Mbilike Mwafulirwa

Mbilike (pronounced “Bee” “Lee” “Kay”) is an Oklahoma attorney who focuses on complex civil litigation, business disputes, product liability, insurance law, civil rights claims, First Amendment-defamation and anti-SLAPP law, and autonomous systems regulation. Mbilike holds a Martindale-Hubbell's AV-Preeminent rating in civil litigation, representing the highest peer review rating given by this third-party rating service. This rating, according to Martindale-Hubbell, signifies that attorneys and judges consider a lawyer to be at the highest level of professional excellence for legal ability and ethical standards. Mbilike's peers have also voted him for inclusion in Best lawyers in America and Oklahoma Super Lawyers Rising Star publications. The National Black Lawyers have twice named him among their Top 40 under 40, and the University of Tulsa College of Law selected him as its Outstanding Junior Alumnus in 2022. Mbilike is a recent recipient of the Tulsa County Bar Association's President's Award and the Brunton-Will Award for Continuing Legal Education. He also received the Oklahoma Bar Association's Golden Quill Award, one of the Oklahoma Bar's highest intellectual awards.

While in practice, Mbilike has achieved notable milestones. He was appellate counsel in a number of important Oklahoma constitutional law decisions such Steidley v. Singer; Steidley v. Community Newspapers, Inc. and Anderson v. Wilken.

Mbilike received his LL.B from the University of Wales in 2009 and his Master of Laws and Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 2010 and 2012. While at TU College of Law, he was a member of the Constitutional Law National Appellate Moot Team, the Energy Law Journal, and he was also inducted into the Order of Barristers─in recognition of excellence in courtroom advocacy.

Areas of Practice:

• Complex civil litigation
• Appeals in both state and federal court
• Constitutional law
• First Amendment-Defamation
• Administrative law
• Self-driving cars law

Bar Admissions:

• Oklahoma Supreme Court and all Oklahoma District Courts
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Northern District of Oklahoma
• Western District of Oklahoma
• Eastern District of Oklahoma

Awards & Honors

• Oklahoma Bar Association Golden Quill Award — awarded for publishing the best peer-reviewed scholarly article in the Oklahoma Bar Journal
• Selected as the author of the best peer-reviewed scholarly article in the May 2017 issue of Oklahoma Bar Journal (Constitutional law) and nominated for the Golden Quill Award
• Selected as co-author of the best peer-reviewed scholarly article in the September 2017 issue of the Oklahoma Bar Journal (Transportation law) and nominated for the Golden Quill Award
• Tulsa County Bar Association President's Award
• Order of the Barristers —University of Tulsa College of Law — in recognition of excellence in courtroom advocacy