Barnsdall Lawyers

PROTECTING AND DEFENDING YOUR FUNDAMENTAL STATE AND FEDERAL RIGHTS is our primary mission. It is important to know that criminal charges in State, Federal, Municipal, and Tribal Courts risk more than your rights. Investigations jeopardize the life you have worked to build and the future you hope to share with your family. Your livelihood, reputation, and freedom may be at risk when the government considers enforcement actions, including criminal prosecutions, targeting you or your business. We have spent years mastering the skills and developing the knowledge to defend our clients and the lives they have built. I have more...

Matt was born and raised in Oklahoma. He earned his Bachelor's of Science in Business at Oklahoma State University in 2007, before getting his Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma in 2010. He started his career as an Assistant District Attorney in Pushmataha County, where he gained trial experience and a working criminal law knowledge. He then went to work as an Associate for Gotcher and Beaver Law Firm in McAlester, with a varied practice from domestic law to criminal defense to personal injury. In 2015, Matthew was appointed to serve as the Special District Judge for Pittsburg County. His dockets...

Bryan Stratton opened his law firm in 2007 because he passionately believed that someone needed to fight for good hard-working Oklahomans in their family law cases. Bryan has gone on to gain extensive experience defending clients through their divorce and adoption cases and helped them to get the best possible alimony and child custody settlements. Any Oklahoman who needs help with a family law case can visit Bryan for a free, no obligation consultation.

Allison Garrett is Of Counsel with the national law firm of Spencer Fane. She is admitted to practice in both Oklahoma and Arkansas, and made the top score on the Arkansas bar exam. Garrett has been the Vice President and General Counsel for Walmart's corporate-level legal services, a university president and the chancellor over the Oklahoma higher education system. She has also served on the NCAA's Board of Governors, and was Vice Chair of the NCAA and a member of its Audit Committee. Garrett has an undergraduate degree from Oklahoma Christian University, a law degree from the University...

I specialize in personal injury law, including trucking accidents, oilfield injuries and workers compensation claims.

Melissa is a passionate attorney with many years experience in family law. Starting her career as a paralegal, Melissa decided there was more work she could do. As an attorney, she has both personal and practical experience with divorce, child custody, and visitation issues. Her dedication to each of her clients gives them the strength and hope they need when they feel at the lowest points of life. We are all in this together! If you have a need for representation in a divorce, paternity, adoption, guardianship or grandparents rights case, give Melissa a call!

I became a criminal defense attorney to defend people’s rights, especially those provided by our Constitution. My father was an attorney in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and my grandfather served as a judge in Bryan county in Oklahoma. I held in high regard both my father’s and grandfather’s passion for helping others and admired their belief in faithfully protecting others’ rights. My father represented people from all backgrounds. I greatly admired his serving as an advocate for people facing prosecution from a powerful government.

In addition to my higher education experience, I am a fluent Spanish speaker. I credit my aptitude...