Our People: A. Scott McDaniel

Focus Areas of Practice:

  • Design Professional Liability Defense – represent Architects and Engineers faced with claims of professional negligence including alleged design errors and project administration.

  • Environmental and Toxic Tort Defense – represent industry members, including energy companies, agricultural operators, and manufacturers faced with claims for environmental releases or contamination alleged to cause property, natural resource or personal injuries.

  • Construction Defect Litigation – represent property owners, contractors, suppliers and Design Professionals in matters involving claims of defective construction on residential, multi-family, commercial, and industrial properties.

  • General Commercial Litigation – represent business and individual clients in disputes arising from contractual relationships and torts.

  • Mediation Services – Certified Mediator and Adjunct Settlement Judge providing service as private mediator in professional liability, construction, environmental and commercial disputes.

Professional Organizations

  • Tulsa County Bar Association – former Member of the Professional Ethics / Grievance Committee

  • Claims and Litigation Management Alliance – Construction and Real Estate Editor for the Journal of American Law

  • Professional Liability Defense Federation - Member

  • Professional Liability Underwriters Society - Member

  • The Defense Research Institute - Member

  • Transportation Lawyers Association – Member

  • Federal Bar Association – Member

  • Historical Society of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals – Life Member

Lectures

  • Admissibility of Expert Evidence at Trial – Environmental Federation of Oklahoma Annual Meeting 2017, Oklahoma City, OK

  • "Just Add Water - A Claim Exposé" -- Design Professional Risk Control Group Convocation, Invited Speaker, 2015, Phoenix, AZ

  • “Agriculture and the Issue of Natural Resource Damages” – University of Tulsa School of Law, National Energy-Environmental Law and Policy Institute, 2005, Tulsa, OK

  • "Compliance with Statutes and Regulations is No Safe Harbor Against Claims for Negligence" – International Petroleum Environmental Conference 1996, Albuquerque, NM

Publications

Professional Honors

  • Professional Engineer, North Carolina 1986 (Retired)

  • Professional Engineer, Oklahoma 1992 (Retired)

  • Tulsa County Bar Association, Leadership in the Law Award, 2008

  • Martindale-Hubbell Rated AV®

  • Leadership Oklahoma, Graduate, Class XXVII

  • Super Lawyer® 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Community Leadership

  • Elected Member of the Board of Education, Union Public Schools, Oklahoma’s eighth largest district, served as Board Chair five terms, 1999 to 2014

  • Ex Officio Trustee, Unions Schools Education Foundation, numerous terms, 1999 to 2010

  • Director, Community Non-Profit operating homeless shelter and Family and Youth Center for at-risk population, 2008 to present, Board Chair 2012, Recipient of the Geisinger Award for distinguished Board service, 2012

  • Founding Board Member, Non-Profit operating a residential alcohol and drug recovery program as an alternative to incarceration, 2009 to 2018

  • Scoutmaster and Assistant Scout Master, 1981 to 1990, 1995 to 1997

Education

  • Juris Doctor, University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, OK, 1995

    • Gable Gotwals 1L Student of the Year

    • Merit Scholarship

    • Order of the Curule Chair

    • Managing Editor, Tulsa Law Journal, 1994 to 1995

    • Graduated first in class

  • B.S. in Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1981

    • Construction Certificate

A. Scott McDaniel

Focus Areas of Practice:

  • Design Professional Liability Defense – represent Architects and Engineers faced with claims of professional negligence including alleged design errors and project administration.

  • Environmental and Toxic Tort Defense – represent industry members, including energy companies, agricultural operators, and manufacturers faced with claims for environmental releases or contamination alleged to cause property, natural resource or personal injuries.

  • Construction Defect Litigation – represent property owners, contractors, suppliers and Design Professionals in matters involving claims of defective construction on residential, multi-family, commercial, and industrial properties.

  • General Commercial Litigation – represent business and individual clients in disputes arising from contractual relationships and torts.

  • Mediation Services – Certified Mediator and Adjunct Settlement Judge providing service as private mediator in professional liability, construction, environmental and commercial disputes.

Stacy L. Acord

Focus Areas of Practice:

  • Adoptions – finalized over 100 adoptions representing adoptive parents through all aspects of adoption, from termination of parental rights through finalization.

  • Family Law – represent individuals in divorce, child custody, support modification and other domestic proceedings.

  • Guardianship – represent clients seeking guardianship of minor children, elderly parents, special needs children entering adulthood and other incapacitated individuals to safeguard their person and property.

  • General Civil Litigation – represent individuals and businesses of all sizes in all manner of business and liability claims, including automobile claims, personal injury claims, premises and product claims, contract disputes and other tort and business claims.

Melissa A. East

Focus Areas of Practice:

  • Adoptions – represent adoptive parents, biological parents and children through all aspects of adoption from termination of parental rights through finalization.

  • Appellant Advocacy – represent and assist parties through the appeals process before the Oklahoma Supreme Court, in various matters related to family law, real property and construction defense.

  • Construction Defect Litigation – represent property owners, contractors, suppliers and Design Professionals in matters involving claims of defective construction on residential, multi-family, commercial, and industrial properties.

  • Employment Law – represent clients in all aspects of employee/employer relations, including counseling employers and employees on employment related matters from wrongful termination to discrimination.

  • Environmental and Toxic Tort Defense – represent industry members, including energy companies, agricultural operators, and manufacturers faced with claims for environmental releases or contamination alleged to cause property, natural resource or personal injuries.

  • Family Law – represent individuals and families in matters involving divorce, child custody, child support, guardianships and other family matters.

  • General Commercial Litigation – represent business and individual clients in disputes arising from contractual relationships and torts.

  • Guardianship – represent clients seeking guardianship of minor children, elderly parents, special needs children entering adulthood and other incapacitated individuals to safeguard their person and property.

  • Personal Injury represent individuals suffering personal injury as a result of negligence and other torts.

  • Professional Liability Defense – represent business and individual clients faced with claims of professional negligence.

  • Wills, Estates, Trusts and Probate – represent trustees, heirs and administrators in the handling and administration of estates and trusts. Assist individuals in establishing estate and trust plans.

  • A. Scott McDaniel

    Focus Areas of Practice

    Design Professional Liability Defense – represent Architects and Engineers faced with claims of professional negligence including alleged design errors and project administration.

    Environmental and Toxic Tort Defense – represent industry members, including energy companies, agricultural operators, and manufacturers faced with claims for environmental releases or contamination alleged to cause property, natural resource or personal injuries.

    Construction Defect Litigation – represent property owners, contractors, suppliers and Design Professionals in matters involving claims of defective construction on residential, multi-family, commercial, and industrial properties.

    General Commercial Litigation – represent business and individual clients in disputes arising from contractual relationships and torts.

    Mediation Services – Certified Mediator and Adjunct Settlement Judge providing service as private mediator in professional liability, construction, environmental and commercial disputes.

  • Stacy L. Acord

    Focus Areas of Practice:

    Adoptions – finalized over 100 adoptions representing adoptive parents through all aspects of adoption, from termination of parental rights through finalization.

    Family Law – represent individuals in divorce, child custody, support modification and other domestic proceedings.

    Guardianship – represent clients seeking guardianship of minor children, elderly parents, special needs children entering adulthood and other incapacitated individuals to safeguard their person and property.

    General Civil Litigation – represent individuals and businesses of all sizes in all manner of business and liability claims, including automobile claims, personal injury claims, premises and product claims, contract disputes and other tort and business claims.

  • Melissa A. East

    Focus Areas of Practice:

    Adoptions – represent adoptive parents, biological parents and children through all aspects of adoption from termination of parental rights through finalization.

    Appellant Advocacy – represent and assist parties through the appeals process before the Oklahoma Supreme Court, in various matters related to family law, real property and construction defense.

    Construction Defect Litigation – represent property owners, contractors, suppliers and Design Professionals in matters involving claims of defective construction on residential, multi-family, commercial, and industrial properties.

    Employment Law – represent clients in all aspects of employee/employer relations, including counseling employers and employees on employment related matters from wrongful termination to discrimination.

    Environmental and Toxic Tort Defense – represent industry members, including energy companies, agricultural operators, and manufacturers faced with claims for environmental releases or contamination alleged to cause property, natural resource or personal injuries.

    Family Law – represent individuals and families in matters involving divorce, child custody, child support, guardianships and other family matters.

    General Commercial Litigation – represent business and individual clients in disputes arising from contractual relationships and torts.

    Guardianship – represent clients seeking guardianship of minor children, elderly parents, special needs children entering adulthood and other incapacitated individuals to safeguard their person and property.

    Personal Injury – represent individuals suffering personal injury as a result of negligence and other torts.

    Professional Liability Defense – represent business and individual clients faced with claims of professional negligence

    Wills, Estates, Trusts and Probate – represent trustees, heirs and administrators in the handling and administration of estates and trusts. Assist individuals in establishing estate and trust plans.

  • Benjamin S. Saunier

    Focus Areas of Practice:

    Design Professional Liability Defense – represent Architects and Engineers faced with claims of professional negligence including alleged design errors and project administration.

    Construction Defect Litigation – represent property owners, contractors, suppliers and Design Professionals in matters involving claims of defective construction on residential, multi-family, commercial, and industrial properties.

    General Commercial Litigation – represent business and individual clients in disputes arising from contractual relationships and torts.

  • Christopher U. Brecht

    Focus Areas of Practice:

    Adoptions – represented adoptive parents, biological parents and children through all aspects of adoption from termination of parental rights through finalization.

    Family Law – represent individuals in divorce, child custody, modification, enforcement and other domestic proceedings.

    Guardianship – represent clients seeking guardianship of minor children, elderly parents, special needs children entering adulthood and other incapacitated individuals to safeguard their person and property.

    Appellate Advocacy – represent appellants and appellees through the appeals process before the Oklahoma Supreme Court and Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, in various matters including adoptions, child custody, probate, workers' compensation and bad faith insurance defense.

    Insurance Coverage – provide nationwide legal analysis of, both before and during litigation, on issues of insurance coverage from a broad range of policies.

    Bad Faith Defense – represented insurers faced with claims of negligent claims handling, in both state and federal court.

    Wills, Estates and Probate – represent heirs and administrators in the handling and administration of estates.

    Workers' Compensation Defense – represent employers and insurance providers through all aspects of workers' compensation claims.

    General Civil Litigation – represent individuals and businesses of all sizes in all manner of business and liability claims, including automobile claims, personal injury claims, premises and products claims, contract disputes and other tort and business claims.

    Criminal Defense – represented hundreds of individuals through all aspects of criminal defense, from initial arraignment through jury trial.