Sam P. Daniel is senior partner in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, law firm of Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson. He has been a partner with that firm since 1965.

Sam has practiced law since 1959, with emphasis through the first 20 years of his career on banking and corporate law, real estate, business and commercial transactions, administrative law, and oil and gas. In subsequent years he has been primarily engaged in business litigation, with emphasis on partnership dissolutions and contract disputes, as well as family law with an emphasis on the tax, asset valuation, and financial aspects of divorce dissolution.

Areas of Expertise

• Family Law
• Business Litigation

Education

• Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
  Bachelor of Science, Economics and Philosophy, 1954
• University of Oklahoma College of Law, J.D.

Specialized Dispute Resolution Education

• Mediation and Conflict Management Services of St. Louis
  Certificate of Training in the Mediation of Business, Family and Divorce Conflicts, 1999

Teaching Positions

Law School

• University of Tulsa School of Law, Pretrial Procedure, 1990, 1992

Seminars

• Frequent writer and lecturer, Tulsa County and Oklahoma Bar Associations on Family Law

Professional Affiliations

• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1981–present
• Certified Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1984–present
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in Business Litigation and Family Law, 1983–present
• Master Emeritus and Charter Member, Hudson-Hall, Wheaton Chapter of the American Inns of Court in Tulsa

Bar Admissions/Approved Appointments

• Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court
• Admitted to practice before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for Western and Northern Districts of Oklahoma

Professional Associations and Memberships

American Bar Association

Tulsa County Bar Association

• President, 1986

Tulsa County Bar Foundation

• Trustee, 1987–1989

Oklahoma Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Fellow, Oklahoma Bar Foundation

Published Work

• Everything You Thought You Knew About Antenuptial Agreements and Didn’t, Oklahoma Bar Journal, March 1993
• His House/Her House/Their House, Family Law Journal, September 1996
• What Part of Stock Options Become Part of the Marital Estate and Subject to Division in an Action for Divorce? Oklahoma Bar Journal, December 1999

Non-Professional Affiliations

Director, George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center

Director, NatureWorks, Inc.