timothy-e-lurtzTIMOTHY E. LURTZ

Director

tel@czwlaw.com
405.524.2070

Timothy E. Lurtz is a director at Collins, Zorn & Wagner. He joined the firm in 2005 and has a broad practice in a variety of areas, including appellate practice, personal injury, property and casualty insurance, banking, product liability, workers’ compensation, insurance defense, and general civil litigation. Tim has been a litigator in private practice for more than 25 years. Throughout his career, he has been a frequent speaker on the topic of workers’ compensation law for a variety of insurance companies.

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • Oklahoma
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

EDUCATION

  • University of Oklahoma College of Law, Juris Doctor, 1991
  • University of Oklahoma, Bachelor of Arts, 1988

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Oklahoma Bar Association
  • Oklahoma County Bar Association
  • Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel
  • Defense Research Institute, Inc.
  • Phi Delta Phi, University of Oklahoma College of Law

PUBLISHED OPINIONS

  • Atwood Distributing LP v. Camp, 2017 OK CIV APP 22, __ P.3d __.
  • Carroll v. Capitol One Auto Finance, Inc., 346 P.3d 444 (Okla. Civ. App. 2015)
  • Evans & Associates Utility Services v. Espinosa, 264 P.3d 1190 (Okla. 2011)
  • Wilcoxson v. Woodward County EMS, 231 P.3d 1170 (Okla. Civ. App. 2010)
  • Floyd v. Ricks, 954 P.2d 131 (Okla. 1998)
  • Resolution Trust Corp. v. Sudderth, 854 P.2d 375 (Okla. Civ. App. 1993)

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Speaker, “The Administrative Workers’ Compensation Act”, December 2015, Oklahoma City, OK

COMMUNITY SERVICE

  • Volunteer, Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity
  • Disaster Relief Worker for Moore, Oklahoma, 2013