Fifty-two attorneys from McAfee & Taft, Oklahoma City’s largest law firm, were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008. Since the last edition was published, five McAfee & Taft lawyers have been named to the prestigious list for the first time.
First-time honorees are T. Michael Blake (Bankruptcy Tax Law), Robert T. Luttrell III (Banking Law), Steve R. Welch (Natural Resources Law; Oil and Gas Law), Nathan Whatley (Labor and Employment Law), and Elizabeth Scott Wood (Labor and Employment Law).
Other attorneys re-selected for the bi-annual list are:
Terry R. Barrett – Natural Resources Law and Oil & Gas Law
Joseph H. Bocock – Commercial Litigation
Stephen W. Bugg – Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
W. Chris Coleman – Corporate Law
Richard D. Craig – Tax Law; Trusts & Estates
C. Bruce Crum – Banking Law; Corporate Law
Clifford C. Dougherty III – Intellectual Property Law
Theodore M. Elam – Corporate Law
S. Gregory Frogge – Health Care Law
Sam R. Fulkerson – Labor & Employment Law
Gary F. Fuller – Corporate Law; Tax Law
Robert L. Garbrecht – Corporate Law
E. Harrison Gilbert III – Intellectual Property Law
Robert H. Gilliland, Jr. – Commercial Litigation
Philip D. Hart – Energy Law; Natural Resources Law; Oil & Gas Law
John N. Hermes – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation
Frank D. Hill – Real Estate Law
Henry D. Hoss – Construction Law
James Dudley Hyde – Employee Benefits Law
Michael E. Joseph – Corporate Law; Franchise Law; Health Care Law; Project Finance Law
John A. Kenney – Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Law
David J. Ketelsleger – Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law; Securities Law
Michael J. LaBrie – Intellectual Property Law
Michael F. Lauderdale – Health Care Law
John McHenry Mee – Corporate Law
Sally Mock – Banking Law; Real Estate Law
Richard D. Nix – Corporate Law; Employee Benefits Law
J. Michael Nordin – Health Care Law; Real Estate Law
Ross A. Plourde – Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Frank L. Polk – Corporate Law; Equipment Finance Law
Louis J. Price – Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
James C. Prince – Employee Benefits Law; Health Care Law
Tony G. Puckett – Labor & Employment Law
Anthony L. Rahhal – Intellectual Property Law
Dee A. Replogle – Tax Law
Richard A. Riggs – Real Estate Law
Reid E. Robison – Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law
Patricia A. Rogers – Health Care law
John E. Sargent – Real Estate Law
John N. Schaefer – Trusts and Estates
C. David Stinson – Natural Resources Law; Oil & Gas Law
N. Martin Stringer – Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Mary Ellen Ternes – Environmental Law
Elizabeth Tyrrell – Health Care Law
Peter T. Van Dyke – Labor & Employment Law
Erin M. Van Laanen – Equipment Finance Law
Jerry A. Warren – Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Securities Law
Published biennially since 1983, The Best Lawyers in America is widely regarded as the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of the top attorneys throughout the country cast more than two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion is considered a singular honor.
The Best Lawyers in America is published by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.