H. Wayne Cooper

Wayne Cooper specializes in the sale and purchase of multi-million dollar companies, as well as public and private offerings for clients in a wide variety of industries. He works with clients in the areas of securities, corporate and partnership financing, franchising law, mergers and acquisitions and oil and gas. Wayne is a sought-after lecturer on the subject of limited liability companies, corporate finance and exemptions from registration. He has taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Tulsa College of Law and is the co-author of a widely used Oklahoma-based book, Business Organizations, Vernon's Oklahoma Forms 2d. Prior to law school, Wayne served four years in the United States Air Force as a development engineer and was discharged as a Captain in 1972. After law school, he served as law clerk for the Honorable William J. Holloway, Jr., Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Wayne started with the firm in 1976 and currently serves as leader of the Corporate/Securities practice group. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees H. Wayne Cooper included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Listed in Best Lawyers for Corporate, Acquisitions and Securities Law, 2003 - 2013 2012 Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year - Corporate Law Listed in Super lawyers for Securities and Corporate Law, 2006 - 2012 AV® Preeminent™ Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating Listed in Chambers USA List of Leading Lawyers for Business - Corporate/Commercial Other Sources of Feedback About H. Wayne Cooper Included on the 2025Oklahoma Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2024 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2023 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2022 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2021 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2020 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2019 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2018 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2017 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2016 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2015 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2014 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2013 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2012 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2011 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2010 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2009 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2008 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2007 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2006 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• Law Clerk for Hon. William J. Holloway, Jr., Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1975 - 1976
• United States Air Force, Development Engineer, 1968 - 1972

• Oklahoma, 1975
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma, 1976

• Oklahoma Bar Association, Business and Corporate Law Section (Past Chairman)
• Tulsa County Bar Association, Corporate Counsel Section (Past Chairman)