Scott Kiplinger is an Associate in the Oklahoma City office of GableGotwals, where he previously worked as a Summer Associate.
Scott has litigated a number of oil and gas issues including operator and royalty disputes, condemnation proceedings, and pollution cases involving the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. Scott also has a broad base of experience in employment and insurance disputes and has assisted many clients in navigating bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings.
Scott served in the Army and the Oklahoma Army National Guard from 2007-2018 and was deployed to Kandahar and Kabul as a Field Artillery officer.
- Represented a multinational energy company in relocating a critical refined fuel pipeline in the Oklahoma City area, which included condemnation actions against landowners and multiple injunctions sought to prevent construction on a portion of the pipeline. The company successfully defeated the injunction, allowing the entire project to move forward on schedule and avoiding millions of dollars in costs and expenses.
- Successfully represented a large upstream operator in an arbitration proceeding. On the eve of the trial, the arbitrator granted summary judgment against Sand Creek on a key issue, causing Sand Creek to dismiss all of its claims and enter into a settlement agreement.
- Represented a vendor as lead counsel in a products liability action related to the vendor’s use of a new product to clean a saltwater disposal well.
- Represented an oil and gas exploration company in a risk assessment and examination regarding its desire to drill an oil and gas well underlying riparian lands on which it owned leases according to most recent official government survey that appeared to have been lost as a result of accretion.
- Represented a large publicly traded company that provides subsidized wireless services throughout the USA, in a successful victory in the District Court of Oklahoma County.