Kirk is a Shareholder and Director of Newton, O’Connor, Turner & Ketchum, where he focuses his practice on representing companies and management in Labor and Employment law matters, as well as representing automobile dealerships in legal issues unique to that industry.

A regional leader in employment and labor law, Kirk chose Tulsa over eighteen years ago to serve as the place to develop and grow his legal practice. Kirk’s experience as a trial attorney in representing management in litigation in all areas of labor and employment law allows him to provide preventive counsel and training to corporate clients. In addition, his team serves as trainers and counselors in the practice areas of legal compliance, employment claim prevention, internal investigations, wrongful termination, civil rights, equal employment opportunity, wage and hour litigation, employee benefits, occupational safety and health, labor-management relations, union avoidance, immigration, unemployment, disability benefits and workers compensation.

Kirk is a member of the National Association of Dealer Counsel, a nationwide professional organization of attorneys who represent automobile and other vehicle dealers. Kirk also has extensive experience in representing employers in discrimination, harassment and civil rights matters, and routinely represents management in proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, state fair employment agencies and the Department of Labor. Kirk was selected for inclusion in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers of America, and is the recipient of the Oklahoma State Council for Human Resources Management’s 2007 Excellence Award.

Kirk has served on the Board of Directors for the Tulsa Area Human Resources Association (“TAHRA”) for the past ten years. He is a past President of TAHRA (2002-2003) and currently serves as Vice President of Legislative Affairs and General Counsel. Kirk was the recipient of the 2001 TAHRA President’s Award and the 2003 TAHRA Excellence Award. Kirk served five terms as the Vice President of Legislative Affairs and General Counsel for the Oklahoma State Council for Human Resource Management, an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management, and is a past board member of the Tulsa Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinators’ Association. Kirk has been a member of the National Employee and Labor Relations Committee for the Society for Human Resource Management, is a member of the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce Human Resources Committee and Legislative Affairs Committee, and serves as General Counsel for WorkForce Tulsa and the Tulsa Better Business Bureau.

Kirk is a graduate of the University of Arkansas School of Law. He is a member of the American, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tulsa County (labor and employment law sections) Bar Associations and is a past Chairman of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association. Kirk is admitted to practice law in Arkansas and Oklahoma, the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, the United States Tax Court and the United States Supreme Court.