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the Nominating Committee). Email lrtalbert@gmail.com to request a nominating petition. Obtain signatures (electronic signatures are permitted) on your nominating petition from at least 10 lawyers who were first admitted to practice law in the state of Oklahoma within the past 10 years. Signatures on the nominating petitions do not have to be from young lawyers in your own district (the restriction on districts only applies to voting). Take your petition to local county bar meetings or the courthouse and introduce yourself to other young lawyers while asking them to sign – it’s a good way to start networking. You can have more than one petition for the same position and add the total number of original signatures. minute – petitions that are scanned and emailed after the deadline will not be accepted. Membership eligibility extends to Dec. 31 of any year that you are eligible. Membership eligibility starts from the date of your first admission to the prac tice of law, even if outside of the state of Oklahoma. All candidates’ photographs and brief biographical data are required to be published in the Oklahoma Bar Journal . Don’t wait until the last

2026 YLD BOARD VACANCIES

OFFICERS Officer positions serve a one-year term.

Chairperson-Elect : Any member of the division who has previously served for at least one year on the OBA YLD Board of Directors. The chairperson- elect automatically becomes the chairperson of the division for 2027. Treasurer : Any member of the OBA YLD Board of Directors may be elected by the membership of the division to serve in this office. Secretary : Any member of the OBA YLD Board of Directors may be elected by the membership of the division to serve in this office. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Board of Directors positions serve a two-year term. District 2: Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Haskell, Johnson, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, McIntosh, Marshall, Pittsburg, Pushmataha and Sequoyah counties District 3: Oklahoma County District 4: Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Harper, Kingfisher, Major, Roger Mills, Texas, Washita, Woods and Woodward counties District 5: Carter, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, Love, McClain, Murray and Stephens counties District 6: Tulsa County District 7: Adair, Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee

and Wagoner counties At-Large: All counties At-Large Rural: All counties except Oklahoma and Tulsa

All biographical data must be submitted by email, with no exceptions. Petitions sub mitted without a photograph and/or brief bio are subject to disqualification at the discretion of the Nominating Committee.

Ms. Talbert is the chief legal officer for the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs. She has served on the YLD board for eight years and is the current immediate past chair.

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