McAfee & Taft

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McAfee & Taft
Headquarters Oklahoma City
No. of Offices 2
No. of Attorneys 140
Major Practice Areas Aviation, Business Law, Corporate and Securities, Employee Benefits, Entertainment, Environmental Law, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, and Tax and Family Wealth
Key People Richard Nix, Managing Director
Date Founded 1952
Company Type Professional Corporation
Website www.mcafeetaft.com

McAfee & Taft is an Oklahoma-based law firm with 140 attorneys serving clients throughout the Southwest and nationally. The firm's major areas of practice include aviation, business law, corporate and securities, employee benefits, entertainment, environmental law, healthcare, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, oil and gas, real estate, and tax and family wealth.

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[edit] Rankings & Achievements

  • Largest law firm in Oklahoma, as ranked in the 2008 Book of Lists published by The Journal Record. ([1])
  • McAfee & Taft was top-ranked in Oklahoma in all five ranked practice areas — corporate/commercial law, labor and employment law, energy and natural resources law, litigation and real estate law — by Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2008. ([2])
  • 25 McAfee & Taft attorneys were listed as leading lawyers in their respective ranked areas in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2008. ([3])
  • 56 McAfee & Taft attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2008. ([4]) ([5])
  • 36 McAfee & Taft attorneys were named to the 2007 edition of Oklahoma Super Lawyers. In addition, John Hermes was recognized as a “Top 10" Oklahoma lawyer; Elizabeth D. Tyrrell and Susan Shields were named to the list of “Top 25 Women" attorneys; Chris Coleman, Frank Hill, Michael Joseph, John Kenney, Susan Shields and Peter Van Dyke were honored as “Top 50" Oklahoma lawyers. ([6]) ([7])
  • McAfee & Taft was named to the national Guide to Go-To Law Firms published by ALM, the nation’s leading legal journalism and information company, in the May 2007 edition of Fortune magazine. ([8]) ([9])
  • McAfee & Taft senior attorneys John Hermes and Frank Hill were honored for their outstanding individual contributions to the community by the Oklahoma Bar Association at its 103rd annual meeting (2007) ([10])

[edit] Recent Notable Work

  • An innovative "super 401(k)" retirement plan developed by McAfee & Taft employee benefits attorneys for its client Devon Energy was spotlighted by local and national media, including Business Week and The Oklahoman ([11]) ([12])
  • The firm won a five-year patent infringement dispute over equipment for making rumble strips along highways. A federal jury ruled in favor of firm client Dickson Industries, Inc., awarding the Tecumseh, Oklahoma-based manufacturer more than $500,000 in actual damages and nearly $1.04 million in punitive damages ([13]) ([14])
  • The firm won one of Oklahoma's largest jury verdicts in recent years, on behalf of an Oklahoma City cardiologist in a patent infringement case. The jury awarded firm client Dr. Jan Voda, who held a patent on a "guiding heart catheter," a 7.5 percent royalty, "a judgment worth an estimated $10 million over the life of the patents." U.S. District Judge Tim Leonard subsequently awarded an additional $10.3 million in punitive damages and attorneys' fees. ([15]) ([16])

[edit] Areas of Practice

The primary practice groups provide in-depth services in nine major areas:

[edit] Key People

  • Richard D. Nix, Managing Director
  • Richard D. Craig, Director
  • John N. Hermes, Director (and immediate past Managing Director)
  • Michael E. Joseph, Director
  • Michael F. Lauderdale, Director
  • Elizabeth D. Tyrrell, Director
  • Steven R. Welch, Director
  • Erin M. Van Laanen, Practice Group Leader, Aviation
  • Philip B. Sears, Practice Group Leader, Corporate and Securities
  • John A. Papahronis, Practice Group Leader, Employee Benefits
  • Jay Shanker, Entertainment and Media Law
  • Mary Ellen Ternes, Environmental Law
  • S. Gregory Frogge, Practice Group Leader, Healthcare Law
  • Clifford C. Dougherty, III, Practice Group Leader, Intellectual Property
  • Nathan L. Whatley, Practice Group Leader, Labor and Employment
  • M. Richard Mullins, Practice Group Leader, Litigation
  • Myrna Schack Latham, Practice Group Leader, Real Estate
  • T. Michael Blake, Practice Group Leader, Tax and Family Wealth
  • Jacque Brawner Dean, Workers’ Compensation Defense

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