JO LYNN JETER
Partner
- Business litigation
- Employment litigation
- Civil rights litigation
- Contract disputes
- Insurance litigation
- Business transactions
- University of Oklahoma
- J.D., 2004
- Order of the Coif (Top 10 percent)
- Am Jur Academic Achievement Awards in Property, Employment Law, Commercial Law, Federal Indian Law, and Agricultural Biotechnology and the Law
- Oklahoma State University
- B.S., 2001
- Summa cum laude
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Western and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and Seventh Circuit
- American, Oklahoma and Tulsa County Bar Associations
- Tulsa County Bar Association, Litigation Section
- Federal Bar Association, NEOK Division
- Council Oak/Johnson – Sontag American Inn of Court
- Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity
- Quapaw Nation Bar Association
- “Top 50” Lawyers in Oklahoma, as published by Super Lawyers, 2024
- “Top 25 Women” Lawyers in Oklahoma, as published by Super Lawyers, 2023 and 2024
- Oklahoma “Super Lawyers” in Business Litigation, 2013 – 2024
- Named one of “Tulsa’s Power Attorneys and Legal Professionals,” 2013
- Tulsa Business & Legal News 2013 class of “The Tulsa 40”, recognizing Tulsa’s top 40 up-and-coming business leaders under the age of 40
- Oklahoma Rising Stars, as featured in Oklahoma Super Lawyer’s Magazine, 2009
- Adjunct Settlement Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 2021-present
- Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless, Board of Directors (2007-2022)
- Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless, President of the Board of Directors (2013-2016)
- Green Country Habitat for Humanity, Board Chair (2023-2024)
- Green Country Habitat for Humanity, Board of Directors, 2019-present
- Boomtown, Inc., Board of Directors (2019-2023)
- Committee for Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma’s Campaign for Justice, (2013-2015)
- Committee for Blank Canvas event supporting Youth Services of Tulsa, (2016-2017)
- National Charity League, 2022-present
- University of Tulsa College of Law Mentorship Program
- Monte Cassino School Development Committee
- Judge for annual high school and law school moot court competitions
Jo Lynn Jeter joined the firm in 2004. Her practice consists primarily of business litigation in state and federal courts. She has been involved in a variety of litigation matters involving employment defense, business disputes, contract disputes, civil rights, oil and gas, bad faith insurance defense, legal malpractice defense, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair trade practices, embezzlement, antitrust and torts. She is also involved in the drafting and review of various commercial contracts and business transactions.
Ms. Jeter took a six-month leave of absence from the firm in 2008 to serve as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Gregory K. Frizzell in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. During law school, Ms. Jeter gained experience working as law clerk at a litigation firm in New York City and as a legal intern for the general counsel of Oklahoma Farm Bureau.