The Oklahoma Bar Journal September 2024

Economic Development, Tax Credits and Business Incentives Practice Group and devotes a portion of his practice to assisting developers, investors and businesses in obtain ing and maximizing the use of business incentives, including tax exemptions and tax credits. Cori H. Loomis has joined the Oklahoma City office of McAfee & Taft as of counsel. She is a member of the Healthcare Law Practice Group and primarily represents and counsels hospitals and health systems, physicians and medical practices and other health care providers on a broad range of transactional, operational, legisla tive, administrative and regulatory compliance matters. She currently serves as an adjunct professor at OCU, where she teaches a master’s level course in health law. She has more than 30 years of experi ence in both private practice and public service. Her prior career experience includes serving as the compliance officer and HIPAA privacy official for OU and as the general counsel for the Oklahoma State Medical Association. Ms. Loomis received her J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. Arthur F. Hoge III has been elected a shareholder of Hall Estill. He practices in the Oklahoma City office, where he focuses on litiga tion, estate and charitable planning and fraternity and sorority matters. Within his estate planning practice, Mr. Hoge also assists clients with property tax matters and appeals ( ad valorem tax matters) nationwide,

litigation, labor and employment and medical malpractice matters. Previously, he was a partner and co-manager with a civil litigation practice for more than 18 years, successfully handling issues related to medical malpractice, employment, personal injury, health care systems, insurance, civil rights, bad faith, residential and commercial construction and contract law. Before establishing his practice, he worked with two mid-size insurance defense firms in Oklahoma City. Matthew B. Hickey and Tony Mastin have been elected share holders of the law firm of McAfee & Taft. Mr. Hickey is a tax and business lawyer whose practice is primarily focused on provid ing clients with sophisticated tax analysis and advice as it relates to business entity selection and forma tion, complex business transactions, general operational matters and tax efficiency. His experience also includes helping high net worth clients achieve their estate planning objectives through advanced tax and business planning, as well as advising nonprofit organizations on the specific tax and regulatory requirements necessary for them to maintain their tax-exempt status. Mr. Mastin focuses his practice on advising individuals, high net worth families, tax-exempt organi zations and businesses of all sizes on planning matters involving state and local taxation (SALT), includ ing sales and use taxes, multi-state taxation, SALT controversy work and federal income taxation. He also serves as co-leader of the firm’s

Kathryn Taylor has joined the Oklahoma City office of Ogletree Deakins as of counsel. Her prac tice focuses on employment law; she has represented employers and governmental agencies at admin istrative and legislative hearings, conducted all facets of workplace investigations and advised enti ties on labor and employment issues for both employees and independent contractors. Her legal experience includes significant work in the health and welfare space, exclusively working with self-funded benefit plans, drafting and amending plan documents, evaluating and negotiating pro vider contracts, ERISA compliance and other federal laws relating to employee benefit matters. Ms. Taylor received her J.D. from the OU College of Law. City office of Hall Booth Smith. Mr. Holland joined the firm as a partner. He defends healthcare professionals, transportation companies and national insurers. Previously, Mr. Holland was a partner at a trial firm where, for a decade, his practice focused almost exclusively on medical malprac tice defense. He began his legal career with a mid-sized insurance defense firm, where he represented insureds in third-party personal injury cases and insurers in first party actions brought by their insureds. Mr. Rowland joined the firm as of counsel, with more than two decades of litigation expe rience. He focuses on construc tion, general liability, health care Chance Holland and Geremy Rowland have joined the Oklahoma

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