65 McAfee & Taft Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America 2009

Six Attorneys Named to Prestigious List for First Time

Oklahoma City, OK - October 9, 2008

A record 65 attorneys from McAfee & Taft were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009, more than any other Oklahoma law firm. Since the last edition was published, six McAfee & Taft lawyers have been named to the prestigious list for the first time.

First-time honorees are Jennifer H. Callahan (Non-Profit/Charities Law), Jacque Brawner Dean (Workers’ Compensation Law), Gerald L. Hilsher (Natural Environmental Law), Scott D. McCreary (Equipment Finance Law), M. Richard Mullins (Health Care Law), and John A. Papahronis (Employee Benefits Law).

Other attorneys re-selected for the annual list are:

Terry R. Barrett - Natural Resources Law and Oil & Gas Law
T. Michael Blake - Corporate Law and Tax Law
Joseph H. Bocock - Commercial Litigation
Steven W. Bugg - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
W. Chris Coleman - Corporate Law
Richard D. Craig - Tax Law and Trusts and Estates
C. Bruce Crum - Banking Law and Corporate Law
Stanley L. Cunningham - Oil & Gas Law
Reuben Davis - Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Litigation
Clifford C. Dougherty III - Intellectual Property Law
Theodore M. Elam - Corporate Law
S. Gregory Frogge - Health Care Law
Sam R. Fulkerson - Labor and Employment Law
Gary F. Fuller - Corporate Law and Tax Law
Robert L. Garbrecht - Corporate Law
E. Harrison Gilbert III - Intellectual Property Law
Robert H. Gilliland, Jr. - Commercial Litigation and Energy Law
Charles Greenough - Banking Law and Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Philip D. Hart - Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil & Gas Law
John N. Hermes - Bet-the-Company Litigation and 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 and Project Finance Law
John A. Kenney - Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Law
David J. Ketelsleger - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law and Securities Law
Michael J. LaBrie - Intellectual Property Law
Michael F. Lauderdale - Health Care Law
Robert T. Luttrell III - Banking Law
D. Keith McFall - Corporate Law
John McHenry Mee - Corporate Law
Sally Mock - Banking Law and Real Estate Law
Richard D. Nix - Corporate Law and Employee Benefits Law
J. Michael Nordin - Health Care Law and Real Estate Law
Ross A. Plourde - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Charles S. Plumb - Labor and Employment Law
Frank L. Polk - Corporate Law and Equipment Finance Law
Louis J. Price - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
James C. Prince - Employee Benefits Law and Health Care Law
Tony G. Puckett - Labor and 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 and Legal Malpractice Law
Patricia A. Rogers - Health Care Law
John E. Sargent - Real Estate Law
John N. Schaefer - Trusts and Estates
Susan B. Shields - Trusts and Estates
Barry L. Smith - Health Care Law
C. David Stinson - Natural Resources Law and Oil & Gas Law
N. Martin Stringer - Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Mary Ellen Ternes - Environmental Law
Elizabeth Tyrrell - Health Care Law
Peter T. Van Dyke - Labor and Employment Law
Erin M. Van Laanen - Equipment Finance Law
Jerry A. Warren - Corporate Governance and Compliance Law and Securities Law
Steven R. Welch - Natural Resources Law and Oil & Gas Law
Nathan Whatley - Labor and Employment Law
Elizabeth Scott Wood - Labor and Employment Law

Published 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.

About McAfee & Taft

McAfee & Taft is one of the largest, most experienced law firms in the Southwest, serving clients throughout the region and nationally in the areas of aviation, business law, corporate and securities, employee benefits, environmental law, healthcare, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, oil and gas, real estate and tax and family wealth. The firm employs over 280 Oklahomans, including 146 attorneys.