The Oklahoma Bar Journal April 2026

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Law Society and the Women’s Law Caucus at the TU College of Law, as well as service as the business manager of the Tulsa Law Review and a judicial externship with Judge Christine D. Little. Mr. McKay is an associate in the Oklahoma City office. His practice focuses on commercial and busi ness litigation, personal injury, premises liability and insurance law and tort defense. In addition, he represents insurers in pre-suit matters, advising on strategy and developing effective approaches to early resolution. Mr. Morgan is a shareholder in the Tulsa office. He focuses his practice on oil and gas and construction law. He regu larly serves as first chair in jury and nonjury trials and alternative dispute resolution matters, and his appellate work has resulted in multiple published opinions. Mr. Williams is special counsel in the Tulsa office. He focuses his practice on the areas of estate planning, oil and gas litigation, real estate transactions, title exam ination and general civil litigation. He also assists clients in general business transactions.

complex health plan arrangements, including self-funded single- employer plans, multiple-employer welfare arrangements, voluntary employees’ beneficiary associ ations, Native American tribal health plans and group purchas ing organizations. Jonathan A. Graber , Alexandra M. “Alex” King , Bailey L. McKay , Scott V. Morgan and M. Travis Williams have joined the law firm of Hall Estill. Mr. Graber is of counsel in the Tulsa office and serves as chief legal officer for Penelope Holdings. He advises clients on advanced business structures, asset protection and risk mitigation planning and handles complex finance trans actions and the development of sophisticated tax strategies. He is also a licensed real estate broker in Oklahoma and licensed to prac tice law in both Oklahoma and Wyoming. Ms. King is an associate in the Tulsa office. She focuses her practice on civil litigation, oil and gas and contract law. She brings diverse legal experience shaped by leadership roles in the Business you. Sections, committees and county bar associations are encouraged to submit short stories about upcoming or recent activities. Honors bestowed by other publications ( e.g., Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers , etc.) will not be accepted as announcements. (Oklahoma-based publications are the exception.) Information selected for publication is printed at no cost, subject to editing and printed as space permits.

Eric S. Smith and Randie Thompson have joined the law firm of McAfee & Taft in the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group. Mr. Smith’s work focuses on rep resenting and advising regional and national clients regarding the design, implementation and administration of a wide variety of employee benefit plans, including tax-favored retirement plans, non qualified deferred compensation plans and health and welfare plans. He is a member of the Core Lawyer Working Group for the Church Alliance and devotes a significant portion of his practice to serving church denominational benefit plans and programs, churches and ministry organizations. Ms. Thompson is an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) attorney with more than 25 years of experience in private practice and private industry. She practices in employee benefits law, with a focus on health and welfare benefit plan design, administra tion, compliance and governance. Throughout her career, she has gained experience representing HOW TO PLACE AN ANNOUNCEMENT: The Oklahoma Bar Journal welcomes short articles or news items about OBA members and upcoming meetings. If you are an OBA member and you’ve moved, become a partner, hired an associate, taken on a partner, received a promotion or an award or given a talk or speech with statewide or national stature, we’d like to hear from

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