Hailey’s practice focuses on general insurance defense, including the defense of retail and hospitality establishments in premises liability matters, as well as transportation, medical malpractice, professional liability, dram shop, and personal injury cases. Hailey also has extensive experience in defending mass tort and construction related damage claims for energy service companies, contractors and public utilities.

Hailey joined Pierce Couch as a law clerk while attending the University of Oklahoma College of Law and began working as an associate after graduation. She is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma, as well as the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Hailey is a proud graduate of Pepperdine University’s Seaver College in Malibu, California where she was an active member in Delta Gamma Sorority. Hailey lives in her home town of Norman, Oklahoma with her husband Dan and their two sons, Harry & Charlie.

Legal Assistant:

Tammy McGee

Education:

• University of Oklahoma College of Law - Norman, Oklahoma - Juris Doctorate

• Pepperdine University, Malibu, California - B.A. in Advertising

Bar Admissions:

• State of Oklahoma

• U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma

• U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma

• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma

• Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Oklahoma Bar Association

• Oklahoma County Bar Association

• USLAW Network

• Oklahoma Association of Defense Council

• Defense Research Institute

Professional Honors and Awards:

• Oklahoma Super Lawyers Rising Star – 2016-2022

• OKC Friday Most Powerful Young Professionals – 2021

Classes/Seminars/Presentations:

• Finding and Owning Your Voice – USLAW Women’s Connection Conference, Summer 2023, Vail, CO

• Gender Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace – USLAW Fall Conference, 2021, Colorado Springs, CO

• How to Attract, Retain and Motivate Female Talent – USLAW Women’s Connection Conference, Summer 2021, Park City, UT

• Issues in Oklahoma Energy & Electric Utility Regulation – HalfMoon Education, December 2019, Oklahoma City, OK

• Risk Management Brainstorm – USLAW Retail & Hospitality / Employment Exchange, Fall 2019, New Orleans, LA

• Oklahoma Premises Liability Pre-Litigation Investigation Tips - Oklahoma Restaurant Association Expo, Summer 2019, Oklahoma City, OK

• Bills, Bills, Bills – USLAW Women’s Connection Conference, Summer 2019, Cape Neddick, ME

Respective Cases/Published Works

• Brisco v. Gerard, 2023 OK CIV APP 19, 530 P.3d 75

• Carista v. Valuck, 2016 OK CIV APP 66, 394 P.3d 253

• “You’re Cancelled – A Litigation Primer on Cancel Culture and Jury Bias” – USLAW Magazine, Spring 2021

• “Pharmacist Liability and the Opioid Epidemic – Is the Learned Intermediary Doctrine a Defense for Pharmacies and Pharmacists?” – USLAW Magazine, Fall 2017