S. Douglas Dodd

Honor is a harder master than law.

- Mark Twain

Doug Dodd represents national and local media companies in media and intellectual property matters with an emphasis on First Amendment and defamation issues. He began practicing law after 14 years in radio and television journalism, including as News Director, Reporter, Anchor, Documentary and Public Affairs Producer for KOTV in Tulsa, as a Reporter and Associate Producer for Documentaries for KTUL-TV in Tulsa, and as a Reporter and Documentary Producer for KOTA-TV in Rapid City, South Dakota. Doug lectures to both attorneys and journalists on open meetings and open records issues, and to legal administrators on social networking trends and concerns.

Actively involved in the Media Law Resource Center's Defense Counsel Section, Doug served as co-chair of the MLRC’s national Pre-Publication/Pre- Broadcast Review Committee. He is also a contributing author of the Media Law Resource Center's Annual Survey of Oklahoma Media Privacy and Related Law.

Doug is active in eminent domain litigation, representing both condemning authorities and landowners in condemnation lawsuits.

Doug is also actively involved in Doerner's Native American Law Practice Group and represents Native American tribes and interests in federal court litigation.

Doug is a veteran of the United States Air Force, Strategic Air Command where he served as a Deputy Missile Combat Crew Commander. Before entering private practice in 1982, Doug served as a Law Clerk for United States District Judge James O. Ellison in the Northern District of Oklahoma.