P. Gae Widdows

Practice Areas

All areas that involve families:
Divorce, Custody, Paternity, Adoptions, Guardianships, Child Support Enforcement, Mediations, Collaborative Divorce, Probate, Trusts and Trust Litigation and Will contests.

Education

University of Tulsa College of Law, J.D. (1979);
Dean’s Honor Roll
Queens College, University of Cambridge, England;
University of Arkansas, BSBA Accounting (1976)
President’s Honor Roll and Dean’s Honor Roll

Honors & Achievements

TCBA Award for Community Service
Featured in Tulsa World August 30, 1998 “A Neutral Ground”
CBS “48 Hours” “Surviving Divorce” mediated domestic divorce litigation (aired December 1998)
Presenter at Health and Welfare Plan Management Conference
“Alternative Dispute Resolution – How to Get Litigation Expense Out of Your Budget”.

Published Cases

Westinghouse Electric Corporation vs. Grand River Dam Authority and Brown Boveri, 720 P.2d 713 (Okla., 1986);
Leroy vs. City of Coffeyville, 671 F. Supp. 23 (D. Kan., 1987);
Leroy vs. Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co., 695 F. Supp. 1120 (D. Kan., 1988);
In Re: Wise Transportation, Inc., 148 B.R.52 (Bankr. N.D. Okla., 1992);
In Re: Jacobs, 149 B.R. 983 (Bankr, N.D. Okla., 1993);
First National Bank and Trust Co. of Vinita vs. Kissee, 859 P.2d 502 (Okla., 1993);
In Re: Huddleston, 157 B.R. 35 (Bankr. N.D. Okla., 1993);
Pruitt vs. State ex rel. Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, Board of Review, 918 P.2d 80 (Okla. App. Div 4, 1996);
In re Entrecap Intern., 232 B.R. 907, Bankr. E.D. Tex., 1999);
Arehart vs. Arehart, 128 P.3d 1116 (Okla. Civ. App., 2005);
Clark vs. Edens, 254 P.3d 672 (Okla., 2011);
King vs. King, 2016 OK CIV APP 31

Bar Memberships

Phi Delta Phi; Oklahoma Bar Association; Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee (Founding Member); Tulsa County Bar Association; Family Law Committee; Estate Planning; Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee; Oklahoma Academy of Collaborative Professionals

Bar Admissions

Oklahoma Bar Association (1979);
U.S. District Court of Oklahoma;
Northern, Eastern and Western Districts
U.S. Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit

Fun Fact

Gae is also a gourmet chef and enjoys cooking creative culinary treats for her family and friends.