Anthony “Tony” Jorgenson has maintained an active litigation practice for the past 29 years and is a member of the Oklahoma and Colorado bars. He is an AV-rated attorney through Martindale-Hubbell. He was a shareholder at a large regional Southwestern law firm headquartered in Oklahoma for 23 years prior to opening his current firm, JorgensonPLLC, in October 2022. For the past 20+ years, Tony’s practice has focused primarily on utility damage claims and litigation. He has prosecuted, defended, litigated, and mediated thousands of utility damage claims on behalf of utility owners, right-of-way owners, contractors, and locate companies in more than 30 states. Tony is also a frequent speaker and presenter on utility damage prevention and recovery issues. His firm is counsel to and regularly presents to members of the North American Telecommunications Damage Prevention Council and the National Telecommunications Claims Managers Association. He has spoken for many years about the myriad of issues impacting excavation damage prevention and recovery, including litigation and mediation of utility damage claims, at the CGA Conference and Expo, Global Excavation Safety Conference, and other industry functions. He has authored and co-authored articles published articles in dp-PRO Magazine concerning recovery of damages for injury to utility facilities and the economic loss doctrine. Tony has also served as a panel member for numerous virtual Town Hall Meetings sponsored by the Excavation Safety Alliance concerning damage prevention and recovery issues and has partnered with the United States Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to assist PHMSA’s rule making process for evaluating State excavation damage prevention standards in States where damage prevention law enforcement is deemed inadequate or does not exist.