Chelsi Chaffin Bonano

Overview

Chelsi Chaffin Bonano earned her Juris Doctorate from the Oklahoma City University School of Law in May 2021. Ms. Bonano has experience in medical liability & healthcare law and spent the first three years of her career defending medical professionals, hospitals, doctors, nursing homes, retirement communities, and surgery centers in medical negligence litigation. Her practice now includes representation of individuals and companies in areas of general civil litigation, including auto negligence, premises liability, contracts, and bad faith.

Ms. Bonano is an active member of the Oklahoma County Bar Association, serving on the Board of Directors for the Young Lawyers Division as the Vice Chair.

Honors

Oklahoma County Bar Association, Outstanding Young Lawyer Director, June 2024
The Journal Record’s 2023 Power List: Young Legal Professionals

Publications

Chelsi Chaffin Bonano and Katherine Mazaheri, Intersectionality: Understanding a New Subcategory of Discrimination Under Title VII, OBJ 93 Vol 2 (February 2022).
Chelsi Chaffin Bonano and Katherine Mazaheri, Mandatory Employee Vaccinations: Can Employers Require the Covid-19 Vaccination of Employees?, OCBA Briefcase Vol 54, No. 1 (January 2021).

Practice Areas

Education

Cameron University, B.A. Criminal Justice and Political Science, 2018
Oklahoma City University School of Law, J.D., 2021

Admissions

Oklahoma, 2021
U.S. District Courts, Western, Eastern, and Northern Districts of Oklahoma
U.S. Court of Appeals, 10^th Circuit

Professional Organizations

Oklahoma County Bar Association
Oklahoma Bar Association
American Bar Association
American College of Trial Lawyers
Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel