What Riggs Abney Neal Turpen Orbison & Lewis Law Firm does

Riggs Abney Neal Turpen Orbison & Lewis, P.C. (operating as Riggs Abney) is a full-service regional law firm founded in 1972 by four graduates of the University of Tulsa College of Law. The firm maintains offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, and Greenwood Village, Colorado, with a headcount of 251-500 employees including 80+ attorneys. It offers 28 practice areas spanning litigation (civil, criminal, appellate, mediation), business and commercial law (banking, bankruptcy, tax, real estate, oil & gas), employment and benefits, personal injury and insurance, government and regulatory matters (including Native American Law), family and personal services, and specialty practices such as medical malpractice and product liability.

The firm's business model rests on two revenue streams. The dominant stream is traditional professional services billing (hourly and fixed fees) from a mix of Fortune 500 companies, national associations, state agencies, privately-owned mid-market companies, and individual clients. The second stream is a recurring subscription-based relationship as one of only 39 LegalShield affiliate law firms nationwide, representing over 80,000 LegalShield members across Oklahoma and Colorado through membership plans covering individuals, families, small businesses, and commercial drivers. The firm has no proprietary technology platform or AI capabilities; operations are supported by third-party tools such as HighTail Spaces for secure document upload and QuickClick for online payments.

Riggs Abney's go-to-market is relationship-driven rather than digital-marketing-led. The firm invests in peer-reviewed recognition (U.S. News Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 405 Magazine Top Attorneys), attorney civic engagement, and leverages the political and judicial credentials of its partners — including former Oklahoma Attorney General Michael C. Turpen and 18-year state legislator M. David Riggs — to access government and corporate mandates. Marketing channels are limited to organic social (LinkedIn, Facebook), earned media through legal rankings, and community involvement. There are no disclosed institutional investors, parent companies, or M&A activity beyond a 1994 merger that formed the current firm.

Name

Riggs Abney Neal Turpen Orbison & Lewis Law Firm

Legal name

Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis, P.C.

Website

https://riggsabney.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Riggs Abney is a full-service Oklahoma-based law firm founded in 1972, serving Fortune 500 companies, state agencies, mid-market businesses, and over 80,000 LegalShield members from offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Colorado.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tulsa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Traditional Billing: Traditional hourly billing and fixed-fee arrangements for legal representation services across all practice areas including litigation, transactions, and advisory services.
2. LegalShield Membership Plans: Firm serves as a LegalShield affiliate, one of 39 firms nationwide, representing individuals, families, small businesses and commercial drivers through membership plans. Over 80,000 LegalShield members depend on Riggs Abney for representation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Riggs Abney is a full-service law firm that provides legal representation and counsel across 28 practice areas, including litigation, business and commercial law, banking and finance, bankruptcy, employment and labor, healthcare, oil and gas, real estate, family law, estate planning, immigration, and government law. The firm also operates as a LegalShield affiliate, representing more than 80,000 members under membership plans covering individuals, families, small businesses, and commercial drivers.

Product overview

Riggs Abney is a law firm offering comprehensive legal services through a unified portfolio of 28 distinct practice areas (practice specialties). The firm operates as a single integrated legal services offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Key service clusters include: Litigation services (Civil Litigation, Criminal Law, Appellate, Mediation); Business services (Banking & Finance, Business & Commercial Law, Bankruptcy, Tax Law, Real Estate Law, Oil & Gas Law); Employment & Benefits (Employment & Labor Law, Employee Benefits & ERISA, Workers Compensation); Personal Injury & Insurance (Medical Malpractice, Product Liability, Insurance & Bad Faith Law, Social Security Disability); Government & Regulatory (Government Law & Politics, Environmental & Resource Law, Native American Law); Family & Personal (Family Law, Estate Planning, Immigration); and a specialized LegalShield Membership Plan providing on-demand legal representation for over 80,000 members. Supporting infrastructure includes an Online Payment System and Document Upload Service. The firm has offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Appellate Practice Handles appeals in state and federal courts, with attorneys admitted to the highest courts in Oklahoma and various Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court, on behalf of clients needing post-trial and appellate advocacy.
• Banking & Finance Represents financial institutions and borrowers in transactions and litigation, with expertise in bond financing involving corporate and public finance.
• Bankruptcy Represents debtors, creditors, and creditors' committees in bankruptcy cases, including multi-million dollar corporate reorganizations, sophisticated restructures, and liquidations.
• Business & Commercial Law Assists clients in business and financial matters including litigation and transactional practices for for-profit and nonprofit corporations, LLCs, partnerships, and joint ventures.
• Civil Litigation Represents individuals, small businesses, and large corporations in civil litigation matters in state and federal courts, bankruptcy courts, and appellate courts.
• Civil Rights Represents individuals and defends public entities in claims of discrimination and violations of civil rights in state and federal courts, administrative proceedings, and arbitration.
• Criminal Law Provides representation to individuals and businesses charged with criminal conduct, including offenses ranging from misdemeanors to felonies in state, district, and federal courts.
• Employee Benefits & ERISA Consulting and representation for employers, insurance companies, third party administrators, and health care providers, with emphasis on health and welfare benefit plans and retirement planning.
• Employment & Labor Law Advises clients and litigates federal and state employment and labor law issues, including equal employment opportunity, wage and hour matters, and disciplinary procedures.
• Environmental & Resource Law Provides expertise in compliance and permitting under the Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Clean Air Act, CERCLA, and natural resource damage claims.
• Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts & Probates Preparation and administration of wills and trusts, tax planning, charitable giving, guardianships, conservatorships, and probate contests for individuals and families.
• Family Law Domestic law counseling including marriage, separation, divorce, prenuptial agreements, child custody, adoption, and property settlements for individuals.
• Government Law & Politics Services including municipal finance, employment and labor matters, public bidding, open-meeting requirements, and representation before administrative and regulatory entities for government clients.
• Healthcare Law Represents hospitals, physicians, clinics, preferred provider organizations, and other health care providers, including HIPAA compliance and healthcare litigation.
• Immigration Provides immigration services including citizenship and naturalization, family-based immigration, removal proceedings, asylum, U-Visa, and VAWA.
• Insurance & Bad Faith Law Presents and defends insurance-related matters including first-party claims, third-party claims, and disputes concerning bad-faith conduct.
• Intellectual Property Law Trademark, trade name, and copyright registration and protection of existing rights, including international copyright and trademark law.
• LegalShield Membership Plan Representation As a LegalShield affiliate, the firm represents individuals, families, small businesses, and commercial drivers through an on-demand network of established attorneys under membership plans, with more than 80,000 LegalShield members depending on Riggs Abney for representation.
• Mediation Alternative dispute resolution in which a neutral third-party assists parties in resolving disputes through facilitated negotiation.
• Medical Malpractice Handles all aspects of medical malpractice litigation including misdiagnosis, surgical errors, medication errors, nursing negligence, birth injuries, and nursing home neglect.
• Native American Law Represents federally recognized Indian tribes, tribal business enterprises, authorities, and commissions in business, economic development, commercial transactions, real estate, taxation, gaming, and natural resources.
• Oil & Gas Law Represents clients in oil and gas industry matters including title opinions, transaction agreements, drilling disputes, pollution, division orders, royalty payments, and transportation.
• Product Liability Law Handles cases involving injuries from consumer products, household appliances, commercial equipment, medical devices, defective automobile design, and inadequate warnings.
• Real Estate Law Represents clients in negotiating, structuring, and closing real estate transactions for lenders, developers, and investors, including zoning and regulatory services.
• Social Security Disability Law Assists applicants in obtaining SSI or SSDI benefits through the appeals process at multiple levels.
• Tax Law Assists businesses, individuals, and trusts in tax-related matters including organization, operations, acquisitions, mergers, reorganization, and liquidation.
• Transportation Law Represents clients in the transportation industry, including large trucking companies and individual operators.
• Workers Compensation Assists injured employees in obtaining workers' compensation benefits and provides defense representation to employer respondents.

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• LegalShieldcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRiggs Abney is a LegalShield affiliate, one of 39 firms nationwide that represents individuals, families, small businesses and commercial drivers through an on-demand network of established attorneys. More than 80,000 LegalShield members depend on Riggs Abney for representation in all areas of the law.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Crowe & Dunlevy: Oklahoma's oldest and one of its largest law firms, with offices in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Directly comparable across litigation, corporate, energy, healthcare, Native American law and government practice in the same geography.
• Fellers Snider: Oklahoma City-based firm serving energy, banking, healthcare and litigation clients. Direct comparable peer within the Oklahoma full-service legal market.
• Conner & Winters: Multi-state firm with strong Tulsa and Oklahoma City presence. Competes directly with Riggs Abney on energy, banking and finance, healthcare, government and litigation matters in the Oklahoma market.
• Hall Estill: Tulsa-headquartered full-service firm with additional offices. Directly comparable peer across litigation, energy, IP, real estate, Native American law and corporate practice in the same Oklahoma geography.
• McAfee & Taft: Oklahoma's largest law firm, headquartered in Oklahoma City. Competes head-to-head with Riggs Abney across many of the same practice areas — business law, litigation, energy, healthcare and government relations — for Oklahoma enterprise and institutional clients.
• Phillips Murrah: Oklahoma City-based full-service firm founded in 1989. Competes with Riggs Abney for corporate, litigation, IP and business transactional work across Oklahoma enterprise and mid-market clients.
• GableGotwals: Tulsa-based Oklahoma firm with overlapping energy, healthcare, litigation, real estate and corporate practice. Direct competitor for Oklahoma-based mid-market and enterprise clients.
• Doerner Law: Oklahoma-based full-service firm with multi-state reach. Competes with Riggs Abney on litigation, commercial law, employment and government matters across Oklahoma enterprise clients.

Broad incumbents

• Ogletree Deakins: National labor and employment law firm with offices in many states; competes directly with Riggs Abney's Employment Law practice for enterprise clients and provides a benchmark for how large practice-area-specialized incumbents serve the same customer base.

Regional players

• Spencer Fane: Multi-state regional firm headquartered in Kansas City with offices across the Midwest and South; same regional full-service law firm peer set as Riggs Abney, with overlapping energy, healthcare, real estate and government practice.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/RiggsAbneyTulsa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/2038680

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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