The Oklahoma Bar Journal August 2022

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 . All biographical data must be submitted by email, with no exceptions. Petitions submitted without a photo graph and/or brief bio are subject to being disquali fied at the discretion of the Nominating Committee. More information is available at https://bit.ly/3IW5M0K. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ms. Moaning practices in Oklahoma City and serves as the YLD immediate past chairperson. She may be contacted at april@moaninglaw.com. Keep up with the YLD at www.facebook.com/obayld.

to request a nominating petition. Obtain signatures (electronic signatures are permitted) on your nominating peti tion 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 law yers 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 posi tion and add the total num ber of original signatures. Don’t wait until the last

shall only vote in the event of a tie. Please see OBA YLD Bylaws for additional information at www.okbar.org/yld/bylaws. DEADLINE Nominating petitions, accompa nied by a photo and bio of 350 words or less for publication in the Oklahoma Bar Journal , must be forwarded to me at april@moaninglaw.com no later than 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12. Results of the election will be announced at the YLD meeting at the OBA Annual Meeting Nov. 2-4 at the Omni Hotel in Oklahoma City.

TIPS FROM THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON A sample nominating

petition is available at https://bit.ly/3yL2mcB. This will help give you an idea of the format and information required by OBA YLD Bylaws (one is also available from the Nominating Committee). Email april@moaninglaw.com or derwin@holladaychilton.com

minute – I will not accept petitions that are scanned and emailed after the deadline.

2023 YLD BOARD VACANCIES

OFFICERS Officer positions serve a one-year term.

Chairperson-Elect: Any member of the division having 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 2024. 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 members serve a two-year term. District 1: Craig, Grant, Kay, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers and Washington counties District 8: Coal, Hughes, Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Okfuskee, Payne, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and Seminole counties District 9: Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and Tillman counties At-Large: All counties

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