Riley P. Wren

Associate

(405) 552-2227
riley.wren@mcafeetaft.com
Oklahoma City

Overview

Riley Wren is a transactional attorney whose practice is primarily focused on employee benefits matters involving retirement plans, health and welfare plans, and executive compensation. As a member of the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group, she regularly advises companies (large and small, public and private), administrators, unions, governmental entities (state, local, and tribal), and other lawyers on the compliance, administration, correction, and innovative design of employee benefit plans.

A portion of Riley’s practice is dedicated to handling a variety of corporate and business matters, including business entity selection and formation, corporate governance and compliance, contract negotiation and drafting, and business mergers.

Riley’s achievements have earned her inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America (employee benefits/ERISA law).

Riley graduated with special distinction with her bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Oklahoma in 2020, and with highest honors from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2023. While in law school, she served as assistant articles editor of the Oklahoma Law Review, was a member of the Organization for the Advancement of Women in Law, earned three American Jurisprudence Awards for academic excellence, and was named to the Order of the Coif.

Riley is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

Honors and Awards

  • Selected by peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America (2026–Present)
  • Named to Oklahoma Super Lawyers’ list of “Oklahoma Rising Stars” (2026)

Professional Organizations and Memberships

  • Oklahoma Bar Association

Speaking Engagements

  • From Tip-Off to Trophy: Benefits Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions

    EmployerLINC26: Champions of the Workplace

    March 12, 2026
    | Tulsa, OK
  • From Tip-Off to Trophy: Benefits Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions

    EmployerLINC26: Champions of the Workplace

    March 10, 2026
    | Oklahoma City, OK
  • Your Health Plan: Litigation Risks, Risky Strategies, and Critical Issues

    EmployerLINC25: HR Land

    April 4, 2025
    | Tulsa, OK
  • Your Health Plan: Litigation Risks, Risky Strategies, and Critical Issues

    EmployerLINC25: HR Land

    April 2, 2025
    | Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma, 2023

  • J.D., with highest honors, University of Oklahoma, 2023
    • Assistant Articles Editor, Oklahoma Law Review; Order of the Coif; 3 American Jurisprudence Awards
  • B.B.A. (Accounting), with special distinction, University of Oklahoma, 2020
    • OU Distinguished Scholar