A total of 126 attorneys from McAfee & Taft were selected by their peers for inclusion in the recently released 2025 editions of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. This year marks the 31st publication of Best Lawyers in America and the fifth publication of its companion list, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, which recognizes attorneys who have demonstrated outstanding professional excellence earlier in their careers. Both lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer review evaluation.
Named as a first-time honorees by Best Lawyers in America are Philip R. Bruce (employment law – management; labor and employment litigation), Katie Gant Crane (commercial litigation), Isai Molina (corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law; real estate law), and Sherry A. Rozell (commercial litigation).
First-time Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch honorees are T. Lake Moore IV (employee benefits/ERISA law) and Garrett J. Reed (commercial litigation).
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Attorneys re-selected for the annual Best Lawyers in America list are:
- 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 (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)
- 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)
- Steven W. Bugg (bankruptcy, creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law; bankruptcy litigation)
- Jennifer H. Callahan (employee benefits/ERISA law; nonprofit/charities law)
- Brita Haugland Cantrell (family law)
- Jodi C. Cole (commercial litigation; energy law; environmental litigation; 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; 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)
- Richard D. Craig (business organizations; closely held companies and family businesses law; corporate law; tax law; tax litigation and controversy; trusts and estates; trusts and estates litigation)
- Jacob S. Crawford (employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- Ryan Cross (advertising law; patent law)
- C. Bruce Crum (banking and finance law; business organizations; corporate law; financial services regulation law)
- Wagner R. Dias da Silva (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; venture capital law)
- Jessica L. Dickerson (commercial litigation; insurance law)
- Kate N. Dodoo (commercial 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)
- Gregg B. Eichner (banking and finance law; business organizations)
- Roberta B. Fields (employment law — management; labor and employment litigation)
- S. Gregory Frogge (business organizations; health care law)
- Robert L. Garbrecht (business organizations; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law; project finance law; real estate law)
- Bonner J. Gonzalez (commercial finance law; corporate law; tax law)
- Paige Hoster Good (employment law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- Danae V. Grace (corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law; real estate law)
- William D. Hall (patent law)
- J. Derek Hardberger (energy regulatory law; environmental law; environmental litigation)
- Lloyd T. Hardin, Jr. (construction law; international trade and finance law; mergers and acquisitions law; real estate law; real estate litigation)
- Stephen M. Hetrick (business organizations; 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)
- Frank D. Hill (corporate law; economic development 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 (commercial litigation; product liability litigation – defendants)
- Justin Jackson (business organizations; corporate governance law; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law; securities/capital markets law)
- 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)
- Garry L. Keele, II (energy regulation law; environmental law; environmental litigation; natural resources law)
- 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; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- William S. Leach (commercial litigation; insurance law; insurance litigation; mass tort 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 (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 (tax law)
- Scott D. McCreary (aviation law; equipment finance law)
- M. Richard Mullins (commercial litigation; health care law; health care litigation; 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)
- Zachary A.P. 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Andrew Richardson (commercial litigation; personal injury litigation – defendants)
- Patricia A. Rogers (health care law; privacy and data security law)
- Paul A. Ross (employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment 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)
- Ronald T. Shinn Jr. (commercial litigation; health care litigation; qui tam law)
- Kristin M. Simpsen (employment law – management; labor and employment litigation; labor law – management)
- Joshua D. Smith (business organizations; corporate law; corporate governance law; mergers and acquisitions law)
- Spencer F. Smith (banking and finance litigation; commercial litigation; intellectual property litigation; securities litigation)
- Joel D. Stafford (tax law; tax litigation and controversy)
- Patrick L. Stein (commercial litigation; energy law; oil and gas 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; transportation law)
- Nathan L. Whatley (employment law – management; labor law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- J. Todd Woolery (commercial litigation; natural resources law; oil and gas law)
- Harold C. Zuckerman (commercial litigation; personal injury litigation – defendants)
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Attorneys re-selected for the annual Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list are:
- Logan P. Blackmore (energy law; oil and gas law)
- Simon Bright (business organizations; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law)
- J.D. Brown (transportation law)
- Judy Burdg (employee benefits/ERISA law)
- Colby J. Byrd (commercial litigation; eminent domain and condemnation law; real estate litigation)
- Kaitlyn Schrick Chaney (banking and finance law; business organizations; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law)
- Robert J. Clougherty (business organizations; corporate law)
- Melissa J. Cottle (employee benefits/ERISA law; labor and employment law – management; workers’ compensation law – employers)
- Katherine Crowley Jimenez (commercial litigation; energy law)
- Evan J. Crumpley (banking and finance law; business organizations; mergers and acquisitions law; securities regulations),
- Valerie L. Dixon (appellate practice; commercial litigation; mass tort litigation/class actions – defendants; personal injury litigation – defendants; product liability litigation – defendants)
- Alex Duncan (commercial litigation; securities litigation; white-collar criminal defense)
- Genni Ellis (patent litigation)
- Emalie Foster (commercial litigation; construction litigation; family law; product liability litigation – defendants)
- Thomas Goresen (administrative/regulatory law; energy law; environmental law)
- William J. Holland (commercial litigation; insurance law; privacy and data security)
- Peyton S. Howell (medical malpractice law – defendants)
- Katelyn King (commercial litigation; oil and gas law; personal injury litigation – defendants)
- Harrison M. Kosmider (labor and employment law – management; labor and employment litigation)
- Alyssa Lankford (labor and employment litigation)
- Elke Meeùs (commercial litigation; construction litigation)
- Jennie M. Mook (commercial litigation; energy law; labor and employment litigation)
- Andrew J. Morris (appellate practice; commercial litigation; insurance law)
- Haley Maynard Nimmo (business organizations; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law)
- Micah J. Petersen (commercial litigation; personal injury litigation – defendants; product liability litigation – defendants)
- Dru Prosser (commercial litigation; medical malpractice law – defendants; personal injury litigation – defendants; product liability litigation – defendants)
- Jennifer B. Puckett (commercial litigation; energy law; oil and gas law)
- Will Silvia (business organizations; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law; real estate law)
- Tim Spencer (commercial litigation; personal injury litigation – defendants; product liability litigation – defendants)
- Gatlin Squires (banking and finance litigation; commercial litigation; eminent domain and condemnation law; real estate litigation)
- Jeffrey L. Vogt (banking and finance law; business organizations; corporate law; mergers and acquisitions law; real estate law)
- Chase C. Webb (intellectual property law; intellectual property litigation; patent law; technology law)
- Emma L. Wilson (transportation law)
- Anna E. Wolfe (commercial litigation; insurance law; product liability litigation – defendants)