McAfee & Taft, Oklahoma’s largest law firm, is pleased to welcome trial and appellate attorney Caroline E. Rowland to its top-ranked Litigation Group.
Rowland is a former federal law clerk who represents businesses and individuals in a broad range of civil disputes, including complex commercial and business litigation, real estate disputes, and trusts and estates litigation. As part of her practice, she assists clients through all stages of litigation, including case strategy, motion practice, trial, and appeals.
Prior to joining McAfee & Taft, Rowland served as a law clerk to the Honorable Timothy D. DeGiusti of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. Her experience working in federal court provides her with firsthand insight into federal litigation and judicial decision-making that she draws upon when helping clients navigate complex procedural and substantive issues.
Rowland graduated summa cum laude from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2025. While in law school, she served as editor-in-chief of the Oklahoma City University Law Review and as a member of the Native American Law Student Association Moot Court Team. She also served as an academic fellow in Civil Practice and Procedure and Constitutional Law and completed judicial internships with the Honorable Shon T. Erwin of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma and the Honorable Dana Kuehn of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Her academic honors include eight CALI Excellence for the Future Awards, the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Outstanding Senior Law Student Award, membership in Phi Delta Phi legal honor society, and induction into the Order of the Barristers.
Rowland earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, magna cum laude, from Texas Christian University in 2022. She was admitted to the Oklahoma Bar in 2025 and is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and William J. Holloway, Jr. American Inn of Court.