Tulsa’s Trusted Advocates for Personal Injury and Nursing Home Abuse Victims
Levinson Law, P.C. — Tulsa’s Trusted Advocates for Personal Injury and Nursing Home Abuse Victims
When an accident turns your life upside down, or when you discover that a loved one has been harmed in the very place you trusted to keep them safe, the question of who to call matters enormously. In Tulsa and across Northeastern Oklahoma, Levinson Law, P.C. has spent more than a century answering that call. From catastrophic personal injuries to some of Oklahoma’s most complex nursing home abuse litigation, this firm has built a reputation as the kind of legal team that doesn’t back down — not from insurance companies, not from nursing home corporations, and not from the courtroom itself.
A Century of Fighting for Oklahomans
Levinson Law, P.C., located at 1799 East 71st Street in Tulsa, is not a law firm that recently discovered personal injury litigation as a business model. The firm’s legal roots stretch back more than a hundred years, and its attorneys have accumulated a century of combined experience in the Oklahoma legal system. That history is not just a marketing claim — it reflects deep familiarity with Oklahoma statutes, local courts, the federal judiciary, and the tactical patterns of defense attorneys and insurance carriers who operate throughout the state.
What distinguishes Levinson Law from many firms is its identity as a litigation practice. The attorneys here do not settle cases because it is easier. They prepare every case as if it will go to trial, and that preparation — that credible threat of walking into a courtroom — is exactly what extracts maximum value from insurers and defendants who would otherwise offer far less. The firm’s track record speaks to that approach. Verdicts and settlements include a $4.5 million nursing home neglect settlement, a $5.25 million recovery for failed medical devices, a $4.1 million insurance bad faith award, a $4 million personal injury result, $2.5 million in a product liability matter, and multiple additional seven-figure recoveries across trucking accidents, wrongful death claims, oilfield spills, and medical malpractice cases.
The firm’s attorneys practice at all levels of the Oklahoma legal system — state, federal, and tribal court. Partner Evan McLemore, for instance, is admitted before the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court and has argued cases that shaped Cherokee Nation governance. Partner John Thetford has tried more than 30 jury trials and earned three multi-million-dollar verdicts in wrongful death, defective products, and nursing home neglect matters. Associate Grant Thetford, a University of Tulsa College of Law graduate, has been building his litigation career within the firm since 2018. This is a team with depth, courtroom experience, and the institutional knowledge that only comes from decades of operating in the same legal environment.
Levinson Law operates on a contingency fee basis for personal injury and nursing home abuse matters. That means clients pay nothing unless the firm wins — a model that aligns the firm’s interests directly with those of its clients and ensures that high-quality legal representation is accessible to everyone who needs it, regardless of financial circumstances.
Personal Injury Law in Tulsa: What It Means to Truly Fight for Clients
Personal injury law covers a broad range of situations, but at its core it addresses a simple principle: when someone else’s negligence, recklessness, or deliberate wrongdoing causes you harm, you are entitled to be made whole. In practice, making that principle real requires more than filing paperwork. It requires aggressive investigation, skilled negotiation, expert witnesses, and — when necessary — the willingness to take a case in front of a jury.
Car and Truck Accidents
Oklahoma roadways are among the more dangerous in the nation. Thousands of people are injured in traffic accidents in the state every year, and the consequences range from minor fender-benders to catastrophic, life-altering collisions. When a crash involves a commercial semi-truck or tractor-trailer, the stakes increase dramatically. These vehicles can weigh 80,000 pounds at maximum load, and the injuries they cause to occupants of passenger vehicles are often severe — traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord damage, multiple fractures, internal injuries, and wrongful death.
Levinson Law handles the full range of vehicle accident claims, including car accidents, motorcycle accidents, trucking and semi-truck collisions, pedestrian knockdowns, and bicycle accidents. Trucking cases in particular require specialized expertise. Federal hours-of-service regulations, commercial driver licensing requirements, electronic logging device data, and corporate trucking company liability all come into play. The firm understands how to obtain and analyze this evidence, and how to hold both drivers and their employers accountable when violations lead to crashes.
Motorcycle accidents receive particular attention at the firm. Because motorcyclists lack the structural protection of an enclosed vehicle, injuries from motorcycle crashes are disproportionately severe. The firm pursues full compensation for motorcycle accident victims, including past and future medical expenses, lost earning capacity, and the noneconomic damages — pain, suffering, and diminished quality of life — that can be substantial but are harder to quantify without skilled legal advocacy.
Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury
Some of the most complex personal injury cases involve damage to the brain or spinal cord. Traumatic brain injuries can occur in virtually any serious accident — a blow to the head in a car crash, a fall from height, a pedestrian struck by a vehicle. The consequences range from short-term concussions to permanent cognitive impairment, personality changes, loss of memory, and inability to work or maintain relationships. Nearly two million Americans suffer severe head injuries annually, and the long-term costs of care can be staggering.
Spinal cord injuries are equally devastating. Damage to the spine can result in partial or total paralysis, impair bladder and bowel function, create chronic pain, and require extensive, ongoing medical treatment. Cases involving these injuries require a sophisticated approach to damages — not just what has been spent, but what will be needed over the course of a lifetime. Levinson Law has the experience and the expert network to build those projections credibly and compellingly, whether in settlement negotiations or in front of a jury.
Medical Malpractice and Premises Liability
Not every serious injury happens in a vehicle. Medical malpractice — the failure of a physician, hospital, or medical staff to meet the applicable standard of care — causes serious harm to thousands of patients each year. Levinson Law handles medical malpractice claims, which require a particular combination of medical knowledge and litigation skill to pursue effectively. Partner John Thetford has secured over $2.3 million in medical malpractice recoveries across multiple cases. 
Premises liability is another significant component of the firm’s personal injury practice. When property owners fail to maintain safe conditions — whether in a retail store, a parking lot, a private residence, or a commercial building — and visitors suffer injuries as a result, the property owner may be held liable. Slip and fall cases, inadequate security claims, and construction site accidents all fall within this practice area.
Dog Bites and Wrongful Death
Oklahoma law provides meaningful protections for victims of dog bites and other dog-related injuries. The firm represents clients in dog bite cases, navigating the legal framework to secure compensation for medical treatment, scarring, and psychological trauma.
Wrongful death cases represent the most serious category of personal injury claims. When negligence or recklessness kills a family member, the surviving family faces both devastating grief and real financial consequences — loss of income, loss of companionship, funeral expenses, and more. Oklahoma law provides a mechanism for families to pursue compensation in these circumstances, and Levinson Law has experience handling wrongful death matters with both the legal rigor and the human sensitivity they demand.
Understanding Your Rights Under Oklahoma Law
Oklahoma follows a modified comparative negligence standard, meaning that a plaintiff’s damages are reduced in proportion to their own fault — but only if their fault does not exceed 50 percent. If a plaintiff is more than 50 percent responsible for the incident, they cannot recover at all. This framework makes it critical to work with attorneys who know how to present facts persuasively and defend against inflated fault assignments by defense counsel.
The general statute of limitations for personal injury claims in Oklahoma is two years from the date of injury. Missing this deadline almost always results in the complete loss of the right to recover, which is why speaking with an attorney as soon as possible after an accident is so important. Levinson Law offers free, no-obligation consultations and can even meet clients in their homes or at the hospital when the circumstances require it.
Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect: When Oklahoma’s Most Vulnerable Need an Advocate
Of all the practice areas at Levinson Law, perhaps none carries greater moral weight than nursing home abuse and neglect. The decision to place a parent, grandparent, or disabled loved one in a long-term care facility is rarely easy. Families do so trusting that trained professionals will provide the care, dignity, and safety that their loved ones deserve. When that trust is violated — when the vulnerable are neglected, abused, or exploited by the very people paid to protect them — the harm is not just physical. It is a profound betrayal.
A National Crisis That Hits Close to Home
The scale of nursing home abuse in the United States is staggering. According to the National Council on Aging, as many as 5 million older Americans experience some form of abuse each year. National surveys have found that as many as 44 percent of nursing home residents report being abused, and that two out of three nursing home staff members have admitted to committing some form of elder abuse within the past year. Perhaps most troubling, in 2024, 72 percent of nursing homes had lower staffing levels than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic, creating conditions in which neglect is almost structurally inevitable.
The situation in Oklahoma carries its own particular concerns. Over 30 percent of Oklahoma nursing homes received below-average ratings in 2024, a figure that should alarm any family with a loved one in a long-term care facility in this state. Understaffing, high staff turnover, inadequate training, and financial pressures on facility operators all contribute to an environment where residents may not receive the basic care they are owed.
The Many Faces of Nursing Home Abuse
Nursing home abuse and neglect take many forms, and not all of them are immediately visible. Physical abuse — hitting, shaking, inappropriate use of restraints, or rough handling — may leave marks: bruises, fractures, redness around the wrists or neck. But abuse can be harder to see. Emotional and psychological abuse, including verbal harassment, humiliation, threats, and isolation, may manifest instead in behavioral changes: sudden depression, anxiety, withdrawal from social interaction, or unusual fearfulness around specific staff members.
Neglect, which is often the result of understaffing rather than deliberate cruelty, is no less harmful for being unintentional. A resident left in soiled clothing for hours, a patient who develops severe bedsores because they are not repositioned, an elder who loses dangerous amounts of weight because no one is ensuring they eat — these are injuries caused by a failure of care, and they are legally actionable. Levinson Law handles the full range of nursing home abuse and neglect claims, including:
Physical and sexual abuse — Direct harm inflicted by staff or other residents, including inappropriate physical contact, assault, and sexual abuse. Oklahoma law makes abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of the elderly by caregivers felonies, meaning civil claims can run parallel to criminal prosecution.
Bedsores and pressure ulcers — Bedsores develop when immobile residents are not repositioned regularly. Stage III and Stage IV bedsores involve tissue death, bone exposure, and serious infection risk. They are almost always preventable with proper care, and their presence is frequently a strong indicator of systemic neglect.
Malnutrition and dehydration — Nursing home residents, particularly those with dementia or swallowing difficulties, depend entirely on staff to ensure adequate nutrition and hydration. Failure to provide adequate food, water, or feeding assistance can cause rapid and serious health deterioration.
Medication errors — Long-term care facilities are responsible for administering medications accurately and on schedule. Errors — wrong medications, incorrect doses, missed doses, or dangerous drug interactions — can have severe consequences for elderly patients with complex medical needs.
Falls and inadequate supervision — Elderly residents with mobility limitations, balance issues, or cognitive decline are at serious fall risk. Failure to implement appropriate fall prevention protocols, or failure to supervise residents who are known fall risks, constitutes actionable negligence when injuries result.
Emotional and financial abuse — Psychological harm and financial exploitation are often the least visible forms of abuse. Signs of financial abuse include unexplained account withdrawals, changes to wills or power of attorney documents, and missing personal property.
Warning Signs Families Should Watch For
Families who visit loved ones in nursing homes or assisted living facilities should know what to look for. Sudden weight loss or visible dehydration — dry skin, cracked lips, sunken eyes — are red flags. Unexplained injuries, including bruises in unusual locations, fractures, or signs of restraint use, should prompt immediate questions. A loved one who becomes withdrawn, fearful, or reluctant to speak in front of staff may be experiencing emotional abuse. Bedsores at any stage warrant serious concern. A facility that discourages family visits, is consistently understaffed, or is visibly unsanitary should raise alarms regardless of whether specific abuse has yet been identified.
What Oklahoma Law Provides for Victims
Nursing home residents are protected by both state and federal law. The federal Nursing Home Reform Act guarantees residents specific rights, including the right to be free from abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and the right to receive adequate and appropriate care. Oklahoma law reinforces and extends these protections. Civil claims for nursing home abuse can be brought by residents on their own behalf, or — where the resident’s cognitive or physical condition makes that difficult — by family members acting on their behalf.
Recoverable damages in nursing home abuse and neglect cases include medical expenses (past and future), costs of transfer to a safer facility, pain and suffering, emotional distress, and in cases of particularly egregious conduct, punitive damages. Oklahoma’s courts have recognized punitive damages as appropriate in nursing home cases where the facility’s conduct reflects conscious disregard for residents’ safety, and several of Levinson Law’s most significant nursing home recoveries have involved just that kind of accountability.
Why Levinson Law Is the Right Choice for Nursing Home Cases
Levinson Law’s dedication to nursing home abuse and neglect cases goes beyond simply accepting them as a practice area. The firm has attorneys whose practice is specifically devoted to this work — lawyers who understand the regulatory framework governing long-term care facilities, who know how to obtain and analyze facility records, staffing data, state inspection reports, and incident documentation, and who have the litigation experience to take these cases all the way through trial when necessary.
The firm’s $4.5 million nursing home neglect settlement stands as evidence of what that expertise can achieve. But beyond the dollar figures, what the firm offers families in these situations is something harder to quantify: the support, guidance, and advocacy to navigate an extraordinarily difficult process while protecting a vulnerable loved one.
Levinson Law understands that confronting a nursing home or its parent corporation is daunting. These are frequently well-resourced defendants with experienced legal teams of their own. Families facing them need counsel that will not be intimidated and will not settle for less than what the case is worth. That is precisely what Levinson Law provides.
Rooted in Tulsa, Committed to the Community
Levinson Law is not a national firm with a satellite office in Oklahoma. It is a Tulsa firm, rooted in the Greenwood neighborhood — one of Oklahoma’s most historically significant communities — and deeply invested in the people and families it serves. The firm serves clients throughout Northeastern Oklahoma, with coverage extending to Bartlesville, Muskogee, McAlester, Miami, Okmulgee, Sapulpa, and beyond. For oilfield and gas pollution matters, the firm’s representation extends statewide.
The attorneys at Levinson Law are recognized by their peers and professional organizations. Partner Evan McLemore has been named to the SuperLawyers Rising Stars list — a distinction given to the top 2.5 percent of attorneys in their region. The firm holds AV Preeminent ratings, is affiliated with the American Association for Justice and the American Board of Trial Advocates, and is a member of the American Inns of Court, a national organization dedicated to professionalism and excellence in litigation.
Client feedback echoes the firm’s professional reputation. Clients describe the attorneys as “extremely courteous, professional, and talented,” and note that the team is “phenomenal to work with — first rate all around.” These are not accidental outcomes. They reflect a firm culture that prioritizes communication, responsiveness, and genuine commitment to client outcomes.
Free Consultations — On Your Terms
Levinson Law, P.C. offers free initial consultations for personal injury and nursing home abuse matters, with no obligation and no fee unless the firm recovers compensation on your behalf. Recognizing that many clients who need them most are unable to travel — whether due to injury, hospitalization, or the care demands of a nursing home situation — the firm’s attorneys are willing to meet wherever is most convenient: at the office, in a client’s home, or at a hospital bedside.
If you or a family member has been injured due to someone else’s negligence, or if you suspect a loved one is being abused or neglected in a Tulsa-area nursing home or long-term care facility, the time to act is now. Oklahoma’s two-year statute of limitations begins running at the time of injury, and critical evidence can disappear quickly without legal intervention to preserve it.
Levinson Law, P.C. 1799 East 71st Street, Tulsa, OK 74136 Phone: Call Injury Lawyer OK Today! Website: injurylawyerok.com
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