Attorney Profiles

Tim D. Cain is a partner in the firm. He was admitted to the bar in 1986 and is admitted to all District Courts and Federal District Courts of Oklahoma and the U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit.

Education: University of Oklahoma (B.B.A. with Distinction 1983; J.D., 1986); Phi Delta Theta Social Fraternity; Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity.

Member: Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Bar Associations; Oklahoma School Board Attorneys Association; Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; National Institute of Trial Advocacy; American Inns of Court; named yearly as an Oklahoma Super Lawyer by Oklahoma Magazine.

Mr. Cain has taught continuing education courses to attorneys and insurance adjusters on a variety of topics, including Trying the Automobile Injury Case, Uninsured Motorist Law, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage and Claim Handling. Mr. Cain has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Joseph T. Acquaviva, Jr. is a partner in the firm. He was admitted to the bar in 1986 and is admitted to all District Courts and Federal Courts of Oklahoma and the U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit.

Education: Long Island University (B.A., 1983); Oklahoma City University (J.D. 1986). Guest Lecturer, L.S.U. National Institute of Trial Advocacy Training Program.

Member: Oklahoma County and Oklahoma Bar Associations; National Institute of Trial Advocacy.

Mr. Acquaviva has been published in the Oklahoma Bar Journal, Discoverability of the Insurance Company’s Claims File in Third-Party Litigation, 79 OBJ 1779 (Aug. 9, 2008), Discoverability of the Insurance Company’s Claims File, 63 OBJ 1019 (March 30, 1991). He is a frequent speaker on such topics as Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage, Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Law, Discovery in Civil Cases, Bad Faith Litigation, Evidence, and Expert Testimony. Named yearly as an Oklahoma Super Lawyer. In January 2017, Mr. Acquaviva was inducted into the Oklahoma section of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).

Stephen M. Coates joined the firm in January 2003 and works in the Tulsa office. He was admitted to the bar in 1996 and is admitted to all District Courts and Federal District Courts of Oklahoma.

Education: University of Kansas (B.A. 1990); University of Oklahoma (J.D. 1995)
Member: Tulsa County, Oklahoma and Federal Bar Associations

Kevin M. Walos joined the firm in September 2003. He was admitted to the bar in 1993 and is admitted to all District Courts and Federal District Courts of Oklahoma.

Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A. 1990); University of Oklahoma (J.D. 1993); University of Houston College of Law (Master of Laws 1994)

Member: Oklahoma County and Oklahoma Bar Associations, The District of Columbia Bar

Ernest R. Walcher, III joined the firm in March 2019. He was admitted to the bar in 2018, and is admitted to all District Courts of Oklahoma and the U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma.

Preparatory education, Oklahoma State University (B.S. Sports Management, 2015; B.S. Marketing, 2015); legal education, University of Oklahoma College of Law (J.D., 2018)

Member: Oklahoma County and Oklahoma Bar Associations

Jason E. Marshall joined the firm in December 2023. He was admitted to the Oklahoma bar in 2010, and is admitted to all District Courts and Federal District Courts of Oklahoma, including the Federal Oklahoma Eastern Bankruptcy Court.

Education: University of Central Oklahoma (B.A. Political Science 2007), Oklahoma City University School of Law (J.D. 2010).

Member: Oklahoma Bar Association, the Oklahoma Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI), and he is an accredited arson investigator.

Mr. Marshall was named in 2023 as an Oklahoma Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine. He has taught continuing education courses to numerous insurance companies in subrogation strategy, subrogation techniques, claims investigation and handling techniques, including spoliation of evidence concerns. Mr. Marshall has also been a speaker at the annual Oklahoma IAAI conference regarding fire risks associated with Corrugated Stainless-Steel Tubing (CSST), and radiant barriers in homes. He has also been published in the Subrogator Magazine. Mr. Marshall is an experienced plaintiff and defense attorney in a wide variety of civil litigation matters including: motor vehicle accidents, product liability, premises liability, construction defect cases, employer liability claims, arson/SIU investigations, medical malpractice, homeowners association matters, as well as wills, trusts, estates, and probate matters.

Mr. Marshall is actively involved in the community through the Boy Scouts of America, and was Cubmaster for over a decade of one of Oklahoma’s largest Cub Scout Packs (100+ youth members annually), and he has been awarded Cubmaster of the Year. He is also an active Freemason, under the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, and various appendant bodies, including receiving the designation of Knight Commander of the Court of Honor (KCCH) under the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite (Southern Jurisdiction).

Roger K. Gofton joined the firm in October 2016. He was admitted to the bar in 1982, and is admitted to all District Courts of Oklahoma, New York, the Federal District Courts of Oklahoma and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Preparatory education, Pace University (B.D., American Studies 1979); legal education, Oklahoma City University School of Law (J.D., 1982)

Fraternity: Phi Delta Phi. Oklahoma City University Law Review, 1980-1982. Recipient, E.C.A.C. Award for Scholarship and Athletic
Prowess, 1979

Member: Oklahoma County and Oklahoma Bar Associations