James Belote
Founding Partner | Stipe & Belote, LLP
James Belote is a personal injury, car accidents and product liability trial lawyer and founding partner at Stipe & Belote, LLP in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Admitted in Oklahoma and Texas; J.D., University of Oklahoma College of Law (1988).
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73114
James Belote is a founding partner of Stipe & Belote, LLP in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where he represents injured people across the state. His listed practice areas include car crashes, nursing home abuse, product liability, sexual abuse and other personal injury claims.
Belote earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Oklahoma in 1985 and his law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1988. He was admitted to practice in Oklahoma in 1988 and in Texas in 1990, and he is admitted to the federal district courts for the Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.
He served as president of the Oklahoma Association for Justice in 2009 and is a member of the American Association for Justice, the Oklahoma County Bar Association and the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys. His profile notes an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and selection to The National Trial Lawyers Top 100.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Admitted, Oklahoma, 1988
- Admitted, Texas, 1990
- Admitted, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma
- Admitted, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
- J.D., University of Oklahoma College of Law, 1988
- B.B.A., University of Oklahoma, 1985
Practice Areas
- Oklahoma Association for Justice (President, 2009)
- American Association for Justice
- Oklahoma Bar Association
- Texas Bar Association
- Oklahoma County Bar Association
- Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys
- National Trial Lawyers Association
- Oklahoma Super Lawyers (17 consecutive years, per profile)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100
- Trucking Attorneys Top 10
- Avvo Superb rating
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