Clyde A. MuchmoreDirector
Clyde A. Muchmore is a director for Crowe & Dunlevy in the firm’s Oklahoma City offices. A practitioner for 50 years, he specializes in civil litigation, appellate law, communications and media law and Constitutional law. Clyde has considerable experience in high profile litigation involving federal and state constitutional issues, First Amendment issues, complex business disputes, and appeals in federal and state appellate courts.
- Clyde serves as co-chair of Crowe & Dunlevy’s Appellate Practice Section
- Author (with Harvey Ellis), OKLAHOMA APPELLATE PRACTICE (Thomson West), first published in 1997 and updated annually
- Author (with Harvey Ellis), OKLAHOMA CIVIL PROCEDURE FORMS AND PRACTICE (2nd Ed. Lexis Publishing), first published in 1987 and updated annually
- Oklahoma Supreme Court (Chairman, Committee to Revise Rules of Appellate Procedure)
- NCAA v. University of Oklahoma, 707 F.2d 1147 (10th Cir. 1983), aff’d, 478 U.S. 85, 82 L.Ed.2d 70 (1984)
- Tilton v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., 115 F.3d 1471 (10th Cir. 1997)
- Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. v. State of Oklahoma ex rel. Comm’rs of Land Office, 83 F.3d 1219 (10th Cir. 1996)
- Grimes v. OKC Metropolitan Area Public Schools Trust, 2002 OK 47, 49 P.3d 719
- Navistar Int’l Transp. Corp. v. Vernon Klein Truck & Equipment, 1994 OK CIV APP 168, 919 P.2d 443
- Ethics Comm’n v. Cullison, 1993 OK 37, 850 P.2d 1069
- Hardage v. Atkins, 619 F.2d 871 (10th Cir.1980)
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Norman, OK
J.D., 1967
Honors:
With Honors
Order of the Coif
Oklahoma Law Review, Note Editor
Phi Delta Phi
Nathan Scarritt Prize for Highest Grade Point Average
Rice University
Houston, TX
B.A., 1964
Honors:
Magna Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
- Oklahoma, 1967
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- Oklahoma Bar Association, Chairman, Evidence Code Committee
- Luther Bohanan Inn of Court, President (1999 - 2000)
- Oklahoma Supreme Court, Chairman, Committee to Revise Rules of Appellate Procedure
- Listed in Best Lawyers in Antitrust Law, Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – First Amendment (1989 - Present)*
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (1984 – Present)
- Member, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers (1993 – Present)
- Ranked in Chambers USA Band 1 (General Commercial Litigation)*
- Honored by Chambers USA as a Senior Statespeople (2019 - Present)*
*Crowe & Dunlevy has no input in the rating methodologies used by the Chambers USA or Best Lawyers publications.
- Speaker, "What You Can Do Before and During Trial to Improve Your Chances of Success on Appeal," Oklahoma Bar Association Annual Meeting, November 3, 2016, Oklahoma City, OK
- Adjunct Professor in Constitutional Law and Evidence, Oklahoma City University College of Law
- Special Lecturer in Law, Appellate Advocacy and Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, University of Oklahoma College of Law
