Exhibit 23.02

                           Consent of Counsel



                           CONSENT OF COUNSEL

   Phillips McFall McCaffrey McVay & Murrah, P.C., hereby consents to the 
filing of its opinion of counsel as an exhibit to the Form S-8 Registration 
Statement of Sonic Corp. ("Sonic") for the registration of 95,000 shares of 
Sonic common stock, par value $.01 per share.



                          /s/ PHILLIPS MCFALL MCCAFFREY MCVAY & MURRAH, P.C.

                          PHILLIPS MCFALL MCCAFFREY MCVAY & MURRAH, P.C.


Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
July 18, 1996