MAHAFFEY & GORE, P.C. - Key Persons
Bruce Rooker graduated in the top 10% of his law class at University of Oklahoma in 1979, Bruce began his law practice at one of the largest law firms in Oklahoma where he eventually decided to specialize in oil and gas law. He joined Mahaffey & Gore, P.C. because he felt that they serve this area of the law with expertise unmatched in firms which have a broader focus. Bruce and his wife, Becky, are the proud parents of two adult children, Suzanne and Caroline.
Bruce concentrates his practice in the areas of Oil and Gas Acquisitions and Transactions, Title Examination, Oil and Gas Law, Contracts Law, and Real Estate Law. Bruce now of counsel, spent 40 years practicing law in Oklahoma City, 32 of them as a shareholder with Mahaffey & Gore, P.C.
Matt is a Shareholder whose practice focuses on oil and gas related matters, environmental issues, and all areas of energy and natural resources. As an Shareholder with the firm, Matt represents producers, operators, royalty owners, landowners and additional parties in a wide range of oil and gas issues.
John Berry is a litigation attorney focusing on oil and gas-related matters, environmental issues, real property disputes, and general litigation before state and federal courts. As an associate attorney with the firm, John represents producers, operators, working interest owners, mineral owners, landowners, and additional parties in a wide range of oil and gas issues.
John graduated summa cum laude from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2024, ranking in the top 5 of his graduating class. While attending law school, John earned the CALI Award for the highest grade in a law school course in Oil & Gas Law, Oil & Gas Regulation, Secured Transactions, Trial Practice, Civil Practice & Procedure, Evidence, and Legal Research & Writing. John served as staff editor of the Oklahoma City University Law Review, competed on the ABA Appellate Advocacy Moot Court team, and was treasurer for the Energy Law Association. John was awarded the Judge Alfred P. Murrah Sr. Outstanding Academic Performance Award and the Charles Nesbitt Energy Law Award for these academic achievements.
John and his wife currently reside in Oklahoma City.
Kale is an associate attorney at the firm with a focus on oil and gas litigation. He represents landowners, mineral owners, operators, working interest owners, and additional parties in a wide range of oil and gas related issues.
Lauren Brown is a litigation attorney whose practice focuses on oil and gas related matters and general litigation before state and federal courts. Lauren represents operators, working interest owners, mineral owners, landowners, and additional parties in a range of oil and gas matters. Lauren also routinely advises clients regarding oil and gas and real estate transactions.
Lauren is an Oklahoma native and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Oklahoma with a major in Letters with a focus in Constitutional Studies in 2019. She then went on to achieve her Juris Doctor with Highest Honors from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2022, graduating at the Top 5% of her class and being named to Order of the Coif and Order of the Barristers.
While pursuing her Juris Doctor, she served as assistant managing editor and judicial committee member of the Oklahoma Law Review, competed on the Chicago Bar and ABA Appellate Advocacy Moot Court teams, and received four American Jurisprudence Awards. Lauren and her husband currently reside in Norman, Oklahoma with their two dogs.
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- Soccer Association, past Coach & Board Member, 1988 to 2002