McAfee & Taft, Oklahoma’s largest law firm, has named two recent law school honors graduates as its newest associates.
Mark D. Folger graduated magna cum laude from the Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2005 and joins the firm as an attorney practicing in the area of general business litigation.
While in law school, Folger was a student member of the William J. Holloway, Jr. American Inn of Court and earned CALI awards in Legal Analysis, Legal Profession, Complex Litigation and Trial Practice. He was also named to Phi Delta Phi and received the Phillips Allen Porta Memorial Legal Ethics Award given by the Oklahoma Bar Foundation to the law student with the highest performance in the study of legal ethics.
Prior to entering law school, the Edmond native attained Series 7 and Series 63 brokerage licenses and served as an investor services representative for DLJ Direct/CSFB Direct online investment corporations in Charlotte, NC, for two years. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from DePauw University.
Joshua D. Smith graduated with highest honors from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2005 and practices in the areas of corporate and securities law and commercial transactions.
His law school credits include being named to the Order of the Coif, serving on the judiciary committee of Oklahoma Law Review and receiving the Paul and Jo Ann Sharp Law Review Award, and earning American Jurisprudence awards in Property, Securities Regulation, Commercial Law and Professional Responsibility. He was also honored with the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Corporate Law Section Award in 2003.
While an undergraduate at the University of Oklahoma, the Moore, OK, native lettered in football in 2000 and 2001, won the Derrick Shepard Award in 2000, and was a member of the 2000 national championship team. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2002. Smith also currently serves as the youth director at Hillcrest Presbyterian Church with his wife, Julie.
McAfee & Taft is one of the largest, most experienced law firms in Oklahoma, serving clients throughout the Southwest in the areas of aviation, business law, corporate and securities, employee benefits, entertainment, 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 110 attorneys.