Matthew Free

Background

About Matthew Free

Matthew B. Free focuses his practice in areas of appellate practice, medical malpractice, insurance defense and coverage, bad faith liability and municipal liability. Mr. Free graduated from University of Oklahoma College of Law with honors in 1998 and is admitted to practice in all Oklahoma state courts as well as U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma. While in law school, Mr. Free served as assistant managing editor of The Oklahoma Law Review and authored 'Kraszewski v. Baptist Medical Center of Oklahoma, Inc- The Oklahoma Supreme Court recognizes the Tort of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress in a New Context,' 51 Okla.L.Rev. 403 (Summer 1998). Mr. Free has also authored 'The Oklahoma Supreme Court Rejects Social Host Liability,' 74 O.B.J. 847 (2003), as published by the Oklahoma Bar Journal. Mr. Free is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Associations, Defense Research Institute and Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel.Representative cases: Anderson v. Boring, 39 P.3d 822, 2001 OK CIV APP 137; McGee v. Hillcrest, 2001 OK 78, 37 P.3d 800; White v. Adoptive Parents, 10 P.3d 212, OK 44, Conterez v. O'Donnell, 58 P.3d 759, 2002 OK 67; National Union Fire Insurance Co. v. LSB Industries, 296 F.3d 940 (10th Cir. 2002); Trainor v. Apollo Metal Specialities, Inc, 318 F.3d 976 (10th Cir. 2002); Markham v. National States Ins. Co, 122 Fed.Appx. 392 (10th Cir. 2004); Parish v. Henry, 2003 OK 62, 97 P.3d 646; Fitzgerald v. Corrections Corp. of America, 403 F.3d 1134 (10th Cir. 2005); Baker v. Saint Francis Hosp, 2005 OK 36, 126 P.3d 602; Applegate v. Saint Francis Hosp, 2005 OK CIV APP 28, 112 P.3d 316; Cook v. Hill, 2006 WL 459393 (10th Cir. 2006); In re Kreutzer, 344 B.R. 634 (N.D. Okla. 2006); Bierman v. Aramark, 2008 OK 29, 198 P.3d 877; Root v. Sonic, 2011 OK CIV APP 125; Chenowith v. City of Miami, 2010 OK CIV APP 91, 240 P.3d 1080; Malloy v. Caldwell, 2011 OK CIV APP 26, 251 P.3d 183.