Attorney Profiles

Arthur Hoge's legal practice focuses in three general areas: litigation; estate and charitable planning; and legal and housing matters regarding Greek letter 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, ad valorem tax litigation, trustee and trust litigation, and contested estate maters, among others. He has 28 years of litigation experience.

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 clientel and a national reputation in representing national and international fraternity and sororitiy organizations. His representations in this area include litigation matters, both as counsel of record and as consulting counsel, housing matters for local and national housing corporations, employment law matters, foundation (public charity) formation and tax matters, and general corporate tax matters involving Greek letter organizations, among others. He is a frequent lecturer at national programs presented by various Greek letter trade organizations.

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 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 heavily involved in property tax matters and appeals (ad valorem tax matters) throughout Oklahoma for in excess of twenty-five 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.  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.

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