The following McAfee & Taft attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America:
- Matthew J. Allen (energy and regulatory law; energy law)
- Jessica N. Battson (commercial litigation; insurance law)
- Brian C. Beatty (equipment finance 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)
- Kevin Blaney (banking and finance law; banking and finance litigation; bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law; business organizations; corporate law)
- Rachel Blue (advertising law; copyright law; intellectual property litigation; media law; 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)
- Matthew K. Brown (banking and finance law; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law)
- Courtney Bru (employment law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- Philip R. Bruce (employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- J. Craig Buchan (commercial litigation; mass tort litigation/class actions – defendants; professional malpractice law – defendants)
- Brandon L. Buchanan (commercial litigation; construction litigation; health care litigation; insurance law; insurance litigation; mass tort litigation/class actions – defendants)
- Vickie J. Buchanan (corporate law)
- Judy Burdg (employee benefits/ERISA law; ERISA litigation)
- Brian A. Burget (equipment finance law)
- Jennifer H. Callahan (employee benefits/ERISA law; nonprofit/charities law)
- Brita Haugland Cantrell (family law)
- Michael L. Carr (insurance 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; insurance litigation; mass tort litigation/class actions – defendants; personal injury litigation – defendants; product liability litigation – defendants; professional malpractice law – defendants)
- Todd Court (employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- 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)
- Katie Gant Crane (commercial litigation)
- Jacob S. Crawford (employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- C. Bruce Crum (banking and finance law; business organizations; corporate governance law; corporate law; financial services regulation law; mergers and acquisitions law)
- J. Dillon Curran (banking and finance law; banking and finance litigation; bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law; business organizations; commercial litigation)
- Wagner R. Dias da Silva (business organizations; closely held companies and family businesses law; corporate compliance law; corporate governance law; corporate law; leveraged buyouts and private equity law; mergers and acquisitions law; private funds/hedge funds law; securities/capital markets law; securities regulation; venture capital law)
- Jessica L. Dickerson (commercial litigation; insurance law; insurance litigation)
- Kate N. Dodoo (commercial litigation; labor and employment litigation)
- Bradley K. Donnell (bet-the-company litigation; commercial litigation; construction law; construction litigation; labor and employment litigation; real estate litigation)
- Clifford C. Dougherty III (advertising law; copyright law; intellectual property litigation; patent law; patent litigation; trade secrets law; trademark law)
- Alex Duncan (commercial litigation)
- Gregg B. Eichner (banking and finance law; business organizations)
- Roberta B. Fields (employment law — management; labor and employment litigation)
- Charles P. Floyd (banking and finance litigation; commercial litigation)
- S. Gregory Frogge (business organizations; health care law)
- Robert L. Garbrecht (business organizations; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law; real estate law; tax law)
- Jared D. Giddens (banking and finance litigation; bankruptcy litigation; commercial litigation; construction law; energy law; labor and employment litigation; real estate litigation; trusts and estates litigation)
- Bonner J. Gonzalez (commercial finance law; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law; tax law)
- Paige Hoster Good (employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- Danae V. Grace (corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law; real estate law)
- J. Derek Hardberger (administrative/regulatory law; energy regulatory law; environmental law; environmental litigation; natural resources law)
- Stephen M. Hetrick (business organizations; corporate governance law; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law; real estate law)
- Matthew B. Hickey (business organizations; closely held companies and family businesses law; nonprofit/charities law; tax law; tax litigation and controversy)
- Justin T. Hiersche (commercial finance law; commercial litigation)
- Frank D. Hill (corporate law; economic development law; land use and zoning law; mergers and acquisitions law; real estate law)
- William J. Holland (commercial litigation; insurance litigation)
- Alan G. Holloway (tax law; trusts and estates)
- Henry D. Hoss (commercial litigation; construction law; construction litigation; professional malpractice law – defendants)
- Christian S. Huckaby (commercial litigation; product liability litigation – defendants)
- Justin Jackson (business organizations; closely held companies and family businesses law; corporate governance law; corporate law; leveraged buyouts and private equity law; mergers and acquisitions law; securities/capital markets law; securities regulation)
- Richard D. Johnson (corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law; nonprofit/charities law; real estate law; tax law; trusts and estates; trusts and estates litigation)
- Robert J. Joyce (commercial litigation; environmental law; environmental litigation; mining law; natural resources law)
- Garry L. Keele, II (administrative/regulatory law; energy regulatory law; environmental law; environmental litigation; natural resources law)
- Harrison M. Kosmider (employment law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- Michael J. LaBrie (advertising law; biotechnology and life sciences practice; 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; health care litigation; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- James F. Lea III (copyright law; patent law; trademark law)
- William S. Leach (commercial litigation; insurance law; insurance litigation; mass torts litigation / class actions – defendants; personal injury litigation – defendants; product liability litigation – defendants)
- Ronald W. Little (family law; family law mediation)
- Brandon P. Long (employee benefits/ERISA law)
- Laura J. Long (commercial litigation; energy law; environmental litigation; oil and gas law)
- Cori H. Loomis (administrative/regulatory law; business organizations; corporate law; health care law; nonprofit/charities law)
- Robert T. Luttrell III (banking and finance law; banking and finance litigation; commercial finance law; corporate law; financial services regulation law)
- H. Cole Marshall (business organizations; corporate law; real estate law)
- Tony Mastin (economic development law; tax law)
- Scott D. McCreary (aviation law; equipment finance law)
- G. Daniel Miller (employee benefits/ERISA law)
- Isai Molina (business organizations; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law; real estate law)
- Barbara M. Moschovidis (commercial litigation; insurance law)
- M. Richard Mullins (commercial litigation; health care law; health care litigation; qui tam law; securities litigation;)
- 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 (business organizations; corporate law; employee benefits/ERISA law)
- Eric G. Odom (banking and finance law)
- Zach Oubre (advertising law; commercial litigation; copyright law; intellectual property litigation; patent litigation; privacy and data security law; trade secrets law; trademark law)
- John A. Papahronis (employee benefits/ERISA law)
- Micah J. Petersen (insurance litigation; personal injury litigation – defendants; product liability litigation – defendants)
- Kiran A. Phansalkar (bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law, bankruptcy litigation, land use and zoning law, real estate law, real estate litigation)
- Ross A. Plourde (bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law; bankruptcy litigation; commercial litigation)
- Charles S. Plumb (employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- Louis J. Price (bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law; bankruptcy litigation; commercial finance law; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law)
- Dru A. Prosser (insurance litigation; product liability litigation – defendants)
- Tony G. Puckett (employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- Anthony L. Rahhal (biotechnology and life sciences practice; copyright law; intellectual property litigation; patent law; patent litigation; trade secrets law; trademark law)
- Natalie Ramsey (employment law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- John R. Reeves (natural resources law; oil and gas law)
- Phil R. Richards (bet-the-company litigation; commercial litigation; insurance law; insurance litigation; medical malpractice law – defendants; personal injury litigation – defendants)
- Andrew Richardson (commercial litigation; mass tort litigation/class actions – defendants; personal injury litigation – defendants; product liability litigation – defendants)
- Patricia A. Rogers (health care law; privacy and data security law; qui tam law)
- Paul A. Ross (employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- Sherry A. Rozell (commercial litigation)
- Christopher Scaperlanda (commercial litigation; trusts and estates litigation)
- Susan B. Shields (business organizations; closely held companies and family businesses law; nonprofit/charities law; tax law; tax litigation and controversy; trust and estates; trust and estate litigation)
- Kristin M. Simpsen (employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- Eric Smith (employee benefits/ERISA)
- Joshua D. Smith (business organizations; corporate governance law; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law)
- Spencer F. Smith (banking and finance litigation; commercial litigation; intellectual property litigation; securities litigation)
- Patrick L. Stein (commercial litigation; energy law; environmental litigation; oil and gas law)
- Kelsie M. Sullivan (commercial litigation; insurance law; insurance litigation; personal injury litigation – defendants)
- Trey Tipton (banking and finance law; corporate 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 law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- Erin M. Van Laanen (aviation law; equipment finance law; transportation law)
- Jeffrey L. Vogt (real estate law)
- Chase C. Webb (intellectual property litigation; patent law; trademark law)
- Jodi Cole Wetzel (commercial litigation; energy law; environmental litigation; oil and gas law)
- Nathan L. Whatley (employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- Anna E. Wolfe (commercial litigation)
- David G. Woodral (patent law; trademark law)
- J. Todd Woolery (commercial litigation; environmental litigation; natural resources law; oil and gas law)
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. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
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