Attorney
Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74136
Tony Edwards was born and raised in McAlester and has devoted himself to serving the legal needs of the people in his home area. He achieved an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, indicating the highest legal ability and ethical standards. He received his undergraduate degree in sociology and psychology from East Central University in Ada and then went to Oklahoma University College of Law, receiving his J.D. in 1982. He took a position with a general-practice law firm in Ada and stayed there for five years before returning to McAlester to join the Stipe Law Firm. At the Stipe firm, Edwards began focusing on civil litigation for plaintiffs.
In 2006, he decided that he wanted to create a smaller firm that would allow him to provide more personal service. The Edwards firm was born that year, and he has continued to concentrate on the plaintiff’s civil litigation. His practice today encompasses cases involving motor vehicles, nursing homes, defective products, and oil-field injuries. He also handles Social Security cases and has been involved in numerous mass-tort cases involving defective products. His efforts have resulted in multiple significant verdicts and settlements for his clients. One of his most notable was a confidential settlement on the eve of trial with the Ford Motor Co. on a products-liability case involving the design of a gas tank that ignited.
In another, he represented the family of an East Central University football player who was killed in a hate crime incident. No matter what the case, Edwards brings the same committed approach to benefit his clients. “Our logo is: ‘We care. We fight. We win.’ That’s an honest statement of what we do. We try to treat people fairly and give them our best effort,” he says. Edwards and his wife, DeVonna, are active in the Lakewood Christian Church, where he has been an elder for over 20 years.
They are also active in Shared Blessings, which DeVonna launched in 1998 to provide clothing for needy people. Since then, it has continued to expand and now includes food, household goods, disaster relief, and emergency financial assistance. Edwards enjoys golf and is a passionate Oklahoma University sports fan in his spare time.
