Debbie Firestone
Esq., JD, LLM Energy & Environmental Law
Littleton Legal PLLC
Licensed in Oklahoma, Texas, and Florida
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Education
University of Tulsa College of Law
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Juris Doctor and Master of Laws in Energy and Natural Resources Law JD/LLM, with highest honors
- Articles Editor, Energy Law Journal
- Senior Executive Editor, ABA SEER The Year in Review, Outstanding ABA Year in Review Member, Peer-Selected Award
- Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Certificate (SERL)
- CALI Excellence for the Future Awards (highest grade) – Natural Resources, Professional Responsibility, Law Office Management, & Disability Law
- The International Legal Honor Society of Phi Delta Phi, Magister/Exchequer
- Student Bar Association, Justice
- Memberships: Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law Society (REELS), Native Law Student Association, and Women’s Law Caucus
- Yale Law School: University of Tulsa Team at the Interdisciplinary Policy and Governance Hackathon for Weaponized Artificial Intelligence
Experience
Littleton Legal PLLC
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Associate Attorney
Works with clients Estate Planning and Business organization.
Environment Energy & Natural Resource Advocates
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Member Attorney
Works with clients in complex environmental litigation.
The Williams Companies, Inc.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Legal Intern to John C. Gammie, Assistant General Counsel
Edited SEC Proxy Statement, and reviewed Sustainability & Governance Report
Tulsa County District Attorney's Office
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Legal Intern to Kevin Gray, Homocide Division
Drafted memoranda, affidavits, and briefs; assisted with trial preparation
Seidler Consulting
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Legal Research Assistant to Maria Seidler, Esq., and Ken Malloy, Esq.
Drafted memoranda, briefs, journal entries, motions, and petitions for clients in matters including: domestic, civil and criminal litigation; interviewed clients and witnesses.
The Lindsay Law Firm
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Legal Intern to Edward G. Lindsey, Esq.
Drafted memoranda, briefs, journal entries, motions, and petitions for clients in matters including: domestic, civil and criminal litigation; interviewed clients and witnesses.
Barrister David Leonard
Law Library Four Courts, Dublin, Ireland
Legal Research Intern
Researched and presented reports from Irish Law, U.K. Law, and E.U. Law on cases and topics ranging from diplomatic immunity to matters dealing with international extradition and deportation.
Publications
Debbie Firestone, Utility Solid Waste Activities Group v. EPA and the EPA’s Path Toward Regulating Coal Combustion Residuals, 41 Energy L. J. 127, 2020.
Oklahoma Renewable Energy Policy Encounters a COVID Roadblock: 2019-2020, Texas A&M Journal of Property Law, 2021.
The Decline of Coal as an Energy Source, Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, edited by Ali Farazmand (New York: Springer Nature), 2021.
Public Service
- Just Hope, assisted fundraising at Wine for Water
- Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless, recruited for monthly clothes distribution
- Nightlight, served and supported weekly outreach to Tulsa’s homeless population