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YLS Spring Float Trip May 6-7, 2011 Buffalo River Float & Camping Trip RSVP by April 1, 2011 to Lorrie Payne lpayne@arkbar.com
Nomination entry forms are available for this year’s Young Lawyers Section Frank C. Elcan II Award This award is given in recognition of a lawyer who has demonstrated exceptional leadership skills in and made outstanding contributions to the Young Lawyers Section of the Arkansas Bar Association. This award will be presented at the Annual Meeting in Hot Springs in June. Deadline for submission of nomination forms: Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Nominations may be submitted by any Association member. To request an entry form, please contact Lorrie Payne at the Arkansas Bar Association at (501) 375-4606 or (800) 609-5668 or email lpayne@arkbar.com. Nomination entry forms are available for this year’s Arkansas Bar Foundation and Arkansas Bar Association Awards. These awards include: (1) Outstanding Lawyer; (2) Outstanding Lawyer-Citizen; (3) C.E. Ransick Award of Excellence; (4) James H. McKenzie Professionalism Award; (5) Equal Justice Distinguished Service Award; and (6) Outstanding Local Bar Association. These awards will be presented jointly by the Foundation and the Association at the Annual Meeting in Hot Springs in June. Deadline for submission of nomination forms: Friday, April 8, 2011. Nominations may be submitted by any Association member. To request an entry form, please contact Ann Pyle at the Foundation at (501) 375-4606 or (800) 6095668 or apyle@arkbar.com.
Sign up for the Bowen 5K Register for the inaugural UALR William H. Bowen School of Law’s 5K race, 8:00 a.m. February 19, 2011. All of the net proceeds from the race will go to the Arkansas Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program (JLAP) with the remaining funds re-invested for future Bowen 5k races. To register, go to GetMeRegistered.com
2011 Leadership Academy Congratulation to the twenty attorneys that have been selected to participate in the 2011 Arkansas Bar Association Leadership Academy. The inaugural class brings together a diverse group of attorneys from across the state who have been identified as emerging leaders. Participants attended the Opening Retreat in January, and will attend three additional sessions that focus on different areas of leadership that are designed to create a diverse network of lawyers with the knowledge, skills, and values to provide dynamic leadership to the profession, their communities, and the state. Amber Wilson Bagley
Jason L. Horton
Leon Jones, Jr.
Paul A. Prater
Keesa M. Smith
Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon & Galchus, Little Rock
Jason Horton Law Firm, Texarkana
Jones Law, LLC, Bentonville
Hosto, Buchan, Prater & Lawrence, PLLC, White Hall
Office of Governor Mike Beebe, Little Rock
Khayyam Eddings
Matthew R. House
Gwendolyn L. Rucker
Barry E. Coplin, P.A., Little Rock
Anthony W. Juneau
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP, Little Rock
James, Fink & House, P.A., Little Rock
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, PLLC, Rogers
Amy Freedman
David L. Jones
Leslie J. Ligon
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP, Little Rock
U.S. District Court / Western District of Arkansas, El Dorado
Wilson & Associates, PLLC, Conway
Coby W. Logan
Jay L. Shue, Jr.
The Law Offices of Amy Freedman, Texarkana
Hollie Greenway Rabal & Greenway, PLLC, Centerton
Paula Juels Jones Deputy Prosecutor, 23rd Judicial District, North Little Rock
Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration, Little Rock
United States District Court, Little Rock
Jonathan P. Sellers
Jocelyn A. Stotts Vicki S. Vasser Matthews, Campbell, Rhoads, McClure, Thompson, & Fryauf, PA, Rogers
William Z. White Arkansas Attorney General’s Office, Little Rock
Mays & White, PLLC, Heber Springs
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