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By: Carol Utley Publications Assistant
Attorney JOHN PATTERSON of Searcy, took first place honors in the 1980 State Match Play Championship last August. The tournament, held at Maumelle, is Arkansas' most prestigious golfing competition. Patterson was an AIIAIC golfer for three years before his graduation from Hendrix College in 1975. FRED M. PICKENS, JR. of the law firm of Pickens, Boyce, McLarty & Watson, Newport, has been elected recently to the American College of Probate Counsel. The College is an international association of lawyers organized for purposes of modernizing and improving probate practices throughout the United States. F. WILSON BYNUM, JR. has announced the opening of a law office at 402 East Fifth Avenue, Ste. 102, Pine Bluff. He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville. Formerly, he was house counsel and sales manager for Standard Brake Shoe and Foundry. The law firm of Clark & Miller, LTD., has recently been purchased by Mount Ida attorney BILL McKIMM. McKimm joined the law firm in September of 1979 and has been their representative in Mount Ida. WILSON P. DOUGHERTY has left the firm of Wilson, Dougherty & McNee and is now General Counsel for Savers Federal Savings & Loan Association in Little Rock. KEITH VAUGHAN has joined the firm that is now known as Wilson, McNee & Vaughan, P.A.. DEAN DAVID EPSTEIN of the University of Arkansas School of Law addressed a meeting of the Union County Bar Association on July 10th. The purpose of Dean Epstein's visit was to familiarize the practitioner with the school's effort to combine academics with experience in practice. DAY· TON G. WILEY, of Wiley, Garwood, Hornbuckle, Higdon & Johnson announces the relocation of his office to 201 Highpoint Executive Plaza, 1603 Babcock Road, San Antonio, Texas. JAMES H. McKENZIE of Prescott, has been elected to a two year term on the State Committee of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. He joins TROY L. HENRY of Jonesboro as one of two Arkansas attorneys representing the state association on the ATLA State Committee. The organization has more than 40,000 members and is the largest in the nation. CHARLES DARWIN DAVIDSON announces that MICHAEL R. RAINWATER and JAMES M. HOLLIS have joined the firm in Little Rock. CHINULA AND WALKER, P.A., announces that the firm name has been changed to WOODSON WALKER ASSOCIATES, P.A., and the association of two new lawyers. ARTHUR J. KERNS, 1980 graduate of the UALR School of Law, and MORRIS W. THOMPSON, 1980 graduate of Creighton University in Omaha. The Saint Francis County Bar Association has elected l8/Arkansas Lawyer/January 1981
BENTLEY STORY president and STEVE ROUTON secretary-treasurer. NICHOLAS PATTON was recently inducted into Fellowship in the American College of Trial Lawyers. Patton is with the firm of Young, Patton & Folsom in Texarkana. Also inducted were PHILLIP CARROLL, President of the Arkansas Bar Association and DAVID SOLOMON of Helena. All three were inducted at a ceremony during the Fellows annual banquet held during the American Bar Association's annual meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, this summer. JAMES M. GARY, 1980 graduate of the University of Arkansas School of Law at Fayetteville, has joined the firm of Eilbott, Smith, Eilbott, & Humphries in Pine Bluff. TERRY R. KIRKPATRICK, of Fayetteville, announces the opening of her law office at 28 South College for the general practice of law. ROBERT SHULTS and THOMAS RAY formerly practicing law under the name LESTER AND SHULTS, announce the firm name has been changed to SHULTS AND RAY and H. BAKER KURRUS has joined the firm. G. ROSS SMITH announces the opening of his law office at Ste. 1215, Tower Building in Little Rock. DAVIDSON, PLASTIRAS, HORNE, HOLLINGSWORTH & ARNOLD announce that THOMAS S. STONE, MICHAEL O. PARKER and MARK W. GROBMYER have become principals in the firm and also that JUDY P. McNEIL has become associated with the firm. Their office is located in the National Investors Life building in Little Rock. PHIL KAPLAN, Little Rock attorney, was guest speaker at a meeting of the Jacksonville Kiwanis Club on July 15th. Mr. Kaplan spoke to the group about Jewish tradition and ceremony. CATHEY, GOODWIN, HAMILTON & MOORE in Paragould, announce that JOHN L. ALLEN has become associated with the firm. Allen is a graduate of the University of Arkansas School of Law in Little Rock. JAMES L. MOORE, III has become associated with the firm of BRIDGES, YOUNG, MATTHEWS, HOLMES & DRAKE in Pine Bluff. JOHN ACHOR, former public defender for Pulaski and Perry counties, has joined the Little Rock law firm of Haskins and Wilson. CHRISTOPHER B. T. (KIT) WILLIAMS of FayetteVille, has joined the law firm of Bumpass and Brandt. WILLIAM S. MEEKS, has joined the law firm of Arnold, Hamilton, and Streetman of Hamburg and Crossett. Mr. Meeks received his law degree in May from the University of Arkansas School of Law. Dean ROBERT K. WALSH of the University of Arkansas School of Law in Little Rock, announces that DR. MORRIS SHEPPARD (BUZZ) ARNOLD, a native of Texarkana, will be a visiting professor of law for the spring semester at Little