Brandon P. Long

Brandon Long is an experienced, AV Preeminent-rated employee benefits attorney. He represents regional and national clients with thousands of employees, including large publicly traded corporations and governmental entities. Clients seek his advice for practical, creative solutions to complex problems, as well as his ability to make highly technical concepts understandable to executives, employees and other lawyers. His achievements have earned him inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (employee benefits/ERISA law) and Oklahoma Super Lawyers. In 2018, Brandon was named a “Notable Practitioner” by the researchers and publishers of the Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Brandon serves as leader of the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group, overseeing one of the Southwest’s largest and most experienced teams of employee benefits lawyers. He also serves as the president of the SouthWest Benefits Association, a 700-plus member organization based in Dallas, Texas, and he serves on the Steering Committee of the Employee Benefits Institute based in Kansas City, Missouri.

Brandon’s practice is focused on matters involving qualified retirements plans, health and welfare plans, and executive compensation. Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, Brandon has counseled clients of all sizes on the interpretation and implementation of key compliance issues and cost-containment strategies. Brandon is a frequent speaker on various employee benefits issues before state, regional, and national audiences.

A portion of his practice has been devoted to complex litigation, including ERISA litigation. In 2007, on behalf of a major insurance company, Brandon co-authored the petition for a writ of certiorari that was granted by the U.S. Supreme Court, and he helped prepare for and attended the oral argument in the Supreme Court, which issued an opinion in his client’s favor.

More than 20 years ago, Brandon started in the mail room of another large Oklahoma City firm, worked as a legal assistant while going to law school at night, and graduated ranked first in his law school class. Brandon then practiced with large national and international law firms in Dallas and Washington, D.C. before returning to his hometown and joining McAfee & Taft. He holds a master of laws in taxation from the Villanova University School of Law.