What Fellers Snider does

Fellers Snider is a privately held, full-service law firm founded in 1963 in Oklahoma City by James D. Fellers and John Joseph Snider, with a second office in Tulsa serving clients across Oklahoma and nationally. Following the founders' tenure—which included James D. Fellers serving as president of both the Oklahoma Bar Association (1964) and the American Bar Association (1974)—the firm has operated continuously for over 60 years and is organized as a shareholder/partnership structure with no external private equity or institutional investment.

The firm offers legal services across more than 40 practice areas spanning litigation and transactional work, including commercial litigation, energy and natural resources, financial institutions, oil and gas, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, employment and labor, white-collar criminal defense, and workers' compensation defense. Service delivery is built on professional fee billing (hourly rates, retainers, and contingency arrangements where appropriate), with no proprietary technology platform—the firm relies on standard legal practice management and document management systems. Through membership in the Law Firm Alliance, an invitation-only network of more than 50 firms and over 4,000 attorneys across North America, Europe, and Asia, the firm extends its capability footprint to handle multi-jurisdictional matters while retaining a regional Oklahoma orientation.

The firm markets its capabilities primarily through earned media—Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, and U.S. News–Best Lawyers Best Law Firms rankings—and community involvement rather than traditional advertising, with client acquisition driven by inter-firm referrals, community reputation, and direct outreach. The firm serves corporate and business clients, financial institutions, energy and natural resources companies, and individuals, with documented client outcomes including the largest punitive damages verdict in Oklahoma at the time ($30 million in the 1990s), handling of one of the largest bank fraud cases in U.S. history during the 1980s, and independent findings of more than $25,000 per case savings in workers' compensation defense costs.

Name

Fellers Snider

Legal name

Fellers Snider

Website

https://fellerssnider.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Fellers Snider is a privately held, full-service Oklahoma law firm founded in 1963, with offices in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. It serves corporate, financial, energy, and individual clients across more than 40 practice areas, leveraging Law Firm Alliance membership for global reach.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Oklahoma City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Professional Fees: Fellers Snider generates revenue through professional legal fees charged for legal representation across its practice areas including litigation, transactions, regulatory compliance, and advisory services. The firm employs standard law firm billing practices including hourly rates, retainers, and contingency arrangements for appropriate matters.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fellers Snider is a full-service law firm founded in 1963 providing litigation, transactional, and regulatory legal services across more than 40 practice areas. The firm serves both corporate and business clients in areas such as banking, energy, real estate, oil and gas, healthcare, and insurance, and serves individual clients through family law, estate planning, personal injury, and expungement practices. The firm maintains an office in Oklahoma City and operates with shareholder/director governance.

Product overview

Fellers Snider is a full-service Oklahoma-based law firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of legal services organized into two main categories: Litigation and Transactional. The firm's practice areas span over 40 distinct legal disciplines including Administrative and Regulatory Law, Agricultural Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Law, Appellate Law, Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Business Law, Civil and Constitutional Rights, Class Actions, Collections and Creditors' Rights, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Real Estate, Construction Law, Employment and Labor Law, Energy and Natural Resources, Equine and Bovine Law, Estate Planning, Expungements, Family Law, Financial Institutions, Insurance Defense, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Litigation, Intellectual Property Patents and Trademarks, Land Use and Zoning, Mergers and Acquisitions, Miller Act, Nonprofits, Oil and Gas, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death, Probate, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Randolph-Sheppard Act Litigation, Real Estate, Real Estate and Land Use, Securities and Private Equity, Securities Litigation, State and Federal Criminal Defense, Tax Law, Water Law, White-Collar Criminal Defense, and Workers Compensation Defense. The firm serves clients ranging from individuals to Fortune 500 companies across Oklahoma, the Southwest, and nationally through its Law Firm Alliance membership providing access to over 4,000 attorneys worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Litigation and Appeals

Quantifiable outcome

• Largest punitive damages verdict in Oklahoma at the time: $30 million in the 1990s
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Law Firm AlliancecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFellers Snider is a proud member of the Law Firm Alliance, a network of top-tier independent firms across North America, Europe, and Asia. With access to more than 4,000 attorneys in 50+ firms, the alliance enables the firm to offer clients the reach of a global firm while maintaining local responsiveness. Membership is by invitation only, based on reputation, client trust, and consistent excellence.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• McAfee & Taft: McAfee & Taft is one of Oklahoma's largest full-service law firms with offices in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. It is a direct peer to Fellers Snider in size, geography, practice breadth (energy, litigation, corporate, banking), and target client base of Oklahoma-based corporations and individuals.
• Crowe & Dunlevy: Crowe & Dunlevy is a long-established Oklahoma-based full-service law firm (founded 1902) with offices in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. It directly competes with Fellers Snider across litigation, corporate, healthcare, energy, and estate planning matters for Oklahoma-based clients.
• Hall Estill: Hall Estill is an Oklahoma-based full-service law firm with offices in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Northwest Arkansas. Comparable to Fellers Snider in mid-market positioning, energy/regulatory practice, and statewide client base.
• Gable & Gotwals: Gable & Gotwals is a Tulsa-based full-service law firm serving Oklahoma clients across litigation, energy, banking, and corporate matters. Comparable to Fellers Snider's Tulsa office footprint and similar practice-area mix.
• Conner & Winters: Conner & Winters is a full-service law firm with offices in Oklahoma (Tulsa and Oklahoma City), Arkansas, Texas, and Washington, D.C. It competes directly with Fellers Snider for energy, healthcare, banking, and litigation work in Oklahoma.
• Phillips Murrah: Phillips Murrah is an Oklahoma City-based full-service law firm of similar size to Fellers Snider, competing in business law, litigation, energy, and banking practices. Comparable in client segments and Oklahoma-centric positioning.
• Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson: Doerner is a long-established Oklahoma City-based full-service firm. Comparable to Fellers Snider in litigation depth, banking practice, and history of serving Oklahoma-based corporations.

Broad incumbents

• DLA Piper: DLA Piper is a global law firm with broad corporate, energy, and litigation capabilities. As a member of the Law Firm Alliance that Fellers Snider leverages, it represents the broader-incumbent peer against which Fellers Snider competes (or complements its offerings) for multi-jurisdictional matters.
• Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith: Lewis Brisbois is a national insurance defense and litigation firm with a significant presence in Oklahoma. Comparable to Fellers Snider's insurance defense, products liability, and general litigation practices.

Regional players

• Bass, Berry & Sims: Bass, Berry & Sims is a major full-service law firm based in Nashville serving the Southeast U.S. It is comparable to Fellers Snider in client-segment focus (mid-market corporate, energy, healthcare) but operates in a different regional market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fellers_snider

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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