Published Opinions & Decisions

Additionally, Sarah Lee Gossett Parrish has authored many published Opinions of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and numerous Orders of the Hon. Lee R. West, U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma. Several of these published Opinions and Orders are listed below.

Numerous Majority Opinions of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, prepared for Justice James R. Winchester and Dissenting Opinions of Justice Winchester (February 2000 – March 2006), including:

State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Association v. Funk, 2005 OK 26, 114 P.3d 427; Ply v. Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2003 OK 97, 81 P.3d 643 (dissenting opinion only); Parret v. UNICCO Serv. Co., 2005 OK 54, 127 P.3d 572 (dissenting opinion only); Smith Oil v. Marshall Oil Corporation, 2004 OK 10, 85 P.3d 830; Williamson v. Williamson, 2005 OK 6, 107 P.3d 589; Barber v. Barber, 2003 OK 52, 77 P.3d 576; Clark v. Mazda Motor Corporation et al., 2003 OK 19, 68 P.3d 207; White v. In the Matter of the Adoption of Baby Boy D., et al., 10 P.3d 212; Norton v. Hughes, Winters and Hughes & Grant, 5 P.3d 588; KMC Leasing, Inc. et al. v. Rockwell-Standard Corp., et al., 2000 OK 51, 9 P.3d 683; Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority v. Medical Technology and Research Authority of Oklahoma, Forrest “Butch” Freeman, Oklahoma County Treasurer, et al., 2000 OK 23;

Numerous Orders prepared for the Honorable Lee R. West, U.S. District Judge, Western District of Oklahoma (August 1986 – May 1989) including:

Ahrberg v. Colton et al.; U.S. v. Hardage, 116 F.R.D. 460, 26 ERC 1049, 7 Fed.R.Serv.3d 266, 17 Envtl. L.Rep. 20,738; Richey v. Grant Thornton; In Re: Magic Circle Energy Corporation, No. CIV-88-1921-W; Chouteau v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., et al., No. CIV-88-1212-W; FDIC v. Linn, CIV-85-2110-W; Plowman v. United States of America, No. CIV-85-2334-W; AAR Corporation v. United States of America ex rel. Federal Aviation Administration, No. CIV-86-2781-W.

Sarah Lee Gossett Parrish was listed on the 2011 Inaugural Edition of Martindale-Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers. She has held, and continues to hold the highest rating for an attorney in the United States, an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, for many years.