Profile
Kathie Coyle has practiced in the areas of estate planning and tax-exempt organizations for more than three decades. She does complex estate planning for individuals, many of whom are charitably inclined. Ms. Coyle has a particular interest in inter-generational issues that arise in the realm of charitable giving and wealth transfer. She assists clients in effective philanthropic strategies, particularly in the area of private foundations and charitable trusts.
Ms. Coyle’s clients also include educational institutions, hospitals, civic groups, professional societies, religious organizations and social welfare organizations. She advises not-for-profit entities on their formation, tax exempt qualification and maintenance. Directors and trustees of exempt organizations often pose questions connected with governance, indemnification and insurance issues and Ms. Coyle is well qualified to assist them. One of the organizations that she established for a client received the Nobel Peace Prize.
Honors & Leadership
Honors & Recognitions
Cum Laude Society, University of Tulsa College of Law
Order of the Curule Chair
Member of the University of Tulsa Board of Trustees
Trustee of the Tulsa Library Trust
Co-Trustee of the Judith and Jean Pape Adams Charitable Foundation
Trustee of the Women's Foundation, The Communities Foundation of Oklahoma
Past President, Holland Hall Board of Trustees
Past President, Green Country Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (2012 - present)
Community & Professional
Tulsa County Bar Association
Oklahoma County Bar Association
Oklahoma Bar Association
News
News
Alerts & Publications
Alerts & Publications
Clerkships
- Law Clerk to Judge William J. Holloway, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Education
New York University, LL.M, 1975
University of Tulsa, J.D., 1972
Hollins College, B.A., cum laude, 1969
Admissions
- Oklahoma - 1972