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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.

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.