McAfee & Taft, the state’s largest law firm, has announced that Alison R. McCalla and Andrew B. Peterson, both recent honors graduates from the University of Oklahoma, have joined the firm as new associates.
Alison McCalla practices in the areas of employee benefits and business transactions law. Much of her practice is focused on representing employers in matters pertaining to qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, executive compensation plans, health and welfare plans, COBRA, and deferred compensation. A portion of her practice is also devoted to general business and commercial transactions, including contract drafting and review and entity formation.
McCalla graduated with a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Oklahoma State University in 2003. As an undergraduate, she was named a “Top Ten Freshman Woman” and a President’s Leadership Council Scholarship recipient. While in law school, the Chickasha native was a Comfort Scholar and a member of Oklahoma Law Review. She also earned six American Jurisprudence Awards and was named to the Order of the Coif.
Andy Peterson focuses his practice on many aspects of intellectual property law, including trademarks, copyrights, patents, licensing, unfair competition and trade secrets. A portion of his practice is also devoted to litigation matters.
Peterson graduated with highest honors from law school, where he served as a student research assistant and was a member of Oklahoma Law Review and the National Trial Competition Team. He also received numerous honors, including the Nathan Scarritt Prize for the highest academic standing in his class, Welcome D. Pierson Award, S. T. Bledsoe Memorial Prize, Comfort Scholarship and 13 American Jurisprudence Awards.
The Idaho native also holds bachelor’s degrees in biochemistry and Spanish from the University of Oklahoma, graduating summa cum laude in 2000. Prior to entering the legal profession, he native taught introductory Spanish at his alma mater and served the director for the University of Oklahoma’s Modern Languages Learning Center.
About McAfee & TaftMcAfee & 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 200 Oklahomans, including more than 120 attorneys.