Paula S. Hancock Joins Aviation Law Group at McAfee & Taft

Paula S. Hancock, an attorney with prior career experience in the aviation industry, has joined the Aviation Law Group at McAfee & Taft, the state’s largest law firm.  Her practice is concentrated on the representation of clients involved in the buying, selling, leasing, financing and registration of aircraft in a wide spectrum of transactional matters falling under the purview of the Federal Transportation Code, FAA Regulations, FAA Aircraft Registry, and Cape Town Convention and International Registry.

Upon graduating from Oklahoma State University in 1995 and prior to embarking on a legal career, Hancock gained valuable insight into the aviation industry while serving as a co-owner and operator of a full-service FBO, flight school and corporate flight management company in Ada, OK.  She later earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 2005 and worked as a corporate lawyer for Wichita, KS-based Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm for several years before returning to Oklahoma.

Hancock serves as a panel attorney for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and is also a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, Wichita Bar Association, Wichita Women Attorneys Association and Young Lawyers Association. 

McAfee & Taft is Oklahoma’s largest law firm, serving clients throughout the Southwest and nationally in the areas of aviation, business law, corporate and securities, employee benefits, environmental law, entertainment law, healthcare, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, oil and gas, real estate and tax and family wealth.  The firm employs over 230 Oklahomans, including more than 130 attorneys.