Shareholder/Director
Frederick J.Hegenbart
After a rewarding 40+ year career with RFR that included jury trials throughout Oklahoma state and federal courts and several arguments before the Tenth Circuit, Fred is in the process of retiring to spend time with Liz, his bride of 40 years, their children and grandchildren and Millie, their cocker spaniel and occasional visitor to the office. He has a number of matters he continues to serve clients in transition to retirement and he remains a resource to the other lawyers in the firm as his practice winds-down.
Bar Admissions
- Oklahoma, 1984
Legal Experience
- 1984 to the present – Rosenstein, Fist & Ringold
Memberships
- Oklahoma Bar Association
- Tulsa County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
Professional Involvement
- Oklahoma State School Board Attorneys Association
- American Arbitration Association (Panel Member)
- Defense Research Institute
Court Admissions
- State of Oklahoma
- United States District Courts for the Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma
- United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Community and Business Involvement
- Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma, President (2005 – 2011, 2018 and 2022-) nd various other boards and committees
- Central Park Owners Association, Board Member (2009)
- Tulsa Ski Club, Board Member (2005 – 2008)
- Various school committees and activities and sports fan for daughters’ softball, basketball, soccer and crew activities
Published Cases
- Anson v. Erlanger Minerals and Metals, 1985 OK CIV APP 24, 702 P.2d 393 (Okla. Civ. App. 1985).
- Calvert v. Tulsa Public Schools, 1996 OK 106, 932 P.2d 1087, 116 Ed. Law Rep. 815 (Okla. 1996).
- Swanson by and through Swanson v. Guthrie Independent School District, 135 F.3d 694, 123 Ed. Law Rep. 1087 (10th Cir. 1998).
- Harris v. Robinson, 273 F.3d 927, 159 Ed. Law Repo. 533 (10th Cir. 2001).
- Grant v. Otis Elevator Co., 199 F.R.D. 673 (N.D. Okla. 2001).
- Cudjoe v. Independent School District No. 12, 297 F.3d 1058, 167 Ed. Law Rep. 606 (10th Cir. 2002).
- Webco Industries, Inc. v. Thermatool Corp., 278 F.3d 1120, 46 UCC Rep. Serv. 2d 698 (10th Cir. 2002).
- Southern Corrections Systems, Inc. v. Union City Public Schools, 2002 OK 93, 64 P.3d 1083 (Okla. 2002).
- Gladstone v. Bartlesville Independent School District No. 30, 2003 OK 30, 66 P.3d 442 (Okla. 2003).
- Bryant v. Independent School District No. I-38, 334 F.3d 928, 178 Ed. Law Rep. 683 (10th Cir. 2003).
- Stevenson v. Independent School District No. I-038, 393 F.Supp.2d 1148, 204 Ed. Law Rep. 155 (W.D. Okla. 2005).
- J.W. v. Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 10, 2021 OK CIV APP 34, 500 P.3d 649
- Ridings v. Maze, 2018 OK 18, 414 P.3d 835
- Oliver v. Hofmeister, 2016 OK 15, 368 P.3d 1270
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