Richard L. Rose

Mr. Rose is a shareholder at Mahaffey & Gore. Mr. Rose is an experienced civil trial lawyer, having represented both private companies and individuals in litigation and administrative proceedings in his more than twenty years of private and government practice. Mr. Rose has successfully tried several jury and non-jury trials throughout the state in both State and Federal Court. Mr. Rose also served as the Chief of Staff for the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Special Counsel to the Speaker of the House for both T.W. Shannon (2012-2014) and Charles McCall(2016-2024). Most recently, Mr. Rose served as Chief Operating Officer and the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for Governor Stitt (2024-2025) before returning to private practice full time. Mr. Rose worked his way through school, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Nazarene University and a Juris Doctor degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law, graduating magna cum laude in 2003. Mr. Rose was named a Rising Star by Oklahoma Super Lawyers, has chaired both the Oklahoma County and State Bar Young Lawyer Divisions, and was named the Oklahoma Outstanding Young Lawyer for 2010. Previously, he has been an adjunct professor, teaching American Government at Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City and is a lecturer on various issues relating to litigation and oil and gas. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Richard L. Rose included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Oklahoma Bar Association, Outstanding Young Lawyer Oklahoma County Bar Association, Outstanding Young Lawyer Oklahoma Bar Association, Future Leader Oklahoma Bar Association -YLD Outstanding Committee Dean’s Service Award Order of the Barristers Winner- Upper and 1L Division moot court competition Other Sources of Feedback About Richard L. Rose Included on the 2014Oklahoma Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2013 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2012 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2011 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list 2010 Oklahoma Super Lawyers list

• Shareholder

• Miller Dollarhide, Associate, 2004 - 2008
• House of Representatives, Chief of Staff and Special Counsel 2012-2014, 2016-2024
• State of Oklahoma, Chief Operating Officer, 2024 - 2025

• How To: E-Discovery, Oklahoma Bar Association, 2007
• Evidence: Strategies for Finding, Preserving and Using Evidence to Support Your Case, National Business Institute, 2007

• In Re Initiative Petition No. 379, State Question No. 726
• Citation: 2006 OK 89, 155 P.3d 32
• Court: Oklahoma Supreme Court
• Year: 2006
• Baptist Foundation of Oklahoma v. Lowe
• Citation: 2005 Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals 78. 122 P.3d 61
• Court: Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals
• Year: 2005
• Morehouse v. State
• Citation: 2006 Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals 144, 150 P.3d 395
• Seminole Family Medicine Clinic v. Southern
• Citation: 2005 Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals 46, 116 P.3d 191

• Chair, Western District Pro Bono Trial Committee, 2007 - 2008
• Oklahoma Lawyers for Children, 2005 - 2007

• Oklahoma, 2004
• U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma
• Texas, 2019

• Oklahoma Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division (Chair-Elect, 2008)
• Oklahoma Bar Association (Disaster Relief Chair, 2006 - 2008)
• Oklahoma Bar Association (Board Member, 2004)
• Oklahoma Bar Association (Co-Chair, Wills for Heroes, 2006)
• Oklahoma County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division (Chair, 2006 - 2007)
• Federal Bar Association - Western District (Co-Chair, Pro-Bono Trial Committee, 2007 - 2008)
• Federal Bar Association - Western District, Young Lawyers Division, 2008 - Present (Chair, 2008)
• Oklahoma Bar Association, 2004
• Texas Bar Association, 2019
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Phi Delta Phi