Association News Deadline for submission of Annual Award Nominations due Friday, March 14, 2014
Oyez! Oyez! Appointments and Elections Amber Bagley was appointed to the Arkansas Commission for the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Initiative. Harold Evans was reappointed to the Information Network of Arkansas. Judge Leanne Johnson of Beaumont, Texas has been appointed as justice of the Ninth Court of Appeals of Texas. Mary Hatfield Lowe, of Northwest Arkansas Community College, was elected to the Board of Directors for the American Association for Paralegal Education. Jerry C. Jones of Acxiom Corp. has been elected to an at-large position of the board of directors of Heifer International of Little Rock.
Word About Town Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow PLLC announced that Daniel J. Beck has joined the firm as an associate. Worley, Wood & Parrish, P.A. has moved their offices to 1318 S. Main St., Suite 200 in Little Rock, as of November 8, 2013. The firm also announces that Drew Bacon Benham has joined the firm as an associate. To reflect its current roster list of members, Perkins & Trotter, PLLC has changed its name to PPGMR Law, PLLC. Dennis Hansen is the new chief administrative law judge and chief of staff at the Arkansas Public Service Commission. Conner & Winters, LLP has named Amber J. Prince as a partner at the firm. Cypert, Crouch, Clark & Harwell, PLLC, in Springdale, AR has named Matthew L. Fryar a partner at the firm. Kutak Rock LLP announced that Jess L. Askew and Teresa M. Wineland have joined the firm as of counsel and Andrew P. King as an associate in its Little Rock office. The firm also recently promoted Tameron C. Bishop, Stuart C. Hindmarsh, Kyle T. Unser, Jennie A. Clark, L. Keith Harvey and C. David McDaniel to partners. We encourage you to submit information for publication in Oyez! Oyez! Please send to ahubbard@arkbar.com.
Lawyer Community Legacy Award Nominations Due February 28, 2014 Do you know an unsung hero or heroine? Submit nomination online at www.arkbar.com under the “Awards Nominations” tab in your member portal.
It is time to nominate deserving candidates for this year’s Arkansas Bar Foundation and Arkansas Bar Association Annual Awards. The awards open for nomination are: • Outstanding Lawyer • Outstanding Lawyer-Citizen • C.E. Ransick Award of Excellence • James H. McKenzie Professionalism Award • Equal Justice Distinguished Service Award • Outstanding Jurist Award • Outstanding Local Bar Association These awards will be presented at the Annual Meeting in Hot Springs in June. You are encouraged to nominate Arkansas lawyers, judges and local bar associations who deserve recognition. Nomination forms may be submitted by any Association member. Forms are available at www.arkbar.com under the “Whats New” tab or by calling Ann Pyle at the Arkansas Bar Foundation at 501-375-4606.
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The Arkansas Bar Association has equipped me with the tools to really grow my practice and enhance my involvement in the legal community. The wide variety of available continuing education programs helps me to stay on top of legal trends, while the networking events offer tremendous opportunities to meet great people who share a passion for the law and justice. I am honored to be a member of Leadership Academy class of 2014 and look forward to continuing my commitment to advance the legal profession in Arkansas.” —Misty Wilson Borkowski Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C.
Vol. 49 No. 1/Winter 2014 The Arkansas Lawyer
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