Burch George & Germany PC

Attorneys Derek Burch and Kelly George have been colleagues and friends for decades. Sharing similar interests, professional philosophies and a serious commitment to providing professional and ethical representation to each client, they founded the law firm of Burch & George 1997.

In 2011, Derek and Kelly decided to add their longtime associate, DeeAnn Germany, as a partner and changed the firm name to Burch, George & Germany, P.C. Attorney Germany has been with the firm since 1998 and shares the same determination, drive and beliefs that Derek and Kelly have.Our team is led by trial lawyers who have the experience and the resources to take cases to court to be heard by jurors.

Kelly A. George grew up intending to remain on his family's farm in southwestern Oklahoma and follow in his father's and grandfather's footsteps. But when he went away to attend Oklahoma Christian University in the early 1980s because his parents insisted on him obtaining a college degree, the farming economy sharply declined and became much less appealing.

DeeAnn L. Germany joined the firm of Burch & George in 1998 immediately after receiving her J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and has spent her entire legal career with this firm. In 2011, she became a partner and the firm changed its name to Burch, George & Germany, P.C.

Her practice has maintained its same essential focus over the years: solely plaintiff's work, representing individuals in cases involving medical-device and products liability, motor-vehicle accidents, catastrophic injury, medical malpractice, and breaches of contracts.In 2007, DeeAnn Germany recorded a $1,025,000 verdict against an orthopedic medical-device manufacturer after a femoral stem broke in a hip replacement for her client.

James A. Scimeca has a broad practice, assisting all lawyers in the firm with their cases as a researcher and writer. A Tulsa native, Scimeca received a B.A. in journalism at the University of Oklahoma in 1981 and got his J.D. at the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1984. During law school, he clerked at a firm in Norman and joined it immediately after graduating from law school, doing general litigation.

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