Paige A. MastersShareholder/Director
Paige Masters is a director in the Litigation & Trial, Appellate and Healthcare Practice Groups for the firm’s Oklahoma City office. She has advocated for or defended clients at both the trial and appellate level in complex commercial disputes, including cases involving breach of contract, insurance bad faith, trade secrets, negligence, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, ERISA, and the Uniform Commercial Code. Paige is also experienced in defending state initiative petitions in pre-election challenges to the constitutionality and legal sufficiency of the petitions, as well as managing complex electronic discovery.
Paige graduated summa cum laude from Oklahoma City University School of Law where she was a Hatton W. Sumners Scholar and Editor in Chief of the Oklahoma City University Law Review. She received the Oklahoma Bar Association Outstanding Law School Senior Award, OCU LAW’s Outstanding Academic Performance Award, and 14 CALI awards for top performance in various law school subjects. While in law school, Paige interned for the Honorable Valerie Couch, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, and was a member of the National Trial Competition team. Prior to law school, Paige worked as a producer, general assignment reporter, and bureau chief for a television station in North Texas.
Paige was selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers publication for Commercial Litigation from 2017 to the present, ranked in the Oklahoma Super Lawyers publication for General Litigation from 2023 to the present, and was an Oklahoma Magazine 40 Under 40 honoree in 2020. She is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, Vice President of Paralegal Development, and Ethics Committee Chair.
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Oklahoma City University School of Law
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
J.D., May, 2012
Honors:
Summa Cum Laude
Law Review - Editor in Chief
14 CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
Hatton W. Sumners Scholar
OBA Outstanding Law School Senior
OCU Outstanding Academic Performance Award
National Association of Women Lawyers Outstanding Graduate
Judge Tom Brett Excellence in Criminal Law Award
OCU Dean's Legal Ethics Award
Berry-Opala Outstanding Graduate
OCU Law Review Outstanding Note
OCU Faculty Honor Roll and Dean's List
Judicial Extern to the Honorable Valerie Couch, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Western District of Oklahoma
OCU National Trial Competition Team
Phi Delta Phi
Merit Scholars
William J. Holloway, Jr. Inn of Court (Student Member)
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, Oklahoma
B.S. Journalism and Broadcasting, 2005
Honors:
Summa Cum Laude
College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Graduate
Top 10 Freshmen Woman
Regent's Distinguished Scholar
President's Leadership Council
Mortar Board Honor Society
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2014
- Oklahoma, 2012
- United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, 2012
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 2012
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 2012
- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Oklahoma County Bar Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Listed in Best Lawyers in Commercial Litigation (2017 - Present)
- Named Oklahoma Super Lawyers Rising Star in General Litigation (2019 - Present)*
*Crowe & Dunlevy has no input in the rating methodologies used by Super Lawyers.
- Paige A. Masters, Work from
Home Anywhere: Ethical Considerations in the Post-Pandemic Era of Virtual Lawyering, Okla. B.J., Aug. 2023, at 7
- Timila S. Rother & Paige A. Masters, Lawyers Being Social: Ethical Implications of Personal Social Media Sites, 87 Okla. B.J. 2503, 2016
- "Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Missouri Court's Tough Choice and the Power to Change the Face of Indigent Defense," 37 Okla. City U.L.Rev. 97, Spring 2012
- Speaker, “Ethics and Cybersecurity in the Virtual Practice of Law,” with Anthony Hendricks, UT Law CLE’s 19th Annual Renewable Energy Law Institute, Austin, Texas, January 2024
- Speaker, "The Land of Oz: Managed Care Update and Litigation Trends," with Kevin D. Gordon, 27th Annual Crowe & Dunlevy Healthcare Update, Oklahoma City, April 2017
- Panelist, "Recent Developments in Indian Gaming Law," International Masters of Gaming Law Spring Conference, April 23-25, 2014, San Diego, CA
- Panelist - Tips for Editors-in-Chief, National Conference of Law Reviews (Bristol, R.I.), March 31, 2012