Born in Woodward, Oklahoma, Dana is a fifth generation Oklahoman deeply committed to her home state. After attending Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma, where she received the Best All-Around Freshman Athlete award, she attended Oklahoma State University (OSU) and graduated in the top ten percent of her class with a bachelor's degree in geology. After practicing as a geologist for ten years, she obtained her law degree cum laude while working and attending night school at Oklahoma City University. On November 4, 2008, Dana was elected to the statewide office of Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner.

Dana's prior experience includes working for almost six years as an administrative law judge at the Commission, where she was named co-employee of the year for 1997 and received the Commissioners' Public Servant Award in 2001. She has more than 20 years experience in the petroleum industry including owning and operating her own private law practice specializing in oil and gas title, regulatory practice and transactional work and working as a geologist in the Oklahoma petroleum industry.

Dana is a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) where she serves on the Energy Resources and the Environment Committee. She is a member of the OSU Water Research Advisory Board, the Oklahoma Bar Association, American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Oklahoma City Geological Society. Dana is also a member of Energy Advocates and in March 2007 was recognized as an outstanding woman in energy. Dana previously served as a trustee and is currently a care chaplain for the Church of the Servant United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City. Prior to joining the Commission, she was a member of the board of directors for Farmers Royalty Company and is a member of the Edmond Chamber of Commerce. She is also a part-time personal fitness trainer. Dana lives in Edmond, Oklahoma, but continues to be actively involved with her family's farm and ranch in Ellis County, Oklahoma.

EDUCATION 

      Oklahoma City University School of Law, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma:  Juris Doctorate cum laude

      Honors:  Outstanding Young Women of America, 1991; American Jurisprudence Award in

      Legal Research and Writing II and Constitutional Law I, Faculty Honor Roll

      Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma:  Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology

      Overall GPA: 3.7/4.0

      Honors:  Skinner Geology Fellowship, President's and Dean's Honor Roll

      Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma

      Honors:  Best All-Around Freshman Athlete, Academic and Athletic Scholarships, President's and

      Dean's Honor Roll

      Edmond Memorial High School, Edmond, Oklahoma

      Honors:  Valedictorian, Senior Student of the Month, National Honor Society, All-City basketball

      player and member of several All-State cross-country and track teams

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

      Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner, January, 2009 to present

      Attorney, Law Office of Dana L. Murphy; Edmond, Oklahoma; May, 2003 to December, 2008

      Consulting Geologist; EOG Resources; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; November, 2001 to April, 2003

      Administrative Law Judge; Oklahoma Corporation Commission; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;

      February, 1996 to October, 2001; 1997 Oklahoma Corporation Commission Co-Employee of the

      Year; June 1999 Division Employee of the Month; Commissioners’ 2001 Public Servant Award

      Law Clerk, then Associate Attorney; The Hastie Law Firm formerly known as Hastie and

      Kirschner; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; August, 1992 to February, 1996

      (Law Clerk: August, 1992 to May, 1993) (Associate Attorney: May, 1993 to February, 1996)

      Law Clerk; Judge Leamon Freeman, former Oklahoma District Court Judge;

      Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; August, 1992 to May, 1993

      Independent Petroleum Geologist; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; January, 1988 to May, 1992

      Petroleum Geologist; Dawn Energy Company and David L. Murphy; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;

      August, 1983 to December, 1987

AREAS OF JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

• Preside over oil and gas hearings including merits and motion/emergency dockets
• Question witnesses and rule on objections, motions and admissibility of evidence
• Prepare and issue oral and written recommendations and technical reports rendered in oil and gas conservation, pollution, enforcement and motion dockets
• Review orders and research laws and regulations, policies and precedent decisions

AREAS OF LEGAL EXPERIENCE

• Oil and gas law including preparation of title opinions, transactional documents; oil and gas regulatory matters before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission
• Oil and gas litigation, including joint operating agreement disputes, lease cancellation, drainage and interest payments on royalty proceeds litigation
• Civil litigation involving general business disputes
• State court motion dockets and small claims hearings
• Environmental pollution litigation
• Commercial loan transactions
• Prosecution and defense of Deceptive Trade Practices Act claims (Texas)

AREAS OF BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

• Petroleum geology including generation, marketing and development of oil and gas prospects
• (Oklahoma and Texas), well-site experience
• Expert witness testimony in Oklahoma Corporation Commission hearings
• Oil and gas transactions including leasing, participation agreements, joint operating agreements, acquisition and sale of producing properties, joint interest audits, billing preparation, lease records and division order administration, title curative matters, revenue distribution
• Family farming and ranching operations in western Oklahoma

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Oklahoma Bar Association; former member of Oklahoma Young Lawyers Division (Board of Directors for Oklahoma County Young Lawyers, High School Mock Trial Committee, Community Outreach Committee); Oklahoma County Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity; Oklahoma City Geological Society (1998-2001 Social Chairman); American Association of Petroleum Geologists; Society of Petroleum Engineers (Program Committee, 1996-1999, 1997 award for outstanding service and leadership)

OTHER ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS

Former Trustee and current Care Chaplain for Church of the Servant Methodist Church; Member of Edmond Chamber of Commerce; Board Member of Farmers Royalty Company; Member of Energy Advocates (recognized in March 2007 as an outstanding woman in energy); Past Coordinator and Moderator for annual Oklahoma Corporation Commission panel presentations in Tulsa and Oklahoma City for oil and gas industry and mineral owners; Instructor previously for paralegal courses and adult reading program; Personal fitness trainer; Co-Author of Ramifications of Shut-In Royalty Clauses in Oil and Gas Leases - American Oil and Gas Reporter (December 1994)