A. Scott McDaniel

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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.

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

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

"The Misuse of Estimates in Forensic Delay Analysis," Vol. 59, No. 2 For the Defense 62 (Defense Research Institute 2017)
“Architect and Engineer Immunity Under Workers' Compensation Statutes: A 50-State Survey,” 2 Journal of American Law 39 (2015)
“Oklahoma Lien Law,” Construction Publications, Inc., www.lienlawonline.com, 2007 – present
“Compliance With Statutes and Regulations: No Safe Harbor Against Liability for Common-Law Negligence,” Proceedings of the Third International Petroleum Environmental Conference 1996
“The Good, The Bad, and the Unqualified: The Public Interest and the Unregulated Practice of General Contracting in Oklahoma,” 29 Tulsa Law Journal 799 (1994)

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

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