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Connie Moring
Features
GRAPHJC DESIGN Sora lAndis EDITORIAL BOARD David H. Williams, Chair Wiley A. Branton Thomas M. Carpenter Jacqueline J. Cravens Morton Gitelman James C. Graves Lucinda McDaniel Thomas H. McGowan Jacqueline S. Wright
omCERS President Louis B. (Ducky) Jones, Jr. President-Elect Ron O. H;urison lmmediate Past President Robert M. Cearley, Jr. Secretary -Treasu.rer H. MUITaY Claycomb Executive Council Chair Christopher Barrier Parliamentarian Marie-Bemude Miller Young Lawyers Section Chair Baxter Sharp Executive Director Don Hollingsworth Associate Executive Director Judith Gray
Estate Planning, An Opportuni[)' to Map the Future for an Elderl Client
by Raymond Bornhoft
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Protecting the Vulnerable Elder Consumer
by james DePriest
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Consent to Medical Treatment: The Right to Have Peace of Mind
by Elizabeth Andreoli
On tile Cover. Elderly Couple Holding Hands by Dan Yaccanno
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My Patient Alice Elder Law: An Ethical Analysis
by Robert L. Barrow. jG, MD, FCLM
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Informal Caregivers of an Aging Adult
by judy Hoelzema
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EXEClITIVE COUNCIL
William M. Clark, Jr. F. Thomas Curry
Usury in Arkansas: Millennial Pre-Emptions
Thomas A. Daily Kay West Forrest Lance B. Ga mer Dave Wisdom Harrod Knox 8. Kinney Edwin N. McClure Lance R. Miller Michael W. Mitchell Charles C. Owen Brian H. Ratcliff James D. Sprott Danny Thrailkill R. Scott Zuerker
by W Christopher Barrier andjohn 0. Moore
EXEClITIVE COUNCIL L1AJSON MEMBERS AJice Holcomb Bradley D. Jesson Harry Truman Moore Judge David B. Bogard Carolyn B. Witherspoon
AMENDMENT 3 THE JUDICIAL ARTICLE
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PRESIDENT'S REPORT,
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EXECUTIVE
Frequently Asked Questions by Louis B. "Bucky" Jones, Jr. DIRECTOR'S REPORT, by Don HoliingslVorth
MEMBER BENEFITS
by COllnie Moring OFFICE TECHNOLOGY, by N. "Mac" Nortoll. Jr.
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