Valerie Hatami is an experienced energy and natural resources attorney who represents corporations in complex commercial litigation in both federal and state courts. Her practice includes contract disputes, product liability, premises liability, environmental claims, wrongful death claims, and class actions.
- Represented an exploration and production company in a fraud action arising from a casing failure during hydraulic fracturing
- Represented multiple private equity-backed energy companies in a lease cancellation action
- Represented a utility company in a wrongful death action arising from a contractor accident
- Represented an exploration and production company in a breach of contract action arising from a breach of the joint development agreement
- Handled subpoena compliance on behalf of various energy clients
- Assisted in representing a publicly traded midstream company in an appeal before the Tenth Circuit
- When God Acts, Be Prepared: Five Steps to Minimize Liability for Weather-Related Risks, OILMAN Magazine, September 2021
- 5 Steps Oil and Gas Cos. Can Take to Manage Cyber Risk, Law360, June 2021
- The Solution to Unsound Science Behind Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing Is . . . Traceable, 39 Okla. City U. L. Rev. 209, Summer 2014
Admissions
- Oklahoma
- U.S. District Court, Western, Eastern, and Northern Districts of Oklahoma
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Memberships
- Oklahoma Bar Association
Education
- J.D., summa cum laude, Oklahoma City University School of Law, 2015
- B.A., with honors, Donetsk National University, Donetsk, Ukraine, 2009
Languages
- Russian
- Ukrainian