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ACCOLADES Valerie Kelly, Assistant Attorney General, was recently honored with the Alumni Council Award for Service to Princeton University for 2011. John E. Tull III of Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow PLLC in Little Rock was recently inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Amber Davis-Tanner, a new associate to the law firm of Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow PLLC, scored the highest score on the recent bar exam. The Arkansas Bar Association received a Bronze Quill Award of Excellence for the 113th Annual Meeting marketing campaign from the International Association of Business Communicators. APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS Judge Joyce Williams Warren recently received the “Living Legends Award” from Philander Smith College in Little Rock. Congratulations to three members recently honored by the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal as members of the 2011 “40 Under 40” Class: D’Lorah Hughes, Associate Law Professor, University of Arkansas School of Law; Tony Juneau, Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, PLC; and Joseph Reece, Reece Moore Pendegraft LLP. Mary Bassett of Fayetteville was reappointed to the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission. David Boling was named Executive Director of the Mansfield Foundation. Rosanna Henry of Dyke, Henry, Goldsholl & Winzerling, PLC Little Rock was recently elected to the board for the American and Legal Financial Network. Michael B. Phillips of Moffitt & Phillips, PLLC in Little Rock joined the National Network of Eminent Domain Lawyers. Jon B. Comstock, Circuit Judge Division II for Benton County was elected as the Secretary of the American Judicature Society. Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Hannah was nominated by President Obama as a member of the State Justice Institute’s Board of Directors. Chief Justice Hannah has also been reappointed for a three-year term to the Judicial Conference Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction. Frank Arey was recently reelected to the board of directors of the Legal Services Staff Section. The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals announced the launch of an Arkansas Chapter, recognizing the state’s leading ADR practitioners for excellence in the field of dispute resolution. Six attorneys and former judges have been inducted as Charter Members of the Arkansas Chapter: Robert Hornberger, Richard Lusby, Jack Davis, Frank Hamlin, Sid McCollum and Dewey Watson. WORD ABOUT TOWN Kelly Halstead announces the opening of the Halstead Law Firm, located at 425 West Capitol, Suite 3200, Little Rock, AR. Conner & Winters, LLP announced that G. Alan Wooten has joined the firm’s Northwest Arkansas office as a partner. Corey McGaha recently joined Emerson Poynter LLP in Little Rock as an associate. Send Oyez information to: ahubbard@arkbar.com.
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