Austin C. Walters

Austin C. Walters

Attorney and Counselor at Law

Personal:
Born in Longview, Texas and raised in the small East Texas town of White Oak, Austin is now a proud Oklahoman. He currently resides in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Austin enjoys spending time with family, working out, attending concerts, trivia and is an avid sports fan (GO Thunder!). In his free time, Austin enjoys giving back to the community by volunteering/coaching inner-city youth basketball and baseball teams.

Education:
Austin graduated from White Oak High School in 2009 in the Top 10% of his class and attended Louisiana Tech University on the Outstanding Student Scholarship where he graduated in 2013 with a Bachelors Degree in Biology with a minor in Chemistry. After working for a large manufacturing and transportation company immediately after college, Austin enrolled at the Oklahoma City University School of Law where he served as 1L Class Vice-President, was a member of Phi Alpha Delta (PAD), was on the Dean’s List, was a student member of the William J. Holloway Inn of Court and graduated in 2017.

Jurisdictions:
Admitted to practice in the State of Oklahoma allowing him to practice in all Oklahoma state, administrative and municipal courts. Mr. Walters is also admitted to practice in all federal districts of Oklahoma including the U.S. District Court for the Western, Eastern, Northern Districts of Oklahoma.

Areas of Practice:
General Civil Litigation, Personal Injury, Automobile and Trucking Collisions, Wrongful Death, Premises Liability, Slip & Falls, Probates, Guardianships, Criminal Law, Wills and Estate Planning, Administrative Hearings, Product Liability, Medical Malpractice, and Contracts.

Memberships:
Austin is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Canadian County Bar Association (where he served as President for the years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021), Oklahoma Association for Justice (OAJ), the American Association for Justice (AAJ), Robert J. Turner Inn of Court, Leadership Canadian County, Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma’s Leadership Council. Under Austin’s leadership, the Canadian County Bar Association was selected as the state’s Outstanding Bar Association and was recognized at the 2020 Annual Meeting.

Austin was named to the 2019 NextGen Under 30 for the State of Oklahoma, a prestigious award that recognizes those young professionals who demonstrate talent, drive and service to their communities. Austin was 1 of only 18 attorneys under the age of thirty (30) throughout the entire state that received this honor. Austin was also recently chosen by the National Academy of Family Law Attorneys (NAFLA) as a Top 10 Family Law Attorney Under 40 in the State of Oklahoma.

Austin was recently accepted into the Million Dollar Advocates Forum which is only bestowed upon Plaintiff Attorneys who have recovered Million Dollar settlements for their clients and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum which is only bestowed upon Plaintiff Attorneys who have recovered Multi-Million Dollar settlements for their clients. Less than 1% of U.S. Lawyers are members.

Austin is also a member of The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 which is a professional organization composed of the top trial lawyers from each state or region who are under the age of 40. Membership into The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 under 40 is by invitation only and is extended exclusively to those trial lawyers practicing civil plaintiff and/or criminal defense law. Invitees must exemplify superior qualifications, trial results, and leadership as a young lawyer under the age of 40. Selection is based on a thorough multi-phase objective process which includes peer nominations combined with third-party research.

Austin was recently recognized by Super Lawyers magazine as a 2023 Rising Star. Those chosen were nominated by their peers, evaluated across 12 key categories and reviewed by a select panel. Only 2.5% of attorneys in the state are selected. Rising Star selections are reserved for those attorneys who have practiced law less than 10 years.

Austin was named in the 2024 Edition of 405 Magazine’s Top Attorneys for Personal Injury. According to the publication, The Top Attorneys list provides names of the 405 area’s attorneys recommended by their colleagues. DataJoe Research conducted an extensive peer-review survey asking established local attorneys to name top practitioners in their particular fields.