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Position:

Senior Shareholder and Co-Founder.

Personal:

Married to wife Diane for 23 years with two children, Kate and Jeff.

Admitted to Bar:

1987, Texas; 1990 U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas; 1994 U.S. Court of Appeals - Fifth Circuit; 2004 U.S. District Court Western District of Texas.

Numerous admissions in other States via pro hac vice on individual cases.

Education:

University of South Carolina (BS 1982) South Texas College of Law (JD 1987).

Distinctions:

Diplomat: Medical Professional Liability - American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys by written examination and trial experience.

AV Rating - Martindale Hubbell.

Member:

State Bar of Texas; San Antonio Bar Association; American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association-San Antonio Chapter.

Practice Areas:

Civil Trial: Commercial/Business Litigation, Medical Professional Liability, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Premises Liability.

Trial Experience:

Lead Trial Counsel in over 100 Jury Trials to Verdict

Other:

Trained Mediator.

Kevin is a Credentialed Mediator through the Texas Mediator Credentialing Association and is also a member of the Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association as well as the Texas Association of Mediators.

He completed his mediation training through the Dispute Resolution Center in Austin Texas in 2004 and has successfully mediated complex civil disputes since that time. In addition to serving as Mediator, Kevin has successfully served as lead counsel in hundreds of mediations on behalf of clients and is known for his creative and persuasive visual presentations. Because Kevin has so often stood in the shoes of a litigant's representative in mediation he brings a perspective that lends well to successfully serving as the neutral for other parties.

Presentations:

Constitutional Considerations: First Amendment Rights of the Press vs. Sixth Amendment Rights of the Accused, University of Houston Law Center, 1991

Defending Medical Malpractice Cases, Advanced Personal Injury Law Course South Texas College of Law May 1999

Defending Medical Malpractice Cases, Invited Lecture, St. Mary's Law School Medical Malpractice Course, Spring 1999

Defending Breast Cancer Cases Advanced Medical Malpractice Conference Texas Tech University Law Center/ St. Mary's Law School November 2000

Speaker for T.M.A. at press conference to announce filing of legislation to provide physicians and hospitals a cause of action against plaintiff attorneys who file malpractice suits in bad faith, State Capital Speaker's Committee Room, Austin, Texas, February 8th, 2001

Speaker for T.M.A. at press conference to announce filing of legislation to provide physicians and hospitals a cause of action against plaintiff attorneys who file malpractice suits in bad faith, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, Texas February 9th, 2001

Congressional appearance/testimony for T.M.A. on HB 1905, Bad Faith Cause of Action for Physicians, Texas House of Representatives Committee on Civil Practice and Remedies, Austin, Texas, March 28th 2001

Reducing Litigation Risk, Renal Associates, P.A., Spring 2002 Partners' Retreat, La Cantera Golf and Conference Center, San Antonio, Texas, April 6th 2002, Sponsored by Santa Rosa Health System

Reducing Litigation Risk, Christus Santa Rosa Health Care CME for Physicians, the Omni Hotel and Conference Center, San Antonio, Texas, July 31, 2002

Reducing Litigation Risk - Anesthesia, CME for Tejas Anesthesia, Sponsored by TMLT, San Antonio, Texas, October 28, 2002

Reducing Litigation Risk, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School Of Dentistry, San Antonio, Texas November 4 2002

Reducing Litigation Risk, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Grand Rounds - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, November 7 2002

Obstetrical Hemorrhage: Maternal Mortality & Morbidity, Mark D. Clore, J. Kevin Oncken, State Bar of Texas, 24th Annual Medical Malpractice Conference, San Antonio, Texas, November 7-8 2002

VBAC - Medical/Legal Reasons to Reject Patient's Request Despite the Standard of Care, Sponsored by Northeast OB/GYN Associates, San Antonio, Texas, May 2, 2003

Reducing Litigation Risks - Anesthesia, Bexar County Society of Anesthesia, San Antonio, Texas, May 27 2003

Reducing Litigation Risks, Southwest General Hospital Physician CME, San Antonio, Texas June 5th 2003

Reducing Anesthesia Litigation Risk, Southwest Anesthesia Associates CME, Dallas Texas, August 19th 2003, sponsored by TMLT

VBAC, The Impossible Standard, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Grand Rounds - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, October 23, 2003

Reducing Litigation Risk, Metropolitan Methodist Hospital Grand Rounds, San Antonio, Texas, April 8th 2004

Reducing Litigation Risk: Emergency Medicine - Brief Encounter, Long Term Consequences, Alamo Area Emergency Physician CME, June 2004, Sponsored by TMLT

Informed Consent under Chapter 74, N.E.OB/GYN Associates Quarterly Staff Roundtable, San Antonio, Texas, March 3, 2006

Reducing Risk of Litigation - Anesthesia: The Difficult Airway, Bexar County Anesthesia Society, San Antonio, Texas, July 18, 2006

Reducing Risk of Litigation and Successfully Defending Yourself in Suit; San Antonio Orthopedic Group Strategic Planning Retreat, Barton Creek Spa and Resort, Austin, Texas, March 30, 2007

Facing the Licensing Board - Never Walk this Plank Alone; Ethics CME/CNE Program, Christus Santa Rosa Health Care, City Centre, San Antonio, Video Conference, CHRH New Braunfels, October 28, 2008

Preparing for Deposition - Until Death Do Us Part; CME/CNE Program, Christus Santa Rosa Health Care, City Centre, San Antonio, Video Conference, CHRH New Braunfels, December 2, 2008

Member of Planning Committee for 16th Annual State Bar of Texas Advanced Medical Malpractice Course to be held March 12-13, 2009, La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe, NM [Paper written by J. Kevin Oncken; Presented by Paul Gaytan of McAllen while JKO was in trial in Houston].

Medical Malpractice Tort Reform: True Cure or Mere Placebo, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Grand Rounds, Department of OB/GYN, January 27^th 2010.

Physician Charting: The Legal Prescription, CME Program, Christus Santa Rosa Health Care, CHRH New Braunfels, March 16, 2010.

Publications:

Handling Requests for Medical Records: Careful, it may not be just another request for records, The Pulse, American Physicians Insurance Exchange/First Professional Insurance Company, 1st Quarter 2002

Statutory Notice Letters, the Meaning, the Myth, and the Prudent Response, The Pulse, American Physicians Insurance Exchange/First Professional Insurance Company, 2nd Quarter 2002

Refreshment from the Bar - Answers to Questions about Records Requests, The Pulse, American Physicians Insurance Exchange/First Professional Insurance Company, 3rd Quarter 2002

Standard of Care -The Plaintiff Attorney's Angle on this Straight Forward Concept, The Pulse, American Physicians Insurance Exchange, 3rd Quarter 2002

Malpractice Suites - It Takes Two to Tango, The Pulse, American Physicians Insurance Exchange, 4th Quarter 2002

Private Discussions with Defense Counsel in Light of HIPPA - A Risky Endeavor Despite Texas Statutory Authority. The Pulse, American Physicians Insurance Exchange, 2nd Quarter 2003

Medical Legal implications of the newly activated HIPAA regulations and Recent Texas Medical Malpractice Tort Reform, The Pulse, American Physicians Insurance Exchange, 1st Quarter 2004

Missed Appointments - Missed follow up: Real Life Consequences, The Pulse, American Physicians Insurance Exchange, 2nd Quarter 2004

Airway Obstruction in the Obese Patient - Lost in a Jungle of Obscured Landmarks, The Pulse, American Physicians Insurance Exchange, 4th Quarter 2004

The Terminator: More than an entertaining action figure, The Pulse, American Physicians Insurance Exchange, 1st Quarter 2005

Illegible Medical Record Notations - Charting Troubled Waters, The Pulse, American Physicians Insurance Exchange, 2nd Quarter 2005

Malpractice Implications of Office Employee Errors, The Pulse, American Physicians Insurance Exchange, 3rd Quarter 2005

Alternatives to Terminating the Non-Compliant Patient, The Pulse, American Physicians Insurance Exchange, 1st Quarter 2006

Medical Authorization and Ex Parte Communications with Treating Physicians, State Bar of Texas 16th Annual Advanced Medical Malpractice Course, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 2009