Emmanuel E. Edem is a partner in the Oklahoma City law firm of Norman & Edem, PLLC. He earned a juris doctor degree in 1982 from Oklahoma City University.
During law school, Mr. Edem was the case comment editor of the Oklahoma City University Law Review and a member of the National Moot Court Team. He received the Duane Box Faculty Award for his outstanding work as a student advocate.
In 1989, Oklahoma City University recognized Mr. Edem as a Distinguished Law Alumnus. In 1998, the university conferred on him an honorary doctor of laws degree. He currently serves as a member of the university's board of trustees and chair of the law school's executive board.
Mr. Edem has provided extensive service to the legal profession. In 1995, he served as president of the
Oklahoma Association For Justice (formerly
known as the Oklahoma Trial Lawyers
Association). From 1996 to 2000, he chaired the Oklahoma Bar Association Committee on Law Schools. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and a Master of the William J. Holloway, Jr. American Inn of Court. He serves on the Oklahoma Supreme Court Standing Committee on Uniform Jury Instructions. In 1997, he was named an Oklahoma Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Mr. Edem is a sustaining member of the
American Association For Justice (formerly
known as the Association Of Trial Lawyers Of
America) and has served as a faculty member at the National College of Advocacy and the Ultimate Trial College at Harvard Law School . He has also taught as an adjunct professor at Oklahoma City University School of Law. He is a past president of the Civil Justice Foundation and a trustee of the Roscoe Pound Foundation.
In 1998, Mr. Edem was one of the few lawyers in the United States selected to participate in the American Bar Association's Presidential Showcase Program, the "The Trial of the Century-The Sinking of the Titanic," which took place at the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association in Toronto , Ontario , Canada.
Mr. Edem has been listed as an Oklahoma "Super
Lawyer" every year since the inception
of the ranking. He is also rated AV - the
highest rating of a lawyer given by the peer
reviewed
Martindale reviewing system.
Mr. Edem's practice is limited to serious
personal injury and wrongful death cases,
products liability, medical malpractice and
general civil litigation. Mr. Edem is also
involved, on a national basis, in cases arising
out of the sub prime mortgage crisis, and the
securitization of mortgage loans by the
financial industry.
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Memberships: |
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (Chair,
Law Schools Committee, 1996-2001) and
American Bar Associations; National Bar
Association; Oklahoma City Association
of Black Lawyers; Oklahoma Trial Lawyers
Association (President, 1995); The
American Association for Justice (State
Delegate, 1987-1992; Chair, 1988-1993,
Awards Committee; Faculty Member and
Diplomate, National College of Advocacy,
1986—; President, Civil Justice
Foundation 1998-1999); American Inn of
Court CV (Master of the Bench, 1989—);
American Board of Trial Advocates.
Fellow: Oklahoma Life Fellow of the
American Bar Foundation. |
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Biography: |
Phi Alpha Delta. Chairman, Moot
Court Board. Member, Order of the
Barristers. Outstanding Alumnus, 1989.
Case Comment Editor, Oklahoma City
University Law Review, 1981-1982.
Author: "Alimony for Men: The Thrust of
Recent Decisions of the Supreme Court of
the United States," Oklahoma City
University Law Review, Vol. 6:2, 1981;
"Direct Examination of Expert
Witnesses," Excellence in Advocacy, ATLA
Press, 1992. OCU Adjunct Professor of
Trial Practice, 1986—. Member: Uniform
Jury Instruction Committee, Oklahoma
Supreme Court, 1991-1996. Trustee,
Oklahoma City University, 2000.
Director, Appleseed Foundation, 2000. |
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Reported Cases: |
Beal v. McCann, 910 P.2d 1099
(Okla.Ct.App. 1995); Duane v. Oklahoma
Gas & Elec. Co., 833 P.2d 284 (Okla.
1992); Repp v. Anadarko Municipal
Hospital, 43 F.3d 519 (10th Cir. 1994);
Intercon, Inc. v. Bell Atlantic
Solutions, Inc., 205 F.3d. 1244 (10th
Cir. 2000); Dodoo v. Seagate Technology,
Inc. 235 F.3d 522 (10th Cir. 2000). |
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