injury claims in Texas and Oklahoma that can include everything from dog bites to trucking accidents. The Firm also handles Workers Compensation litigation, but only in Oklahoma – the law in Oklahoma is much more favorable.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  For example, we represented an Oklahoma truck driver in 2010 who was injured when the company truck he was driving was hit by the truck of another company. Initially, the case was pursued as a strictly worker’s comp case because the client was injured on the job. We obtained workers’ comp benefits for his medical treatment, lost wages and permanent disability. But on further investigation, we learned the company that owned the truck that injured our client was carrying a $1,000,000 liability policy. After lengthy pretrial litigation, the insurance carrier for the at-fault company settled my client’s personal injury claim for the $1,000,000 policy limit – and that’s in addition to the workers’ comp benefits!
• Dog Bites
  The Haslam Law Firm handles personal injury claims in Texas and Oklahoma that can include everything from dog bites to trucking accidents. Read More

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy