July 1986 Vol. 20, No. 3
ARKANSAS
LCI
OFFICERS Don M. Schnipper, President Richard F. Hatfield. President-Elect Annabelle D. Clinton, Sec.-Treasurer Philip E. Dixon. Council Chair Wm. A. Martin. Executive Director Judith Gray. Assistant Executive Director
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL jack A. McNulty Bobby E. Shepherd
130 131 133
A Look at Richard F. Hatfield
Beyond the Traditional: Alternative Careers in Law, by Ruth M. Williams
Robert S. Hargraves
john D. Eldridge III joe Reed David Solomon Stephen M. Reasoner David K. Harp EX-OFFICIO Don M. Schnipper Richard F. Hatfield William R. Wilson. Jr. Annabelle D. Clinton Richard L. Ramsay Philip E. Dixon
Law. Literature & Laughter
139
Gary Nutter
William Russ Meeks III Robert R. Wright III Tom Overbey
The President's Report
146 Representing Farmers in Financial Distress, by Janet Flaccus. J. W. Looney, Donald B. Pedersen and Mary Davies Scott The Workers' Compensation Law, 1986 Revisions, by james E. Youngdahl and jay Thomas Youngdahl Review of the Workers' Compensation Law Desk Book, by Thomas H. McGowan
Generations in the Law: The Sharps of Brinkley. by Phillip Carroll
150 159 163 164 166 167 168 170
EDITOR Ruth M. Williams
Disciplinary Actions Executive Director's Report Young Lawyers' Update
judicial Department Report In-House News
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ON THE COVER: Richard F. Hatfield of Searcy assumed the position of Arkansas Bar Association president at the close of the Association's 88th An+ nual Meeting on June 7. Hatfield heads an association with 3200 members, a budget of $415,000 and the prospect of the upcoming session of the Arkansas Legislature. Hatfield, in an interview on page 131. says c: "dealing appropriately with tort reform legisg lative proposals" will be the focus of his ~ presidency. "We've got a voice in the Legisla~ ture through a paid lobbyist and we're out _ there every session. We've been out there for ~ the subcommittee hearings that relate to tort oS reform legislation and we'll continue to be o out there," he said.
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