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		ROBERT GILLILAND Robert Gilliland is a veteran trial lawyer whose prior practice concentrated in the area of business litigation in both state and federal courts. Following his admission to the Oklahoma Bar, Robert served four years as a captain in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the US Army in the United States and the Republic of Vietnam. Robert holds the distinction of being one of only a handful of lawyers in the United States to be selected for continuous inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (bet-the-company litigation; commercial litigation; energy law; environmental litigation; real estate litigation; securities litigation) since the publication’s debut in 1983. He was also perennially named to Oklahoma Super Lawyers. He was appointed Chair of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission effective June 1, 2015. ADMISSIONS • Oklahoma, 1966 • US District Courts for the Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma • US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit • US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit • US Tax Court • US Court of Claims • US Supreme Court EDUCATION • JD, University of Oklahoma, 1966; Board of Editors, Oklahoma Law Review; Phi Alpha Delta • BA, Texas Christian University (International Affairs) PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS • Oklahoma County Bar Association • Oklahoma Bar Association (Bench and Bar Committees) • Oklahoma Professional Responsibility Tribunal • American Bar Association • William J. Holloway, Jr. American Inn of Courts CIVIC INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP • All Soul’s Episcopal Church • Anglican Foundation Board • Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity (Volunteer) • Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma • Oklahoma Lawyers for America’s Heroes

		MARK LIOTTA Mark Liotta most recently served as the Chief Deputy to the Tulsa Board of County Commissioners. He was appointed as a Commissioner to the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission effective May 27, 2015. He served seven years as an infantry officer in Oklahoma’s 45th Infantry Brigade as a Platoon Leader, earning two Oklahoma Commendation medals. Mark worked 18 years in the private sector for a pipeline services company in both construction and manufacturing, as a quality manager, and as a human resources manager. From 1996 to 2006, Mark served five terms in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, where he served in six different leadership positions, including Chairman of the Republican Caucus and Presiding Officer of the House floor. He also served as Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation where he was responsible for 20 state agency budgets, totaling $490 million. A native Tulsan, Mark and his wife Alice have five grown children, and have hosted three foreign exchange students from China. Mark spends his free time as owner, operator and ranch hand of the L7 Cattle Ranch in Creek County, Oklahoma where he raises Black Angus/Simmental calves. EDUCATION Bachelor of Science, Southern Nazarene University (Management of Human Resources) CIVIC INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP Capitol Preservation Commission Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council, Chairman, appointed by both Republican and Democrat governors Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board, Chairman Speaker’s Ball Committee

		Jordan K. Russell Jordan K. Russell is an attorney who joined the Commission after serving three legislative sessions as policy director and counsel to Oklahoma Speaker of the House Jeffrey W. Hickman. Prior to his time at the State Capitol, Jordan had a successful law practice in the downtown Oklahoma City office of Gungoll, Jackson, Box & Devoll, P.C. Jordan also previously worked as a legislative assistant to Oklahoma’s U.S. Congressman Frank D. Lucas in his Washington, D.C. office where he worked on issues involving healthcare, labor, social security and disability and ERISA. Commissioner Russell and his wife Jessica reside in Oklahoma City with their two children and enjoy attending their kids’ school and sporting events at Crossings Christian School and attending Oklahoma State University football and basketball games as a family. As a fourth-generation Freedom, Oklahoma native, Jordan enjoys spending time hunting, fishing and relaxing on his family’s cattle ranch in rural Woods County, Oklahoma, and volunteering and providing pro bono legal advice for economic development efforts and philanthropic organizations in his hometown. Jordan was appointed to the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission by Governor Mary Fallin effective October 4, 2016. ADMISSIONS Supreme Court of Oklahoma U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma EDUCATION JD, University of Oklahoma College of Law, Order of the Coif, Dean’s List BS, Oklahoma State University, Major: Agricultural Economics, Magna Cum Laude, Top Graduate of College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources CIVIC INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP Crossings Community Church Sirloin Club of Oklahoma – Board of Directors Oklahoma City YMCA - Volunteer T-Ball Coach National and Oklahoma FFA Alumni Association – Lifetime Member American Legislative Exchange Council - Fellow Oklahoma State University Alumni Association – Lifetime Member Contact information: Commissioners@wcc.ok.gov (405) 522-3222

Last Modified on 10/07/2016