Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Team

McAfee & Taft’s labor, employment and employee benefits team is one of the largest of its kind in the region and represents management exclusively in all areas of labor and employment law both locally and nationally. The group and its attorneys have been recognized by leading national publications, including Go-To Law Firms of the World’s Leading Companies, Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Benchmark Litigation, The Best Lawyers in America and Oklahoma Super Lawyers.

As leaders in the field of labor, employment and employee benefits law, McAfee & Taft attorneys are perhaps best known for reaching out to employers and equipping them with timely legal information, news, resources, insight and analysis. In addition to offering complimentary webinars and seminars to employers and human resources professionals both within the state and around the country, McAfee & Taft and its attorneys also publish EmployerLINC.com, an employment and employee benefits law blog dedicated to providing employers and human resources professionals with legal information, news and commentary on the latest developments in federal and state regulations, current trends in enforcement and agency actions, and the important issues employers need to know.

Additionally, the attorneys contribute monthly articles to the Oklahoma Employment Law Letter; speak to employer groups, human resources organizations and professional conferences both locally and nationally; and write white papers and scholarly articles for industry journals, SHRM and employment-focused periodicals, law reviews and other professional publications. McAfee & Taft attorneys also serve as the exclusive editors for the Oklahoma sections of the annual guidebook for employers and human resources professionals, 50 Employment Laws in 50 States.

Additionally, because of the firm’s outstanding reputation in the field of employment law, McAfee & Taft was selected as the exclusive member firm representing Oklahoma in the Employers Counsel Network, a nationwide affiliation of leading law firms providing legal assistance and representation to employers regarding a wide variety of workplace issues and disputes.


Michael Avery
Labor & Employment
Tim Bomhoff
Labor & Employment
Elizabeth Bowersox
Labor & Employment
Heidi Brasher
Labor & Employment
Brandon Buchanan
Labor & Employment
John Burkhardt
ERISA Litigation
Jennifer Callahan
Employee Benefits
Fred Cornish
Labor & Employment
Todd Court
Labor & Employment
Brad Donnell
Labor & Employment
Roberta Fields
Labor & Employment
Mark Folger
Labor & Employment
Bill Freudenrich
Employee Benefits
Sam Fulkerson
Labor & Employment
Lauren Hanna
Labor & Employment
Dudley Hyde
Employee Benefits
Jessica John Bowman
Labor & Employment
Mike Lauderdale
Labor & Employment
Group Co-Leader
Brandon Long
Employee Benefits
Group Leader
Kathy Neal
Labor & Employment
Richard Nix
Employee Benefits
John Papahronis
Employee Benefits
Alison Patel
Employee Benefits
Charlie Plumb
Labor & Employment
Jim Prince
Employee Benefits
Tony Puckett
Labor & Employment
Natalie Ramsey
Labor & Employment
Paul Ross
Labor & Employment
Group Co-Leader
Kristin Simpsen
Labor & Employment 
Mark Spencer
Employment/
ERISA Litigation
Curtis Thomas
Labor & Employment
Peter Van Dyke
Labor & Employment
Susan Walker
Labor & Employment
Nathan Whatley
Labor & Employment
Sharolyn
Whiting-Ralston

Labor & Employment
Betsy Wood
Labor & Employment
Harold Zuckerman
Labor & Employment