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OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Mary Fallin’s most recent appointment to the Workers’ Compensation Commission has been challenged before the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

Workers compensation attorney Bob Burke, in a lawsuit filed Wednesday, alleges Megan Tilly does not have the three years’ required experience in the field to hold the job.

Fallin appointed Tilly on May 1 to replace Robert Gilliland, whose term expires Aug. 25. Senate confirmation is required.

Finance Secretary Preston Doerflinger had asked Gilliland to resign due to Fallin being dissatisfied with his performance. Gilliland refused.

A well-known Oklahoma City attorney, Gilliland was appointed to the three-member commission by Fallin in 2013.

Tilly is a deputy attorney general managing Oklahoma’s multicounty grand jury. She is a former assistant district attorney.

“The governor believes Megan Tilly is highly qualified to serve on the Workers’ Compensation Commission,” said James Williamson, Fallin’s general counsel. “She has done great work assisting the workers compensation, insurance and Social Security fraud unit of the Attorney General’s Office.”