SEPTEMBER 2025 | 99 THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL 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 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. Submit news items to: Hailey Boyd Communications Dept. Oklahoma Bar Association 405-416-7033 barbriefs@okbar.org Articles for the November issue must be received by Oct. 1. associate in the Houston office of the global law firm of Norton Rose Fulbright. Mr. Ames received his J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law in 2019. Tara A. LaClair, Jennifer N. Lamirand and Bruce W. Day have joined the new Oklahoma City office of Bressler, Amery & Ross PC. Ms. LaClair is a principal and trial lawyer. She focuses on financial services and securities litigation, representing banks, brokerage firms, registered investment advisors, insurance companies, trust companies, securities agents and individuals in arbitration and court proceedings, regulatory actions and employment proceedings. She also handles complex and general litigation, representing insurance companies in bad faith litigation and claims litigation, as well as trust companies and fiduciaries. Ms. Lamirand is a principal and focuses her practice on litigation in the areas of tribal law, federal Indian law and gaming, securities, contracts and insurance defense. She has represented a range of clients, including tribal governments and officials, national and international financial institutions, insurance companies, local businesses and individuals in a diverse range of litigation. She is a citizen of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and serves as an associate justice on the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Supreme Court. Mr. Day has a national practice in securities and health care litigation, as well as public policy matters. In his securities practice, he has represented some of the nation’s largest securities firms, as well as regional and local firms, individual securities agents and investment advisors. He also represents health care professionals in Medicare billing and Medicare false claims matters. Mr. Day works closely with the firm’s Labor & Employment Law and Energy & Natural Resources practice groups. He has represented clients in employment disputes and private and public offerings/financing of oil and gas ventures. As a result of his public policy and education reform efforts, he has represented charter schools and led other public education reform efforts. Charlie Floyd has joined McAfee & Taft as of counsel in the Banking and Financial Institutions Practice Group. He has nearly 20 years of experience working in both private practice and private industry. His practice is focused on representing and providing strategic advice to banks, credit unions, mortgage companies and other financial institutions in a broad range of matters, including regulatory compliance, corporate governance and litigation. Mr. Floyd was previously chief counsel and corporate secretary for an Oklahoma bank operating a national mortgage lending business and as in-house counsel at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Capital One. He began his legal career as a litigation associate in the Dallas offices of two global law firms. He received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. He is admitted to practice in all state courts in Texas and is a member of the Southwest Association of Bank Counsel. He also serves on the OBA Investment Committee.
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