GableGotwals Welcomes New Associates to the Firm

GableGotwals is pleased to announce new associates who joined the Firm in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

Michael S. Lewis is an associate in the Tulsa office of GableGotwals where he previously worked as a summer associate. His practice focuses on a range of areas, including general corporate, professional services, general insurance defense litigation, and employment and labor law.

Prior to joining the Firm, Michael was a judicial extern for the Honorable Gregory K. Frizzell, Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. While in law school, he served as an Associate Editor for the Tulsa Law Review.

Before starting law school, Michael was employed as a program supervisor for Family & Children Services where he supervised the Offender Screening Program.

He received his J.D. from The University of Tulsa College of Law with the highest honors. He was also honored with the Order of the Curule Chair and Oklahoma Bar Association Business and Corporate Law Award Recipient. He received his B.A. in psychology from the University of Oklahoma, and an A.S. in engineering from Northern Oklahoma College where he was named to the Presidential Leadership Council, and a George Nigh Public Service Scholarship Recipient.

Motahareh H. Nickel is an associate in the Oklahoma City office of GableGotwals where she previously worked as a summer associate. Her practice focuses on general litigation and regulatory matters, specifically in the energy and insurance industries. Her experience includes drafting pleadings, responding to discovery requests, researching legal issues, and participating in protest hearings at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.

At the University of Oklahoma College of Law, Motahareh served as the Oklahoma Law Review Symposium Editor and coordinated the Symposium entitled Privacy in a Pandemic: How Employers, Insurers, and Government Actors Collect and Use Your Data. She also served as a member of Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court team, where she was instrumental in the team being recognized internationally as 14th for best written memorials. Motahareh spent the Spring 2021 semester as a judicial extern for the Honorable Patrick R. Wyrick, United States District Court for the Western District.

Prior to joining the Firm, Motahareh worked in commercial real estate and property development and also as a freelance writer.

She received her J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law where she was named a William T. Comfort Scholar, Aubrey M. Kerr Scholar, John McHenry Mee Scholar, and William G. Paul Endowment Recipient. Motahareh received four American Jurisprudence Awards and was a member of Phi Delta Phi. She received her B.A. with distinction in journalism and mass communication from the University of Oklahoma.

Taylor J. Freeman Peshehonoff is a litigation associate in the Oklahoma City office of GableGotwals. Her experience includes drafting demand and settlement letters, deposition summaries, affidavits, and motions. Prior to joining the Firm, Taylor served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Leslie H. Southwick on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

She was active in her law school’s competition program, placing first in the Federal Bar Association’s Moot Court Competition during her second year. Taylor continues to work with the school’s competition program, now serving as an alumna coach for both moot court and trial teams. She also served as Managing Editor for the Oklahoma Law Review. Her student comment, Title VII’s Deficiencies Affect #MeToo: A Look at Three Ways Title VII Continues to Fail America’s Workforce, appeared in the winter 2020 publication. Additionally, Taylor worked as a research assistant for Dean Liesa Richter and a teaching assistant to Professor Erin DeWalt.

Taylor received a J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law where she was in the top 10% of her law class and inducted as a member of the Order of the Barristers and the Order of the Scribes. She was also recognized as the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Outstanding Senior Law School Student. Most notably, the law school’s faculty and dean selected Taylor for the Joel Jankowsky Award, which recognizes one graduating student who exemplifies the highest standard of excellence in leadership, scholarship, and selfless service to others. She received her B.B.A. in human resources management from the University of Oklahoma where she graduated summa cum laude.

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