Phone: 405-848-9100
Fax: 405-848-9101
Email: afhoge@mhgclaw.com

Arthur F. Hoge III

Principal Attorney

Arthur Hoge's legal practice focuses in three general areas: litigation; estate and charitable planning; and legal, housing and non-profit tax matters regarding tax organizations. He is licensed to practice law in Oklahoma and in Texas. He has a Martindale-Hubbell AV rating.

Mr. Hoge's litigation practice has included contract, tort, employment law, products liability, personal injury, environmental, banking law, tax litigation, trustee and trust litigation, and contested estate matters, among others. He has 41 years of litigation experience. His reported appellate court cases include AP-PRESCOTT ONE TEN LP v. CLAY , 2001 OK CIV APP 128, 34 P.3d 1169 and KEYES v. PENN SQUARE MALL LTD. PARTNERSHIP, 1992 OK CIV APP 21, 827 P.2d 909.

Mr. Hoge's practice in estate planning includes from the substantive and complex estates and large estates to the general estates. It includes charitable planning, corporate and business entity planning, business succession planning, and estate administration. He is a frequent lecturer at professional seminars on estate planning matters.

Mr. Hoge has a national clientele and a national reputation in representing and in assisting national and international fraternity and sorority organizations as well as local housing corporations. His representations in this area include litigation matters, both as counsel of record and as consulting counsel, outside general counsel for national fraternity and sorority organizations, housing matters for local and national housing corporations, foundation (public charity) formation and tax matters, and general corporate matters involving fraternity and sorority organizations, among others.

Mr. Hoge's unique blend of experience in estate planning matters, litigation matters, business entity matters, and tax matters provides overlapping experience that allows a broad spectrum of analysis and assistance.

Some classes, seminars, and presentations include: 1995 North-American Interfraternity Conference, Inc. annual meeting on Litigation and the Fraternity System; presenter at the 1999 annual meeting of the Fraternity Executives Association on Legal Issues and Management Tools for the Executive Director and for the Risk Management Director; presenter at the 2002 membership meeting of FIPG, Inc. on Legal Considerations for Greek Letter Organizations; presenter at the 2004 FRMT Risk Management College on Greek Law Update and Litigation and the Fraternity System; presenter at the 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 annual meetings of the Fraternity Executives Association on Legal Considerations for Greek Letter Organizations; presenter at the 2005 National Panhellenic Conference Housing Forum on Lease Agreements and Ownership/Operation Considerations for House Corporations; presenter at the 2010 National Convention of Lambda Theta Alpha Sorority; presenter at the 2010 FRMT Risk Management College on Relationship Statements.

Presentations in the area of estate planning include December, 2010 Integris Foundations Advanced Estate Planning Seminar on Estate Planning and Retirement Plan Assets; December, 2009 Integris Foundations Advanced Estate Planning Seminar on Issues and Planning Considerations for Elderly Clients; January, 2007 National Business Institute Advanced Estate Planning Techniques seminar on Generation Skipping Planning; December, 2006 Integris Foundations Advanced Estate Planning Seminar on Planning with Limited Liability Companies; February, 2004 Sterling Education Services on Fundamentals of Estate Planning Law and Practice in Oklahoma; seminar on Using Trusts in Estate Planning; December, 2004 Integris Foundations Advanced Estate Planning Seminar on Creditor Protection Planning; September, 2000 Continuing Education Programming of Integris Foundations on Estate Planning Considerations with Qualified Plans and IRAs.

Arthur F. Hoge III has been involved in property tax matters and appeals (ad valorem tax matters) throughout Oklahoma and in other states for in excess of 32 years. His representation of clients in property tax matters has included many types of real property interests including manufacturing plants, gas processing facilities, malls, office buildings, warehouses, shopping centers, apartment complexes, and public service utility companies. It has included business personal property matters. He has presented property tax matters before assessors, county boards of equalization, in the Oklahoma District Courts, in the Court of Tax Review of the State of Oklahoma, and in the Oklahoma Appellate Courts.

Arthur F. Hoge III is a member of the National Association of Property Tax Attorneys, Inc. (NAPTA). NAPTA is a nonprofit organization of ad valorem tax and property tax attorneys throughout the United States who are committed to providing the best possible property tax representation for their clients. It's link is http://napta.com

Areas of Practice:

Litigation
Estate and Charitable Planning
Business Succession Planning
Legal and Housing Matters for national fraternity and sorority organizations
Outside General Counsel for national fraternity and sorority organizations
Tax opinion letters for fundraising purposes for fraternity and sorority housing campaigns
Business Planning, Corporate, LLC, and Partnership Law
Property Tax Law

Bar Admissions:

Oklahoma
Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma
U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma
U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas

Education:

Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1981
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: Exxon Scholar
Honors: Johnson, Bromberg, Leeds & Riggs Scholar
Law Journal: Southwestern Law Journal, Executive Editor, 1979 - 1981
Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri
B.A.
Honors: Dean's List

Published Works:

Handling Incidents, Claims and Lawsuits, An FIPG Reference Book , FIPG, Inc., 2006

Representative Cases:

TEEL v. WARREN (fraternity litigation case), 2001 22 p.3d 234 (ok civ app 46 2001)
AP-PRESCOTT ONE TEN LP v. CLAY (Ad Valorem property tax case), 34 P.3d 1169 (OK CIV APP 128 2001)

Representative Clients:

Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc.
Delta Delta Delta
Tri Delta Housing, Inc.
Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity
Kappa Kappa Psi Fraternity
Tau Beta Sigma Fraternity
Lambda Theta Alpha Sorority
Pi Beta Phi Fraternity Housing Corporation
Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity Housing Corporation
Fraternity Information and Programming Group, Inc.

Outside General Counsel for the following:

Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc. – Outside General Counsel
Delta Delta Delta - Outside General Counsel
Tri Delta Housing, Inc. – Outside General Counsel
Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity– Outside General Counsel
Kappa Kappa Psi Fraternity– Outside General Counsel
Tau Beta Sigma Fraternity– Outside General Counsel
Lambda Theta Alpha Sorority– Outside General Counsel

Honors and Awards:

Westminster College Distinguished Alumni Award, 2006
Phi Delta Theta Legion of Honor Award
Delta Delta Delta Vision Award

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association, 1981 - Present
Oklahoma Bar Association, 1981 - Present
Texas Bar Association, 2009 - Present
Oklahoma County Bar Association, 1981 - Present
Oklahoma City Estate Planning Council, 1999 - Present
National Association of Property Tax Attorneys

Past Employment Positions:

Partner, Mee Hawkins Greenhaw & Cotner, PLLP, 1999 - Present
Partner, Crowe & Dunlevy, P.C., 1987 - 1999
Associate, Crowe & Dunlevy, P.C., 1981 - 1987
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, Director of Chapter Services, 1978 - 1979
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, Leadership Consultant, 1975 - 1977

Pro Bono Activities:

Past President, Westminster College Alumni Council
Board member, executive committee member and past chairman, Integris Foundation.
Member and Past President, Downtown Kiwanis Club of Oklahoma City
Past President and Chairman of the Board of International Board of Directors of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, Inc.
National Capital Gifts Campaign Chairman, Phi Delta Theta Foundation, Inc.
Chairman, Integris Planned Giving Council
Chairman, Salvation Army Planned Giving Committee
Member, FIPG, Inc. (Fraternity Information and Programming Group) Standing Committee on Legal Affairs