What Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson does

Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, LLP (DSDA) is an Oklahoma-based, full-service business law firm tracing its origins to 1896, when founder Judge Charles B. Stuart began practicing law in Indian Territory prior to Oklahoma statehood. The firm is organized as an Oklahoma limited liability partnership, privately held by its equity partners with no parent company or institutional ownership, and is led by Managing Partner Michael S. Linscott alongside an Executive Committee comprising N. Lance Bryan, Kaylee Davis-Maddy, and Sara E. Potts. DSDA operates from two offices — Oklahoma City headquarters at 210 Park Avenue and Tulsa at Williams Tower II — and serves a horizontal mix of public and private businesses, non-profit organizations, and families/high-net-worth individuals, with primary enterprise verticals in oil & gas, banking, healthcare, and manufacturing.

The firm delivers approximately 20 practice areas spanning corporate and securities, litigation and dispute resolution, employment, environmental, healthcare, oil & gas, real estate, tax, trusts and estates, water law, utilities, transportation, intellectual property, immigration, and appellate work, combined with industry-specific expertise across aerospace, agriculture, energy, hospitality, manufacturing, media, Native American law, and technology. Technology is limited to standard professional-services tooling — iManage for document management and cloud services for data security — with no proprietary platform or AI tooling disclosed. Client acquisition is reputation-driven, drawing on bar association memberships (ABA, Oklahoma Bar, Tulsa County Bar, OCBA), 50+ community organization partnerships, attorney thought leadership (CLE programs, publications, conferences), and referral co-counsel arrangements via the firm's exclusive Oklahoma affiliation with the Meritas global alliance of approximately 7,000 lawyers in 90+ countries.

DSDA's revenue mechanics follow the traditional professional services model: hourly billing, contingency fees, flat fees for defined engagements, and retainer arrangements for ongoing client relationships. Engagement pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The firm carries no external funding, no PE backing, and operates as a partnership with distributed equity ownership among its partners. Recent strategic signals include three Tulsa attorney hires in December 2025 alongside Managing Partner succession, sustained Chambers USA / Best Lawyers / Super Lawyers / Martindale-Hubbell recognition in 2025–2026, and ongoing extension of its Meritas exclusive Oklahoma position (Tulsa since 2011, Oklahoma City since 2018).

Name

Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson

Legal name

Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, LLP

Website

https://dsda.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1896

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, LLP is a 129-year-old full-service Oklahoma law firm with approximately 40 attorneys serving businesses, non-profits, and individuals from offices in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, with global reach through its exclusive Meritas alliance membership.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Tulsa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Traditional law firm revenue through legal service fees including hourly billing, contingency fees, flat fees for specific services, and retainer arrangements for ongoing client relationships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, LLP (DSDA) is an Oklahoma-based full-service law firm founded in 1896 with approximately 40 attorneys. The firm provides a broad range of legal services across multiple practice areas including corporate law, litigation, real estate, estate planning, employment law, and other practice areas, serving businesses and individuals in Oklahoma and beyond through its Meritas global alliance membership.

Product overview

Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson is a full-service Oklahoma law firm providing comprehensive legal services across multiple practice areas. The firm offers a unified portfolio of legal services spanning litigation and dispute resolution, corporate and transactional matters, and specialized industry practices. Core service areas include Business/Corporate, Litigation, Environmental, Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Real Estate, and Family Law, supported by industry-specific practices in Aerospace, Banking & Finance, Construction, Energy, Hospitality, Insurance, Manufacturing, Media, Native American/Tribal, Non-Profit, Oil & Gas, Public Trusts, Retail, Sports, Technology, Transportation, and Utilities sectors. The firm serves clients throughout Oklahoma and globally through its Meritas alliance membership.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legal Services Full-service legal representation and advisory across multiple practice areas for businesses and individuals in Oklahoma and beyond.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MeritascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 August 2011Doerner is an active member of Meritas, a premier global alliance of independent business law firms. Doerner was selected as the exclusive Tulsa, OK affiliate in 2011 and later expanded to also represent Oklahoma City in 2018. The alliance provides access to approximately 7,000 lawyers serving in 90+ countries worldwide.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• GableGotwals: Tulsa-based full-service law firm with strong energy, corporate, and litigation practices. Competes head-to-head with DSDA for Tulsa-based enterprise clients and Oklahoma energy sector work.
• Crowe & Dunlevy: Oklahoma City-based full-service law firm with comparable practice breadth spanning corporate, litigation, healthcare, energy, and Native American law. Directly competes for the same Oklahoma enterprise and institutional client base.
• Phillips Murrah: Oklahoma City-based full-service law firm serving business clients across corporate, litigation, employment, and healthcare. Comparable mid-size regional competitor in the same Oklahoma market.
• McAfee & Taft: Oklahoma's largest law firm, headquartered in Oklahoma City with full-service practices across corporate, litigation, energy, healthcare, and real estate. Directly competes with DSDA for Oklahoma-based enterprise clients and similar industry verticals.
• Hall Estill: Oklahoma-based full-service law firm with comparable practice areas in corporate, energy, litigation, and Native American law. Direct competitor for Oklahoma enterprise clients and energy sector mandates.
• Fellers Snider: Oklahoma City-based full-service law firm with practices spanning corporate, litigation, employment, healthcare, and oil & gas. Direct competitor for Oklahoma enterprise clients in regulated industries.
• Conner & Winters: Full-service law firm with offices in Tulsa and Oklahoma City offering corporate, litigation, energy, healthcare, and real estate services. Closely overlaps DSDA's geographic footprint and industry specialization in regulated Oklahoma sectors.

Broad incumbents

• Jackson Walker: Texas-based full-service law firm with strong energy and corporate practices extending into Oklahoma. Comparable energy sector focus but significantly larger scale, making it a relevant incumbent for energy industry clients in the region.
• Spencer Fane: National full-service business law firm with offices across multiple states including Oklahoma. Comparable practice areas but broader geographic reach and larger scale provide an incumbent advantage over DSDA on multi-jurisdictional matters.
• Ogletree Deakins: National labor and employment law firm with offices across the U.S. including Oklahoma. Competes with DSDA's employment practice on a national platform with deeper specialty bench in employment and labor matters.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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