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and law students entering their legal careers. After the COVID-19 pandemic left its mark on Oklahoma, Ms. Gage sought to find a way to further serve her recovering com munity. In that effort, she joined the OBA YLD as a member of the Board of Directors for District 6. Her time on the board has been short, but she dove headfirst into her duties and continues to show her willingness to serve the YLD and its members. She now seeks to continue her service on the Executive Committee as the board’s secretary.

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as the articles editor for the Oil & Gas, Natural Resources & Energy Journal and served as an officer or representative in multiple student organizations. He has a passion for serving in his local community and with organizations that have trans formed his life. In Enid, Mr. Venus is the president of the Enid Public Schools Foundation, a member of Rotary and AMBUCS and actively participates and volunteers with several other groups in northwest Oklahoma. Outside of his local community, he is the secretary for the OBA YLD, a member of his fraternity alumni board and an active member of the Pistol Pete and Cherokee Strip OSU Alumni chapters. In his time out of the office, Mr. Venus enjoys spending time with his friends and family, playing golf, hunting and being an armchair expert on his favorite sports teams and political views.

Dayten Israel Dayten Israel is a May 2021 gradu ate of the OU College of Law. He currently works for OU as the director

of Startup Programs, providing management consulting and entre preneurial coaching to emerging startups and small businesses. He is also a founding member of the OU Entrepreneurial Law Center. Since joining the OBA in 2021, Mr. Israel has served on several committees, including the Strategic Planning, Diversity and Law Schools committees. His involve ment in the Law Schools Committee has allowed him the opportunity to explore gaps in legal education and perceived access issues for soon to-be attorneys in the state. Mr. Israel seeks a position on the YLD board to take a greater role in supporting newly admitted and other young attorneys to grow in their legal careers. In this role, he intends to establish new oppor tunities for development and a greater connection to the OBA among young attorneys practicing in this state.

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Matthew Shelton

Matthew

Shelton is an associate attorney with Stockton Law, where he prac tices primar

Secretary

ily in the areas of civil litigation, employment law and cannabis law. He is currently a member of the OBA YLD board and is the leader of the Membership and New Attorney Orientation committees. Mr. Shelton was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, and comes from a family of fire fighters. He moved to Oklahoma City four years ago for law school after receiving his bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri - Kansas City. His goal for his career is to gain as much knowledge of the law to be able to help anyone with any legal issue that comes his way.

Allie Gage

Alexandra “Allie” Gage graduated from the TU College of Law in 2019. She currently works as a

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civil litigation attorney at Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson LLP. Ms. Gage has always had a strong commitment to commu nity service and mentorship. Before attending law school, she lived and worked in the eastern European country of Kosovo, where she served as a community center coordinator for a center in the nation’s capital. After returning, she chose to follow her call to a legal career at TU. She enjoyed serving as a mentor in law school and continues to sup port and encourage new lawyers

Keaton Taylor Keaton Taylor is the founder and

managing partner of

the Tulsa law firm of Taylor Martuch,

practicing primarily in the areas of civil litigation, business forma tion and disputes, personal injury claims and criminal defense. Mr. Taylor represents clients from every walk of life and takes each

District 4 Taylor C. Venus See bio above

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