McAfee & Taft’s commitment to excellence has earned us the respect of our clients and the recognition of some of the industry’s leading publications. Firm highlights include:
Best Lawyers
McAfee & Taft attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers. McAfee & Taft was top ranked in Oklahoma in the total number of attorneys listed, with many of the attorneys recognized in multiple areas.
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Best Lawyers’ Lawyer of the Year
Best Lawyers®, the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named 20 McAfee & Taft attorneys as “Lawyers of the Year” in 24 legal categories for 2026. Only a single lawyer in a specialty in each market is honored as “Lawyer of the Year.”
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Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognizes attorneys who have demonstrated outstanding professional excellence earlier in their careers, with the majority of recipients having been in private practice for 5-9 years. Recognition by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch is based entirely on peer review and employs the same methodology as the publisher’s namesake publication, Best Lawyers, which made its debut in 1981.
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Chambers High Net Worth (HNW)
McAfee & Taft received top marks among Oklahoma law firms in the Private Wealth Law category in the 2025 edition of Chambers High Net Worth (HNW), and veteran tax and family wealth lawyer Susan Shields was individually ranked as one of the state’s leading private wealth attorneys.
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Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
McAfee & Taft received top marks in the most recent edition of the prestigious Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the ranked categories of Corporate/Commercial, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Real Estate, and Tax in Oklahoma. Most notably, the firm was one of only 17 firms in the United States – and the only firm in Oklahoma – to be awarded a national ranking in the category of Oil & Gas Litigation.
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Super Lawyers
Using its patented multiphase selection process, Super Lawyers selects the top 5% of attorneys to its lists each year. McAfee & Taft has perennially led all Oklahoma law firms in the number of attorneys selected to Super Lawyers’ annual Oklahoma edition.
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Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars
Super Lawyers recognizes the nation’s top up-and-coming attorneys in its annual editions of “Rising Stars.” McAfee & Taft has perennially led Oklahoma in the number of attorneys selected to this list.
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