Phone: (405) 691-1600

Robert Ylla (YAH-LA) was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma. He was the first graduating class from Westmoore High School in Oklahoma City. He excelled in both academics with a 3.98 GPA and in sports on the football, basketball, and golf teams. Robert’s performance in these areas earned him an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy.

Early in his college education, Robert decided that he wanted to go to law school and transferred to the University of Oklahoma. While in college, Robert enjoyed boxing and football on the Delta Upsilon Fraternity teams, and was consistently on the Dean’s and President’s Honor Rolls. Robert was also inducted into the Delta Phi Scholastic Fraternity (an academic honor). Upon graduating from law school and being admitted to the Bar, Robert worked as an attorney for two large law firms that defended major insurance companies, big corporations, and municipalities. This experience gave Robert a great understanding of how these large corporate entities attempt to save money at the expense of the rights of the little person.

Robert’s sense of ethics and empathy for the individual gave him the impetus for a career change to become a plaintiff’s advocate. Robert joined Carr & Carr in August 2000 and works in the firm’s Oklahoma City office. His practice concentrates on cases involving all injuries including but not limited to injuries resulting from car accidents, homeowners’ negligence, dog bites, burns, scars, wrongful death, and other insurance disputes.

Robert is married to a homemaker, and the father of two lovely daughters. He enjoys golf, fishing, working in the yard, and working out at the gym.

Education:

• 1993 – Bachelor of Arts, Letters, Honors College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.
• 1997 – Juris Doctor, School of Law, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

Professional Associations:

• Oklahoma Bar Association
• American Association for Justice
• (formerly American Trial Lawyers Association)
• Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association
• Admitted to practice in all counties in the State of Oklahoma and the Western Federal District Court of Oklahoma

Significant Cases:

Robert is currently handling the case of a woman whose neck was broken while attending a public event; a child that was severely injured through the negligence of a daycare center; the case of a driver that was severely injured when hit by a drunken driver and passengers injured in the rollover of a Ford Explorer.