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  • California, 1989
  • Oklahoma, 1992
Education
  • J.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1989
  • B.A., with honors, Stanford University, 1986 (National Merit Scholar)
Professional Organizations and Memberships
  • Oklahoma County Bar Association
  • Oklahoma Bar Association (Former Chair, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust; Former Member, Legal Ethics Committee)
  • Oklahoma Bar Foundation (Trustee and Fellow)
  • Oklahoma City Estate Planning Council
  • State Bar of California
  • American Bar Association (Real Property, Probate and Trust Law)
  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Fellow)
Civic Involvement and Leadership
  • Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits (Board of Directors)
  • SpiritBank (Board of Directors)
  • Leadership Oklahoma City Class XVII
Susan B. Shields
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Biography

Susan Shields practices in the areas of tax and family wealth focusing on wealth transfer tax planning, business planning for closely held family businesses, estate and trust administration, business entity formation, and the formation and administration of tax-exempt organizations.

Prior to joining McAfee & Taft in 2008, Susan was a partner with another Oklahoma City-based law firm.

Susan is a frequent speaker on a variety of estate planning, probate and non-profit topics at professional and continuing legal education seminars and has served as an adjunct professor of law in estate planning at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Her writing credits include “Oklahoma’s New Family Wealth Preservation Trust Act,” published on October 2, 2004, by the Oklahoma Bar Journal and “What Do You Need To Know About Oklahoma’s New Education Lottery?” published on January 15, 2005, by the Oklahoma Bar Journal. She also served as editor and coordinator of the “OBA/CLE 2001 Form Book” and the “OBA/CLE Form Book” published by the Oklahoma Bar Association.

Susan’s experience and expertise have earned her recognition in The Best Lawyers in America (Trusts and Estates) and Oklahoma Super Lawyers (Estate Planning and Probate, Tax, and Business/Corporate), where she was named to the prestigious “Top 25 Female” and “Top 50 Oklahoma Lawyers” lists. She has also been recognized as Outstanding Pro Bono Lawyer by Legal Aid of Western Oklahoma in 1993 and as the 2005 recipient of the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Earl Sneed Award. In 2005 Susan was honored as a finalist for the Journal Record’s Woman of the Year award.

In addition to donating her time as a volunteer and member of the board of directors for the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits, Susan also serves on the board of directors for SpiritBank.

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