Two. Fletcher Handley has 32 years of experience in accident and injury cases; Divorce & Custody and Military Law. Ashton Handley's practice focuses primarily on Criminal Law, specifically DUI cases, and Family Law including Child Support and Paternity cases.

Ashton Handley is a Russian linguist. We are working on Spanish

2008. Previous firm of Fogg, Fogg & Handley existed for for 30 years.

Auto Accidents
Railroad / Transportation
Estate Planning
Elder Law
Wills, Trusts, Probate
Divorce, Marriage, Alimony
Child Custody, Support, Adoption
Personal Injury
Product Liability
Medical Malpractice
Aviation & Maritime
Wrongful Death - Accidental Death

FLETCHER DAL HANDLEY, JR., is a civil justice attorney with The Handley Law Center in El Reno, Oklahoma. His practice is focused on Personal Injury Law and complex family law. He also practices as both a civil and family law mediator. In 1975 he earned a BA in Professional Writing from The University of Oklahoma and a Juris Doctorate Degree from the OU College of Law in 1979.

He began his military career 1966 as an Air Force ROTC Cadet at OU and served on active duty with U.S. Navy Patrol Squadron 11 as a P-3 Orion aircrew member from 1969-1972. He enlisted in the Oklahoma Army National Guard in 1981 and was commissioned into the JAG Corps in 1983. He retired in 2008 as the Assistant State Judge Advocate for Oklahoma and Military Judge.

He is a former member of the Council of the Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) of The American Bar Association and has also served as Chair of the Auto Law Committee and Chair of the Plaintiff’s Task Force. In 1999, he testified before the US Senate Commerce Committee in opposition to a proposed national no-fault insurance law. He served on the ABA Standing Committee on Armed Forces Law, and the ABA Working Group on Protecting the Rights of Service Members. He currently serves the ABA as Chair of the TIPS Scholarship Fund Board.

He was selected as Oklahoma’s Outstanding Young Lawyer of 1983 and was appointed to a temporary division of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals in 1991. He has lectured throughout the United States on several areas of trial practice and was a guest speaker at the 1999 Hawaii Bar Association’s Automobile Law Symposium. He served as a Mentor at the 2002 National Trial Academy in Reno, Nevada. He is a former President of the Canadian County Bar Association and was a 9-time delegate to the Oklahoma Bar Convention. In 2008 he was elected as an Oklahoma Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an honor reserved to no more that 1% of all attorneys.

He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a Top 100 Trial Attorney of the American Trial Lawyers Association, a Director of the Oklahoma Association for Justice, and a Charter Member of the International Society of Primerus Law Firms, an organization dedicated to restoring integrity to the practice of law. He is also a member of Public Justice, an organization that fights to insure all Americans have access to justice as guaranteed by our constitution. He was named as an Oklahoma “Super Lawyer” in 2009 and 2010.

His record of community service includes serving as President of the Noon Lions Club, the El Reno Community Theatre and El Reno Family YMCA. He served on the boards of the Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian County Guidance Center. He coached High School Mock Trial at El Reno highschool for almost 20 years and won a State Championship in 1991. He was twice awarded the “Lamplighter Award” by the El Reno Education Association.

He has been married to Dianne (Strasner) Handley for 36 years. They have two sons. Ashton Handley is a US Navy veteran of the Persian Gulf War, a 2004 graduate of Loyola University, New Orleans, and a 2008 graduate of the University of Tulsa College of Law. Ashton also practices law at The Handley Law Center. Alex Handley is a lieutenant in the US Navy Ready Reserve, a 2004 Graduate of the University of Southern California, and currently works in the television industry in Manhattan Beach, California in the production department of “90210.”

Areas of Practice
Personal Injury - Plaintiff
Wrongful Death - Plaintiff
Divorce
Family Law
Military Law
Bar Admissions
Oklahoma, 1979
Education
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, Oklahoma

J.D. - 1979
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

B.A. - 1975

After college, at Loyola University, New Orleans, ASHTON HANDLEY joined the US Navy for a 4 year enlistment. While in the Navy, he met some of the best and brightest from around the country and had the opportunity to study both the Russian language, and nautical navigation.

In 2003, he was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for service aboard USS Boxer in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Soon afterward, Ashton returned to New Orleans, and began studying for his LSAT.

In 2008, he received his Juris Doctorate Degree from The University of Tulsa College of Law, and moved back to El Reno to begin practicing law with The Handley Law Center.

Ashton has been active in the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) of the ABA since he began law school, and for the last five years has been appointed to national leadership roles on TIPS’ Outreach to Law Student Task Force.

Serving on the O.L.S. Task Force has given Ashton the opportunity to attend seminars all over the Country, and connect with other young lawyers from around the world; thus, continuing The Handley Law Center’s tradition of being a local law firm with a nationwide impact.

While Ashton has handled cases as varied as Contractual disputes and Business Litigation, to Estate Planning and Family Law, the majority of his practice has been in the areas of DUI law and criminal defense. In the short time he has been with the firm he already has more actual courtroom experience then many of his law school peers. Expanding on and using that experience to help improve the lives of his clients, remains Ashton’s primary focus.

Areas of Practice
Custody & Visitation
Criminal Law
DUI/DWI
Wills
Workers' Compensation

All State and Federal Courts in Oklahoma; 10th Circuit Court of Appeals; US Supreme Court.

Canadian County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations. Oklahoma Association for Justice; American Association for Justice; International Society of Primerus Lawfirms.
Former Chair, of American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS)

Fletcher Handley is a former President of the El Reno Lions Club, the El Reno Community Theatre and The El Reno Family YMCA. He served as Chair of the El Reno Recreational Authority for many years.

Ashton Handley is a member of El Reno Rotary and is active in El Reno Elks Lodge #743, Main Street and the El Reno Chamber of Commerce.

Fletcher Handley received the Primerus Community Service Award in 1995 in recogintion for his volunteer work on behalf of victims of the Oklahoma City Bombing.

Testified before US Senate Commerce Committee on proposed National No-Fault insurance bill in 1999;

With almost 35 years of combined military service, El Reno Attorney Fletcher D. Handley, Jr., retired from the Oklahoma Army National Guard, effective January 9, 2008.

Lieutenant Colonel Handley began his military career in 1966 as an Air Force ROTC cadet at the University of Oklahoma. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1969 and spent four years on active duty, attaining the rank of Petty Officer, 3d Class. After attending Anti-submarine Warfare school in Norfolk, Virginia; and Flight School in Patuxent River, Maryland, Handley was assigned to Navy Patrol Squadron 11, in Brunswick, Maine, as an airborne Radar and ECM operator aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft. He flew over 1000 hours and completed numerous tours of duty throughout Europe, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, before completing his active duty in 1973.

Handley was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1975, and enlisted in the Oklahoma Army National Guard in 1981. After attaining the rank of Sergeant, E-5; Handley accepted a direct commission as a First Lieutenant in the Army Jag Corps in 1983. Progressing through the ranks, he served as trial/defense counsel in the 45th Infantry Brigade, and as Staff Judge Advocate of the 45th Troop Command. He completed his career at Joint Force Headquarters in Oklahoma City, where he served for several years as the Deputy State Judge Advocate for Oklahoma and was assigned as Military Judge.

He was honored at a retirement party in October of 2007 in Oklahoma City, in anticipation of the January deployment of many of comrades to Iraq. At that ceremony, he was presented the Army Meritorious Service Medal, and an officer's Silver Sabre inscribed with his name and rank. Those attending the ceremony included Brigadier General (ret.) Thomas Walker of Ardmore; Colonel Kyle Goerke of Watonga; Air Force Colonel Lynn D. Fees of Kellyville; Chief Warrant Officer Mark Mishoe, of Edmond, and many other current and former members of the Oklahoma Army National Guard JAG Section.

In his civilian life, Handley has practiced law in El Reno continuously since 1978. He was a member of American Bar Association Standing Committee on Armed Forces Law, 2001-2004; and the ABA President's Working Group for Protection of the Rights of Service Members in 2004.

Ashton Handley is a US Navy veteran of the Second Gulf War. A graduate of the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, he is Certified Russian Linguist. Ashton achieved the rank of Petty Officer, Third Class. He deployed to the Gulf with the First Marine Division aboard the USS Boxer, where he was assigned to the Quartermaster. Ashton was awarded the Navy & Marine Corp Achievement Medal, along with the National Service Defense Medal, National War on Terrorism Medal and the Navy Expeditionary Medal. He was Honorably Discharged in 2007.

The Handley Law Center represents service members in a variety of matters, including Family Law, Criminal Law, Real Estate and Probate, all at significantly discounted rates. We have also successfully represented dozens of service members before various military boards and Courts-Martial.