In the ten years since that article has run, so much has changed, but so much has not. The article
mentions that the two attorneys are to “join forces,” and we wanted to project that image. Both
Blake and I, had established ourselves as “up and comers” individually. We both noticed that we
worked well in court together when we teamed up together to represent a client of Blake’s in a
jury trial in Antlers Oklahoma, before becoming partners.

I look back at that article and the first thing I notice is how proud I am of two things, my
experience, and my goal of doing something I felt was different. First, I was proud of the amount
of jury trials, and big results I had strung together in a little under ten years of practice. Ten years
later, I find myself humbled by what the last decade has taught me. I have experienced so much
in the last ten years that I know now the frivolity of thinking that after ten years of practice you
had seen a lot. After nearly twenty years of practice, I have discovered that I know I still have a lot
to see, and I am nothing but grateful for the experiences I have had, and things I have learned
along the way. As to the second part of my quote, I am extremely proud of how Wagner & Lynch has lived up to that promise. When I said, “serve the individual needs of our clients,” I was trying to say something else in a fancy and (I thought) lawyerly way. Blake and I always had this idea, or mission if you want to call it, to be something very different than what we saw in the legal world.

Coming from a humble and even humbler background prospectively, we wanted to help those
people we knew best and loved growing up. Our heroes and mentors were not folks that had an
attorney on retainer, or even knew one other than to look up a name in the phone book. We
knew “our kind of people” shied away from lawyers, or felt that they were unapproachable. We
set out to change that, and ten years later, that is what I am most proud of. From the moment you walk into one of our offices you will know you are in a different kind of law firm. From our décor, to our friendly and knowledgeable staff, to the way we carry ourselves, it is our goal 100% of the time to serve our clients where they are. Whether you are the CEO of a prestigious corporation, or poor country folk, we will advocate for you, and give you everything we got. We started that together on April 1, 2013, and have not changed since.

As for Blake, the same can be said. He has been in far more jury trials since then. HE has also
come to establish himself as one of the most sought-after family law attorneys in Southeast
Oklahoma, and few can match his knowledge of property and probate issues. In short, Blake’s

growth in the practice of law from what it was when this article was written is exponential and
recognized both inside and outside the state. Some things, however do not change. Blake is still very involved in his community and service in general. He literally started a music festival, and continues to lead or sit on the board of several other organizations and charities. And, boy was he right, we did have a unique style and skill set, and over the last ten years, we have handled just about anything.

In the ten years since we started Wagner & Lynch, we have seen so much change. There have
been babies born, success, tragedy, and everything in between. However, through it all the one
thing that has not changed since April 1, 2013 is the promise, we made to each other to do something great, and I feel like we are making progress there.

-Brecken A. Wagner
July, 2023