Best Lawyers in America, the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named 19 McAfee & Taft attorneys as “Lawyers of the Year” in 25 legal categories for 2025. Only a single lawyer in a specialty in each market is honored as “Lawyer of the Year.”
Named Best Lawyers‘ 2025 “Oklahoma City Lawyers of the Year” were T. Michael Blake for both tax law and venture capital law, Brandon L. Buchanan for mass tort litigation/class action defense, W. Chris Coleman for securities regulation, C. Bruce Crum for both banking and finance law and business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), S. Gregory Frogge for health care law, J. Derek Hardberger for environmental law, Brandon P. Long for employee benefits (ERISA) law, Laura J. Long for both energy law and environmental litigation, Robert T. Luttrell III for both financial services regulation law and banking and finance litigation, Zachary A.P. Oubre for copyright law, Anthony L. Rahhal for both patent law and trade secrets law, Susan B. Shields for nonprofit/charities law, Joshua D. Smith for mergers and acquisitions law, and Erin M. Van Laanen for equipment finance law.
Attorneys named Best Lawyers‘ 2025 “Tulsa Lawyers of the Year” were Rachel Blue for intellectual property litigation, Mary Quinn Cooper for personal injury defense litigation, Garry Keele for environmental law, William S. Leach for both mass tort litigation/class action defense and product liability defense litigation, and Charles S. Plumb for employment law (management).
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.