Dunlap Codding

10/01/2026

Best Lawyers® calls it “Ones to Watch.” We have been watching Andrew Piechocki for years, and we like what we see.
Andrew has been selected for Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2027 for Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law, and Technology Law, a peer-voted recognition for lawyers earlier in their careers. He drafts and prosecutes patents, which means he writes the words that inventors will rely on for the next twenty years. He is very good at it.
Congratulations, Andrew. https://dunlapcodding.com/team/[andrew-piechocki]/

09/29/2026

Six of our attorneys are in The Best Lawyers in America® 2027: Marc Brockhaus, Emily Campbell, Ann Robl, Nick Rouse, Doug Sorocco, and Barb Yuill.
Nobody applies for this list. The votes come from other lawyers, more than 32,000 of them this year, including plenty we have faced across a conference table. That is what makes it worth a post.
Thank you to our colleagues around Oklahoma City and beyond who took the time. Meet the team: https://dunlapcodding.com/who-we-are/our-team/

09/22/2026

There is no certificate for a trade secret. Nothing to hang on the wall. The work is quiet by design, which makes this a little louder than usual for us.
Best Lawyers® has named Nick Rouse its 2027 Oklahoma City Lawyer of the Year for Trade Secrets Law. It is the fourth different practice area in which Nick has received the award, after Trademark Law (2018 and 2026), Patent Law (2022), and Technology Law (2025). He has also run this firm since 2007, which the rest of us appreciate more than we say.
Congratulations, Nick.
https://dunlapcodding.com/team/nicholas-rouse/

06/30/2025

Our clients build technologies that don’t fit into templates. They come to us with complex systems, abstract methods, and big ideas that need to function seamlessly across borders and diverse business models.
We don’t just draft patents — that's just part of it. We build strategic, long-term intellectual property (IP) assets that we stand behind and enforce. From early-stage inventors to Fortune 50 teams, our clients rely on us to see the big picture, ask the hard questions, and connect the dots others miss.
That’s what makes it meaningful that Chambers USA 2025 has once again ranked Dunlap Codding Band 1 for Intellectual Property. For fifteen years, our clients have named us one of the very top IP firms in the U.S.
Chambers zeroed in, calling us a “respected boutique with a global clientele, partnering with companies of all sizes to provide long-term strategic and holistic IP portfolio management.”
One client put it more plainly:
“They’re very good at understanding complicated concepts that may not seem patentable—and finding a way to get them filed.”
We’re not here to check boxes. We’re here to build durable, global IP strategies around the kinds of ideas that change industries.

03/26/2025

Free LUNCH & LEARN as part of the 2025 American Intellectual Property Law Association Women in IP Global Networking Event ( )- Everyone Welcome!
Topic: “Developments in Name, Image, & Likeness Contracts and Compliance” with Grasyn Fuller (1 Hour OBA CLE credit available)
When: April 3rd, 2025, 12-1 p.m.
Where: Dunlap Codding, P.C., 609 W Sheridan Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Free lunch provided, however, registration is required. Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehj5-KCmbPQ-t0ArKbJSYJWhSR3kfZzGT0AqSqdPlprS8x9g/viewform

About the speaker: Grasyn Fuller earned her J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Before joining the OU Office of Legal Counsel in 2024, Grasyn worked in Athletics Compliance at OU where she reviewed contractual and institutional compliance with Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) regulations, among other legal and compliance duties.

02/27/2025

Free LUNCH & LEARN as part of the 2025 American Intellectual Property Law Association Women in IP Global Networking Event ( )- Everyone Welcome!
Topic: “Developments in Name, Image, & Likeness Contracts and Compliance” with Grasyn Fuller (1 Hour OBA CLE credit pending approval)
When: April 3rd, 2025, 12-1 p.m.
Where: Dunlap Codding, P.C., 609 W Sheridan Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Free Lunch Provided, however Registration is Required. Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehj5-KCmbPQ-t0ArKbJSYJWhSR3kfZzGT0AqSqdPlprS8x9g/viewform

About the speaker: Grasyn Fuller earned her J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Before joining the OU Office of Legal Counsel in 2024, Grasyn worked in Athletics Compliance at OU where she reviewed contractual and institutional compliance with Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) regulations, among other legal and compliance duties.

01/17/2025

Dunlap Codding welcomes its newest attorney, Justin Valentine. With a unique background in chemical engineering and years of experience as a patent attorney and criminal prosecutor, Justin applies his deep understanding of patent law to maximize the scope of protection for client inventors.

In addition to his IP experience, Justin previously served as the Chief Criminal Prosecutor for the Quapaw Nation and successfully prosecuted more than a hundred misdemeanor and felony matters in the course of a year while leading the development of a new criminal code for the Nation. He was also the Assistant Attorney General for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, prosecuting felony offenses resulting from the historic McGirt Supreme Court decision which reestablished the Nation’s reservation boundaries.

See more at https://dunlapcodding.com/team/justin-t-valentine/

11/04/2024

Dunlap Codding Announces Three New Attorneys Have Joined the Firm

Hannah Edmondson, Jeannie Pinkston, and Jessie Sadlon have joined the firm in Oklahoma City, bolstering its ability to serve intellectual property clients.

Hannah received her J.D., summa cm laude, from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where she was an articles editor for Oklahoma Law Review. She has a B.A. in English, summa cm laude, from Oklahoma State University Honors College.

Jeannie received her J.D., summa cm laude, from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where she was a note editor for Oklahoma Law Review, and her B.S. in Chemistry, magna cm laude, also from the University of Oklahoma. A registered patent attorney for more than 25 years, Jeannie has assisted individual entrepreneurs, inventors, and companies in securing and protecting intellectual property rights.

Jessie earned her J.D. from the University of Nebraska College of Law where she served on the Nebraska Law Review, and her M.S. in Biomedical Sciences and a B.S. in Medical Biology from the University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine.

For more information on Dunlap Codding, please visit dunlapcodding.com.

09/22/2023

Please help Dunlap Codding Director Douglas Sorocco - who was born with spina bifida and has been living a life of meaning - raise money for the Spina Bifida Association by 🦿🦵hopping on crutches around Bethany Children's Health Center tomorrow for OKC's Spina Bifida Walk n Roll. If he can hop the walk, we can all pitch in a few bucks to help him meet his goal of raising $5,000. Let's cheer Douglas Sorocco on and help him raise these much needed funds!👏

Do-gooder Yankee turned Okie. Living an engaging life with spina bifida!