Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, LLP (DSDA) is pleased to announce the addition of three new attorneys. D. Ward Hobson and Jeffery D. Trevillion, Jr. will be located in our Oklahoma City office and John Paul Yeager will be located in our Tulsa office.“We are thrilled with our newest attorney hires as we continue building on our foundation and reputation in the legal market with quality attorneys who are focused on providing the best for our clients,” stated Tom Q. Ferguson, managing partner of DSDA.Ward brings a range of business and intellectual property experience to his practice. As a registered patent attorney of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, he primarily counsels clients on the acquisition, protection, maintenance, and enforcement of intellectual property rights on both a local and national scale. Ward graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and is a seven-time recipient of Super Lawyers® as an Oklahoma Rising Star for Patent Litigation.Jeff is an experienced trial lawyer and a certified public accountant, which strikes a specialized balance between transactional work and litigation as a partner of DSDA. His practice focuses on developing comprehensive strategies for clients facing civil and criminal tax controversies, litigation, federal criminal defense, and clients in highly regulated industries. Jeff’s practice also focuses on solving clients’ most difficult legal and regulatory tax challenges, whether in the context of civil, criminal or parallel proceedings. He earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and will serve as the 2020 president elect for the Oklahoma Bar Foundation.

Previously, John Paul began his law career by focusing on medical malpractice defense. He worked with rural and urban hospitals, doctors, dentists, nursing staff and nursing homes in defending claims for malpractice. At DSDA, John Paul Yeager will focus his practice in the areas of general and corporate litigation, representing clients in state and federal courts. He is a 2018 graduate of the University of Tulsa College of Law.