Attorney Profiles

Mr. Markoff was born and raised in Houston, Texas, received his undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin and his law degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law. He also studied Comparative Law at Oxford University, and Spanish at the Universidad de Valencia, in Valencia, Spain. While in law school, he was the recipient of the Raymond D. Naifeh Judicial Fellowship, and clerked for Oklahoma Country District Judge Eugene H. Mathews. Prior to his law career, Mr. Markoff worked on the 1988 Presidential Campaign as National Advance Staff, and as the Immigration Coordinator for the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program.

Mr. Markoff was one of the first lawyers in Oklahoma to represent women injured by silicone breast implants and the diet drug combination, Fen/Phen. During those cases, and others, Mr. Markoff was interviewed by CNN, The CBS Evening News, Cosmopolitan Magazine and all major TV stations in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. He also represented and assisted Lynn Starks, who with the help of State Representative Leonard Sullivan, changed the laws regarding bunk bed construction statewide, nationwide and worldwide.

Professional Affiliations include The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, Oklahoma City University School of Law, Board of Directors, 1996-1998, Oklahoma City University School of Law Dean's Circle 2001 - present, Oklahoma County Bar Association. Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Jeffrey R. Atkins, Oklahoma Attorney
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Mr. Atkins is a native Oklahoman, born and raised in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. He received his undergraduate degree in business administration from the University of Central Oklahoma where he was also a 4-year member of the golf team. He obtained his law degree from The University of Oklahoma College of Law. While in law school he received the American Jurisprudence Award for his academic excellence in Conflicts of Laws and Professional Responsibility.

Professional affiliations include: Association of Trial Lawyers of American, Oklahoma Bar Association and the William J. Holloway, Jr. American Inn of Court. Mr. Atkins is admitted to practice in all state and Federal Court Districts in Oklahoma.

Barry R. Davis, Oklahoma Lawyer
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Mr. Davis was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, received his undergraduate degree in 1971 from the University of Oklahoma and received his law degree from Oklahoma City University Law School in 1975. Mr. Davis has maintained a commercial and insurance trial practice in Oklahoma for thirty years. He is a certified mediator, trained by the American Arbitration Association, and has mediated and arbitrated over 1,000 cases.

Mr. Davis is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Oklahoma County Bar Association, and the Association of Attorney-Mediators. He currently serves as Treasurer of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association. He is licensed to practice law by the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, the United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Mr. Davis has been married for 28 years and has 3 children. In addition to his work as an attorney Mr. Davis teaches an adult Sunday school class and sings in his church choir.

Tommy Adler, Oklahoma Attorney
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Tommy Adler was born and raised in Oklahoma City. He graduated from Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School. He received his undergraduate degree in Public Relations/Journalism from the University of Oklahoma. He received his Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law with a focus on Constitutional Law. During law school, Mr. Adler was a legal intern with the Oklahoma City criminal defense firm of J.W. Coyle.

After graduation, Mr. Adler worked as a Public Defender in Oklahoma County in the felony trial division. He represented clients in over 1000 cases ranging from misdemeanors to murders. Mr. Adler assisted in the training of new lawyers at the Public Defender's office and drafted the still-used protocol manual for the appropriate and professional representation of clients. During his career, Mr. Adler has been successful in winning a dismissal or a not guilty verdict for his clients in over 90% of his cases that have been called for jury trial.

Mr. Adler is a graduate of the Western Trial Advocacy Institute located in Laramie, WY where he studied criminal defense litigation under a host of the nation's most respected criminal defense trial lawyers. He has also attended post-graduate training at the Absolute Criminal Defense Litigator's Conference in Las Vegas, NV and has twice attended the Pat Williams Criminal Defense Institute sponsored by the Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association.

Mr. Adler is married and he and his wife were the proud parents of a new son. He enjoys traveling with his wife, golf, running, and OU sports. He also enjoys cooking, fishing, and spending time outdoors with his dog.

Mark Kendall Bailey, OKC Defense Attorney
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Mr. Bailey was born in Alexandria, Louisiana. He graduated with distinction from Louisiana College with his Undergraduate Degree in Criminal Justice. He received his Juris Doctorate Degree from Oklahoma City University School or Law. Prior to his legal career, Mr. Bailey worked as a licensed Firearm Instructor and Tactical Baton Trainer for law enforcement personnel.

Mr. Bailey began his legal career in the area of Corporate Litigation. After graduation, he accepted a position with the Oklahoma City law firm of Hiltgen & Brewer. Mr. Bailey successfully defended clients such as Wal-Mart and Home Depot in trials held across the state of Oklahoma. In 2003, he shifted his focus to Criminal Defense Litigation and began work for the Oklahoma County Public Defenders Office. Mr. Bailey was responsible for managing, negotiating and litigating thousands of felony cases ranging from D.U.I. to Murder I. Based on his extremely high success rate, Mr. Bailey attained the position of Supervising Attorney, responsible for training other attorneys in the professional and appropriate representation of their clients.

Mr. Bailey is licensed to practice law in Oklahoma and Texas as well as the United States Federal District Courts for the Western and Northern Districts of Oklahoma.

Mr. Bailey currently teaches college classes on Jury Selection Techniques and Forensic Firearms Evidence. He is a member of the Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Oklahoma Bar Association and Texas Bar Association. Mr. Bailey is also a licensed Certified Mediator. In 2001, he was honored with The Burbridge Foundation Award for Excellence in Mediation.

Mr. Bailey is an avid freshwater and saltwater fisherman; he has been married to his wife, Victoria, for eight years and they recently celebrated the birth of their first son.

Traci L. Rhone, Oklahoma Lawyer
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Mrs. Rhone was born and raised in Oklahoma, where she graduated from Midwest City High School. She then attended Oklahoma State University (OSU) where she obtained a Bachelors Degree in Finance. Upon her graduation from OSU she was accepted into Washburn University School of Law and graduated in 1993 and passed the Kansas Bar.

Mrs. Rhone began her legal career as a prosecutor in 1993. As a prosecutor she worked in the Lyon County Attorney's Office in Emporia, Kansas, Shawnee County District Attorney's Office in Topeka, Kansas, and the Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office in Wichita, Kansas. In 1999, she returned to Oklahoma and continued her legal career after short interval. In 2001, she became a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association. She began her Oklahoma legal practice in civil law primarily in the areas of employment discrimination. After a short period of private practice in her own firm she joined the Oklahoma County Public Defender's Office in March 2003. As an Assistant Public Defender, Mrs. Rhone's primary area of law involves criminal defense litigation. In February 2006, Mrs. Rhone joined the Arnett Law Firm where she practiced in the areas of criminal defense and civil litigation. In November 2006, Mrs. Rhone joined the Law Firm of Atkins & Markoff as a part of the Family Law Division.

In 2003, Mrs. Rhone was honored to be selected as the Oklahoma Bar Association's Courageous Lawyer recipient. Mrs. Rhone is a member of the Kansas Supreme Court, Oklahoma Bar Association, United States District Court of Kansas and Oklahoma for the Western and Eastern Districts. She is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association Diversity Committee and the Professionalism Committee as well as a member of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg America Inn of Court. In addition, Mrs. Rhone serves as the President for the Oklahoma City Association of Black Lawyers.

Mrs. Rhone's other activities include serving as the First Vice-President and Treasurer of the Pleasant Hill Elementary PTA, Recording Secretary and Chairperson of the Legislative and Bylaws Committee of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. - Oklahoma City Chapter and Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Mrs. Rhone is a Member of Tabernacle Baptist Church were she serves as a Deaconess, 3rd and 4th Grade Sunday School Teacher and member of the Concord Choir.

Mrs. Rhone is married to Michael Rhone and they are the proud parents of three children.

Steve Griffis, Oklahoma City Attorney
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Steve Griffis, a native of Oklahoma, graduated from Edmond Memorial High School.  He attended the University of Oklahoma and received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting degree from the University of Central Oklahoma in 1987.  Mr. Griffis is a 1994 graduate of the Oklahoma City University School of Law, where he served as a member of the Moot Court Board and the Law School Board of Governors. 

During law school, Mr. Griffis worked for AT&T Wireless Services as a Contracts Administrator in their Technical Operations Group.  After law school, Mr. Griffis passed the Oklahoma and Texas bar exams, and spent the next five years serving as General Counsel as well as Project Director for various cellular network buildouts throughout the nation with the CLS Group.  In 1999, Mr. Griffis traveled to Australia managing cellular telephone network buildouts in Brisbane and Melbourne for Lucent Technologies until December of 2000.

In 2002, Mr. Griffis accepted a position with Sharp McQueen, P.A., in Liberal, Kansas, passed the Kansas bar exam, and was named as a partner in 2005.  He served as the Liberal City Attorney and Assistant City Prosecutor from 2002 to 2006 and has also served on the Board of Directors of the Liberal Area Chamber of Commerce since 2002. 

In 2002, Mr. Griffis shifted his focus from corporate law to the domestic arena and has represented clients in both Oklahoma and Kansas cases throughout his career in private practice.  He has been involved in more than 450 divorce, custody, paternity, child support, and deprived child/juvenile offender actions.  Mr. Griffis has argued before the Kansas Court of Appeals five times since 2002 (twice for domestic cases) and is a member of the American, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas Bar Associations.  He is also admitted to practice in U.S. Federal District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Mr. Griffis has been married to Angie since 1996 and they have three children, Riley, Megan, and Nathan.

Katherine Frye, Oklahoma City Lawyer
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Katherine Frye was born on Barksdale A.F.B., Louisiana and moved to Oklahoma in 1986. Upon graduation from Del City High School, Mrs. Frye attended the University of Oklahoma where she received a degree in Public Relations/Journalism in 1995. She then obtained a Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma School of Law in 1998. During law school, she served as an intern at the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s office, and completed the Interdisciplinary Training Program on Child Abuse and Neglect. She also attended the Oxford University summer program at Queen’s College, Oxford, England.

Upon graduation from law school, Mrs. Frye began her legal career by representing clients in consumer bankruptcies. In 2001, Mrs. Frye moved to Houston, Texas, where her career path led her to Family Law. After working for the firm of Short, Jenkins & Kamin for almost two years, Mrs. Frye returned to Oklahoma in 2003. Since returning to Oklahoma, she has practiced primarily in the area of Family Law.

Mrs. Frye is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Oklahoma County Bar Association, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma.

Mrs. Frye is married and has one child. When not practicing law, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, reading, and watching foreign films.