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105 McAfee & Taft attorneys named to 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America

McAfee & Taft is pleased to announce that 105 of the firm’s attorneys, including four first-time honorees, have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Once again, McAfee & Taft was top-ranked in Oklahoma in the total number of attorneys listed, with many of the attorneys recognized in multiple areas.
First-time honorees are Jessica L. Dickerson (commercial litigation), J. Barrett Ellis (commercial finance law), Kristin M. Simpsen (labor and employment litigation), and Steven E. Ward (commercial litigation).
Attorneys re-selected for the list are:
- Michael K. Avery (commercial litigation; real estate litigation)
- Christian D. Barnard (family law)
- Sasha L. Beling (trade secrets law; trademark law)
- Jeremy M. Black (business organizations; corporate law, mergers and acquisitions law; tax law)
- T. Michael Blake (business organizations; closely held companies and family businesses law, corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law; tax law; trusts and estates; venture capital law)
- Rachel Blue (copyright law; intellectual property litigation; trademark law)
- Timothy J. Bomhoff (commercial litigation; employment law – management; energy law; environmental litigation; labor and employment litigation; labor law – management; mass tort litigation/class actions – defendants; oil and gas law; product liability litigation – defendants; qui tam law; securities litigation)
- Courtney Bru (employment law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- J. Craig Buchan (commercial litigation; mass tort litigation/class actions – defendants)
- Brandon L. Buchanan (commercial litigation; construction litigation; insurance law; mass tort litigation/class actions – defendants)
- Steven W. Bugg (bankruptcy, creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law; bankruptcy litigation)
- Jennifer H. Callahan (employee benefits/ERISA law; non-profit/charities law)
- • Brita Haugland Cantrell (family law)
- Jodi C. Cole (energy law; oil and gas law)
- Steven P. Cole (business organizations; corporate law; tax law; tax litigation and controversy; trusts and estates; trust and estates litigation)
- W. Chris Coleman (business organizations; closely held companies and family businesses law; corporate compliance law; corporate governance law; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law; securities/capital markets law; securities regulation; venture capital law)
- Mary Quinn Cooper (bet-the-company litigation; commercial litigation; product liability litigation – defendants; professional malpractice law – defendants)
- Todd Court (employment law – management; labor law – management)
- Richard D. Craig (business organizations; closely held companies and family businesses law; corporate law; tax law; tax litigation and controversy; trusts and estates; trust and estates litigation)
- Ryan Cross (patent law)
- C. Bruce Crum (banking and finance law; business organizations; corporate law; financial services regulation law)
- Robert W. Dace (commercial litigation; energy law; environmental litigation; intellectual property litigation; mass tort litigation/class actions – defendants; oil and gas law)
- Elizabeth L. Dalton (antitrust law; business organizations; corporate law; corporate governance law; franchise law; health care law; non-profit/charities law)
- Cheryl Vinall Denney (corporate law; project finance law; real estate law; securities/capital markets law)
- Wagner Dias da Silva (mergers and acquisitions law; securities/capital markets law)
- Bradley K. Donnell (commercial litigation; construction law; construction litigation; labor and employment litigation; real estate litigation)
- Clifford C. Dougherty III (copyright law; intellectual property litigation; patent law; patent litigation; trademark law)
- Teena P. Dunn (aviation law)
- Gregg B. Eichner (banking and finance law; business organizations)
- Roberta B. Fields (employment law — management; labor and employment litigation)
- Bill G. Freudenrich (employee benefits/ERISA law)
- S. Gregory Frogge (business organizations; health care law)
- Robert L. Garbrecht (business organizations; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law; real estate law)
- Bonner J. Gonzalez (commercial finance law; corporate law; tax law)
- Charles Greenough (bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law; banking and finance litigation; bankruptcy litigation; commercial litigation)
- William D. Hall (patent law)
- J. Derek Hardberger (energy regulatory law)
- Lloyd T. Hardin, Jr. (construction law; international trade and finance law; mergers and acquisitions law;; real estate law; real estate litigation)
- John N. Hermes (bet-the-company litigation; banking and finance litigation; commercial litigation; ethics and professional responsibility law; securities litigation)
- Stephen M. Hetrick (business organizations)
- Frank D. Hill (corporate law; land use and zoning law; mergers and acquisitions law; real estate law)
- Alan G. Holloway (tax law; trusts and estates)
- Henry D. Hoss (commercial litigation; construction law; construction litigation; professional malpractice law – defendants)
- Christian S. Huckaby (product liability litigation – defendants)
- Justin Jackson (business organizations; corporate governance law; securities/capital markets law)
- Richard D. Johnson (nonprofit/charities law; tax law; trusts and estates)
- Michael E. Joseph (biotechnology and life sciences practice; business organizations; corporate compliance law; corporate governance law; corporate law; franchise law; health care law; non-profit/charities law; project finance law)
- Robert J. Joyce (commercial litigation; environmental law; environmental litigation; mining law)
- Garry L. Keele, II (energy regulation law; environmental law)
- John A. Kenney (bet-the-company litigation; commercial litigation; intellectual property litigation; mass tort litigation/class actions – defendants; patent litigation; product liability litigation – defendants; trade secrets law)
- Michael J. LaBrie (copyright law; intellectual property litigation; patent law; patent litigation; trade secrets law; trademark law)
- Myrna S. Latham (business organizations; real estate law)
- Michael F. Lauderdale (commercial litigation; employment law – management; health care law; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- William S. Leach (commercial litigation; insurance law; mass torts litigation / class actions – defendants; personal injury litigation – defendants; product liability litigation – defendants)
- Joe C. Lewallen, Jr. (commercial litigation; commercial transactions/UCC law; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law; real estate law)
- Ronald W. Little (family law; family law mediation)
- Brandon P. Long (employee benefits/ERISA law)
- Laura J. Long (energy law; environmental litigation; oil and gas law)
- Robert T. Luttrell III (banking and finance law; banking and finance litigation; commercial finance law; corporate law; financial services regulation law)
- Mark W. Malone (trusts and estates; trusts and estates litigation)
- H. Cole Marshall (real estate law)
- Samanthia Sierakowski Marshall (employment law – management)
- Michael D. McClintock (commercial litigation; construction litigation; environmental litigation; intellectual property; patent litigation; securities litigation)
- Scott D. McCreary (aviation law; equipment finance law)
- M. Richard Mullins (bet-the-company litigation; commercial litigation; health care law; health care litigation; securities litigation; qui tam law)
- Kathy R. Neal (commercial litigation; employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- Drew Neville (antitrust litigation; bet-the-company litigation; commercial litigation; securities litigation; white collar criminal defense)
- Richard D. Nix (corporate law; employee benefits/ERISA law)
- Zachary A.P. Oubre (intellectual property litigation; trade secrets law)
- John A. Papahronis (employee benefits/ERISA law)
- Ross A. Plourde (bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law; bankruptcy litigation)
- Charles S. Plumb (employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- Frank L. Polk (aviation law; corporate law; equipment finance law)
- Louis J. Price (bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law; bankruptcy litigation; commercial finance law)
- James C. Prince (employee benefits/ERISA law; health care law)
- Tony G. Puckett (employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- Anthony L. Rahhal (copyright law; intellectual property litigation; patent law; patent litigation; trade secrets law; trademark law)
- Natalie Ramsey (employment law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- Dee A. Replogle (closely held companies and family businesses law; tax law; tax litigation and controversy; trusts and estates)
- Andrew Richardson (commercial litigation)
- Richard A. Riggs (commercial finance law; commercial transactions/UCC law; equipment finance law; real estate law)
- Patricia A. Rogers (health care law; privacy and data security law)
- Paul A. Ross (employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- John N. Schaefer (trusts and estates)
- Philip Sears (corporate governance law)
- Susan B. Shields (business organizations; closely held companies and family businesses law; non-profit and charities law; tax law; tax litigation and controversy; trust and estates; trust and estate litigation)
- Ronald T. Shinn Jr. (commercial litigation; health care litigation; qui tam law)
- Joshua D. Smith (business organizations; mergers and acquisitions law)
- Michael F. Smith (commercial litigation)
- Spencer F. Smith (banking and finance litigation; commercial litigation; securities litigation)
- Mark D. Spencer (commercial litigation; employee benefits/ERISA law; ERISA litigation; insurance law)
- Robert E. Spoo (copyright law; intellectual property litigation)
- N. Martin Stringer (corporate law; corporate governance law; mergers and acquisitions law)
- Jeff L. Todd (agriculture law; commercial litigation; eminent domain and condemnation law; environmental litigation; real estate litigation; water law)
- W. Kirk Turner (employment law – management; labor and employment litigation; labor law – management)
- Erin M. Van Laanen (aviation law; equipment finance law)
- Drew D. Webb (bankruptcy litigation; commercial litigation; construction litigation; real estate litigation)
- Nathan L. Whatley (employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- Elizabeth Scott Wood (employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- J. Todd Woolery (commercial litigation; oil and gas law)
- Harold C. Zuckerman (commercial litigation)
Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer review evaluation. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.