Gary C. ClarkOf Counsel
Gary Clark serves of counsel in the firm’s Tulsa office and a member of the Real Estate and Private Wealth & Closely-Held Business Practice Groups. His practice focuses on estate planning and trust and estate administration for both individuals and closely-held family businesses. He also assists clients in complex real estate matters regarding leasing agreements and title disputes, as well as commercial real estate acquisitions, development, and finance.
Before returning to Crowe & Dunlevy, Gary served as Oklahoma State University’s senior vice president and general counsel for 13 years. Prior to that, he served as vice president and general counsel at the OSU Foundation where he successfully negotiated purchase agreements for 275 separate tracts of land totaling 80 acres for what is now known as the Athletic Village. He also served on the OSU/A&M Board of Regents from 1993 to 2001. In 2024, Gary was inducted into the Oklahoma State University Hall of Fame.
Gary served as President of the Tulsa County Bar Association from 1993 to 1994, and as President of the Oklahoma Bar Association in 2002. He is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a member of the American Law Institute. Gary has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Trusts and Estates and Bankruptcy Law), and in 1996, he was selected as the Outstanding Senior Lawyer of the Tulsa County Bar Association and received the first TCBA Distinguished Service Award which was then named in his honor. The Oklahoma Bar Association has recognized him with the Maurice Merrill Award twice for outstanding article in the Oklahoma Bar Association Journal, the Golden Gavel Award as Chair of the outstanding committee or task force of the OBA, the President’s Award, the John Shipp Award for Ethics, and the Joe Stamper Distinguished Service Award.
Gary earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Oklahoma State University in Agricultural Education, and graduated with Honors from the University of Texas School of Law where he was a member of the Order of the Coif.
The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX
J.D., 1975
Honors:
With Honors
Order of the Coif
Texas International Law Journal
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
M.S., 1972
Honors:
President's List
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
B.S., 1969
Honors:
President's List
Phi Kappa Phi
Top Ten Senior
Blue Key
Who's Who in American Colleges & Universities
- Oklahoma, 1975
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1979
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma, 1975
- Oklahoma Bar Association (President, 2002)
- Tulsa County Bar Association (President, 1993-1994)
- Tulsa County Bar Foundation (President, 1994-1995)
- Tulsa Title and Probate Lawyers Association (President, 1990)
- Oklahoma Bar Association, Estate Planning and Probate Section (Chair)
- Oklahoma Bar Foundation (Trustee, 2001-2002)
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Trusts and Estates and Bankruptcy Law)
- Fellow, American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel
- Tulsa County Bar Association Senior Lawyer Award, 1996
- Tulsa County Bar Association President's Award, 1998
- Oklahoma Bar Association John E. Shipp Ethics Award, 1999
- Oklahoma Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Fellow, 2000
- Oklahoma Bar Association Golden Gavel Award for Technology Task Force (Chair), 2000
- Graduate of Distinction, Oklahoma State University Department of Agricultural Education
- Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts of America
- Oklahoma Bar Association Maurice Merrill Golden Quill Award, 2003
- Oklahoma Bar Association President's Award, 2003
- Oklahoma State University Distinguished Alumni Award, 2003
- Oklahoma State University Hall of Fame, 2024
- Recent Developments 2002, Oklahoma Bar Association, December 5, 2002
- Wills, Trusts, Probate Law Update, Oklahoma Bar Association, November 7, 2002
- Wills, Trusts & Probate Law Update, Oklahoma Bar Association, June 1, 2001
- 2000 Estate Planning Seminar: Estate Planning for the Elderly, Tulsa County Bar Association, December 14, 2000
- Ethical Issues in Estate and Guardianship Practice, Tulsa County Bar Association, November 9, 2000
- Basic Probate: Taxes, Oklahoma Bar Association, June 9, 2000
- Basic Probate: Taxes, Oklahoma Bar Association, May 26, 2000
- The Fifth Annual Estate Planning Symposium: Probating and Estate, Tulsa County Bar Association, December 9, 1999
- Advanced Estate Planning: Trust Administration, Oklahoma Bar Association, November 4, 1999 — November 5, 1999
- Administering Small Estates, Muskogee County Bar Association, 1999
- Elder Law: Key Issues in 2000, University of Tulsa, College of Law, December 6, 2000
- Tulsa Lawyers for Children
- Legal Aid Volunteer
- Disaster Response Volunteer
- Oklahoma State University, Regent
- Tulsa Metropolitan Chamber, Legal Counsel
