THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL 68 | FEBRUARY 2025 ON THE MOVE LeeAnn Littlejohn has joined the Oklahoma City office of Spencer Fane LLP as an associate. She previously served as a summer associate at the firm. Ms. Littlejohn practices in the areas of estate planning, probate, labor and employment and complex litigation. She received her J.D. from the OU College of Law, where she held officer roles in the Black Law Students Association and the American Constitution Society, served as secretary for the Student Bar Association, competed nationally as a member of the BLSA Negotiations Team and served as research editor and assistant managing editor of the American Indian Law Review. Todd L. Grimmett and Thomas R. Showman have joined the Oklahoma City office of Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson LLP as of counsel. They are both involved in the litigation and transactional practice groups. Mr. Grimmett has experience representing public and private clients as an in-house attorney and outside counsel. His primary areas of focus include civil litigation and commercial transactions. He received his J.D. from the OU College of Law. Mr. Showman has more than 15 years of legal experience, and he practices in the areas of business, oil and gas, trusts, estates and probates, civil litigation, real estate and Native American law. He received his J.D. from the OU College of Law. Ryan J. Ellis has been named partner at the Tulsa law firm of Atkinson, Brittingham, Gladd, Fiasco & Edmonds. She received her J.D. with honors from the TU College of Law in 2011. While in law school, she earned a Sustainable Energy and Resources Law Certificate and received CALI awards in Administrative Law and Taxation of Estates, Trusts and Gifts. Ms. Ellis practices civil litigation with an emphasis on research and writing. Michael D. McClintock has joined the Oklahoma City office of Spencer Fane LLP as a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Mr. McClintock has more than 20 years of experience advising and representing clients as trial counsel and serving as a trusted advisor in all aspects of business litigation. His practice includes experience across a variety of industries and legal areas, including antitrust, banking, corporate investigations and white-collar defense, environmental, health care, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, product liability, real estate, securities and tax, trust and family wealth litigation. Early in his career, Mr. McClintock worked for two federal judges at the trial and appellate level, including as a law clerk for Judge Robert H. Henry, U.S. Circuit Court judge for the 10th Circuit and former Oklahoma attorney general. He received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law. Daniel G. Couch, Dr. J. Kirk McGill and Aaron C. Tifft have been elected shareholders at the law firm of Hall Estill. Mr. Couch is a litigation and business attorney. He assists businesses and families with a variety of legal needs, including litigation, construction, real estate, business services, probate and trusts, as well as homeowners association matters. He works out of the Denver and Oklahoma City offices. Dr. McGill assists clients routinely with federal and state appeals, litigation, constitutional law and civil rights defense, tax, estates and trusts, business law, administrative law and regulatory compliance, contracts, commercial transactions and cybersecurity. He is based in the Denver office but practices throughout the country. Mr. Tifft is a litigation attorney who assists clients in a variety of areas, including real estate, oil and gas, eminent domain and landlord/tenant disputes. His practice also includes representing clients in numerous aspects of federal and state marketing regulations, including defending claims brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. He is based in the Tulsa office. Bench & Bar Briefs
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