Robert McCampbell is a shareholder in the Oklahoma City office of GableGotwals. A former United States Attorney, Robert brings more than 30 years of diverse experience to his practice. Alternating between private and government practice, he has been an active force in the Oklahoma City legal community. Robert has been recognized multiple times as a Local Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation, Lawyer of the Year by U.S. News and World Reports/Best Lawyers, and Top 50 in Oklahoma by Oklahoma Super Lawyers. He was also featured in an article in Super Lawyers Oklahoma, “Justice Shall be Done: The Cases Robert McCampbell worked as U.S. Attorney,” by Steph Weber (2022).
Prior to his four-year term as United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, Robert was an Assistant U.S. Attorney, where he served as chief of the office’s financial fraud unit. As an active courtroom prosecutor, he successfully tried numerous cases, including trials for securities fraud, bank fraud, illegal internet drug prescribing, homicide, and child prostitution.
Robert’s private practice clients have included numerous public officials and entities, including three Governors, the House of Representatives, the Oklahoma Senate, the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. He is an experienced civil trial lawyer, having represented both private companies and individuals in commercial litigation and administrative proceedings. In addition, Robert has represented defendants in white collar proceedings both in the courtroom and working with prosecutors to achieve non-prosecution or acceptable plea agreements.
Robert has been the lead trial lawyer in more than 25 jury trials and has also argued numerous cases before the Supreme Court of Oklahoma and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has been a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers since 2009.
Robert is active in the community and has served as chairman of the Oklahoma Public Employee Relations Board, the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology, and Oklahoma Speaker’s Ball, Inc.
Robert’s recent experience:
- Successfully attacked the constitutionality of a statute concerning the distribution of wine and spirits
- Successfully attacked the constitutionality of an initiative petition to eliminate the Legislature’s authority for redistricting legislation
- Successfully attacked the constitutionality of a tax on cigarettes that had been labeled as a “fee”
- Successfully defended the constitutionality of the CompSource Mutual Insurance Company Act
- Successfully represented the Governor’s Office in connection with the use of lethal injection to impose the death penalty
- Successfully defended the House of Representatives in constitutional litigation brought by the Oklahoma Ethics Commission
- Successfully represented the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in court actions arising from the lack of available capacity at DMHSAS treatment facilities
- Successfully advocated at the State Election Board to prevent overturning an election in a congressional race
- Successfully challenged the constitutionality of an alcohol reform initiative petition
- Successfully represented the State Chamber of Commerce in defending the constitutionality of the Administrative Workers Compensation Act
- Successfully represented the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce with respect to firearms legislation
- Successfully represented a public interest group opposing an initiative petition to impose a sales tax
- Successfully represented the Oklahoma House and Senate on redistricting issues following the Census of 2020
- Successfully represented candidates in petitions for recount and election irregularity
- Robert has participated as lead counsel for the defendant or the prosecution in numerous white collar criminal cases