Publisher Arkansas Bar Association Phone: (501) 375-4606 Fax: (501) 375-4901 www.arkbar.com editor Anna K. Hubbard executive director Karen K. Hutchins Editorial Board Mary Beth Matthews, Chair Judge Wiley A. Branton, Jr. Keith L. Chrestman Brandon J. Harrison Anton Leo Janik, Jr. Jim L. Julian Philip E. Kaplan Drake Mann Gordon S. Rather, Jr. David H. Williams Teresa M. Wineland OFFICERS President Charles L. Harwell Board of Governors Chair David R. Matthews President-Elect Jim Simpson Immediate Past President Tom D. Womack Secretary F. Thomas Curry Treasurer William A. Martin Assistant Treasurer Shaneen K. Sloan Parliamentarian Marie-Bernarde Miller Young Lawyers Section Chair Vicki S. Vasser BOARD OF GOVERNORS Seth T. Bickett Earl Buddy Chaddick, Jr. Tessica C. Dooley Richard C. Downing Frances S. Fendler Amy Freedman Buck C. Gibson Amy C. Grimes Denise R. Hoggard Don Hollingsworth Jeffrey Ellis McKinley Wade T. Naramore Laura E. Partlow Jerry D. Patterson Brian H. Ratcliff John C. Riedel Brian M. Rosenthal Jay Shue, Jr. Brock Showalter Danyelle J. Walker Dennis Zolper LIAISON MEMBERS Paul W. Keith Thomas A. Daily Jack A. McNulty Harry Truman Moore Judge Mark A. Pate Richard L. Ramsay Karen K. Hutchins Judge Vann Smith The Arkansas Lawyer (USPS 546-040) is published quarterly by the Arkansas Bar Association. Periodicals postage paid at Little Rock, Arkansas. POSTMASTER: send address changes to The Arkansas Lawyer, 2224 Cottondale Lane, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202. Subscription price to non-members of the Arkansas Bar Association $35.00 per year. Any opinion expressed herein is that of the author, and not necessarily that of the Arkansas Bar Association or The Arkansas Lawyer. Contributions to The Arkansas Lawyer are welcome and should be sent to Anna Hubbard, Editor, ahubbard@arkbar.com. All inquiries regarding advertising should be sent to Editor, The Arkansas Lawyer, at the above address. Copyright 2012, Arkansas Bar Association. All rights reserved.
The Arkansas
Lawyer Vol. 47, No. 3
features
10 Meet the President: Charles L. Harwell 2012-2013 Arkansas Bar Association President Cover photo by ThinkDero, Inc.
16 Googling...blogging...texting... tweeting...posting...OMG! Judge J.W. Looney and Rodney P. Moore 22 Stranger in Town: Arkansas’s Single-Action Rule W. Christopher Barrier 26 Are Your Files Really Yours? Devon Holder
30 Colonel and Chief Justice Henry Gaston Bunn J.W. Looney
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