Thayla attended the University of Tulsa, where she graduated with honors with a B.A. in Communications in 1995.  She graduated cum laude from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville in 1998.  While in law school, Thayla was a member to the Arkansas Law Review and Women's Law Student Association.

Thayla worked as a law clerk for the firm in the summer of 1997, and joined the firm as an associate in 1998.  She practices in the areas of insurance defense, product liability, professional liability, motor carrier liability, and insurance bad faith.  Thayla has tried cases in both federal and state courts in Oklahoma.  She is a member of the Oklahoma and Arkansas Bar.  She is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Western, Northern and Eastern districts of Oklahoma, the Eastern and Western districts of Arkansas and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.  In 2007, Thayla was accepted as a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.  She is also a member of the Defense Research Institute.

Thayla and her husband, Brad, have two sons.  Her hobbies include family, travel, and scuba diving.

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