OYEZ 路 OYEZ II By: Carol Utley Communications Director
Little Rock lawyer JOHN BARRON, JR. was elected to a two-year term on the State Delegates Board of the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association. OTIS D. STONE, retired after 38 years with the federal government, opened his office for the general practice of law in Hot Springs. Garland County Circuit Judge HENRY M. BRITT was elected to the Board of Trustees of The Coilege of the Ozarks recently. RAYMOND R. ROBERTS is the new trust officer for the First National Bank in Rogers. H. DAVID BLAIR of Batesviile, was recently inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. LINDA BOONE of Heber Springs spoke to the Heber Springs Business and Professional Womens Club on wiils and estate planning. Attorneys WESLEY J. KETZ, JR. and DAVID M. CLARK have moved to 345 Main Street, Batesviile, to newly remodeled offices. T. J. HIVELY, formerly with the two, became circuit judge on January 1st. STEVE DEMOTT is the new instructor of business law and director of the Smail Business Development Center at Henderson State University. He is a former deputy prosecuting attorney for the 9th Judicial District East. In honor of DAVID SOLOMON'S birthday, his family recently donated 20 volumes of the Harvard Law Review to the Phillips County Law Library. PEGGY BUNN has joined the law firm of Poilard and Cavaneau in Searcy. She is a 1982 graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law. BLAIR ARNOLD has been appointed to the Independence County Election Commission. He replaces another Batesviile lawyer, John Purtle, who was unopposed as a Democratic nominee to the City Council. VELDA PATRICE PRICE and CURTIS L. NEBBEN have joined the staff of the Arkansas attorney general. JEFF SLATON, former vice president and general counsel of the bank of Yeilviile, has opened a law office at 324 East Emma in Springdale. KAY WEST YOUNG of West Memphis, spoke to a 88/Arkansas Lawyer/July 1983
class at Forrest City Middle School about shoplifting and possession of alcohol and drugs as part of a program sponsored by the Junior Auxiliary's Youth Awareness Program in that city. DENNIS C. SUTTERFIELD has opened a law office at 107 South Boulder in Russeilviile. He was graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Law. JAMES W. CULLUM has been selected as one of the Outstanding Young Men of America. He was nominated by a men's civic organization in Clinton. James E. Briil, Chairman of the American Bar Association's Economics of Law Practice Section, announced the appointment of THOMAS D. LEDBETTER as computer committee chairman. CLYDE DICKENS CALLIOTTE of Little Rock, received the Distinguished Alumni Award recently from Southern Arkansas University in ceremonies held at the SAU campus. Wright, Lindsey and Jennings announces that LAWRENCE B. BURROW formerly senior vice president and manager, trust division of Worthen Bank and Trust Company, has joined the firm as counsel. H. BRADLEY WALKER, R. STEVEN JONES, SAMUEL WOLFF and GENE A. LUDWIG have become associated with the firm located at 2200 Worthen Bank Bldg. in Little Rock. The law finm of (Steve) BELL and (Gary) VINSON in Batesviile has relocated to 154 South Third Street in Batesviile. Little Rock attorney S. GRAHAM CATLETT was guest speaker at the October meeting of the Little Rock Board of Realtors. TONY YOCOM of Hope, a recent graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, has joined the firm of Pilkinton and Pilkinton in Hope. GARLAND HURST of Sheridan has opened his office for the general practice of law. He is a graduate of the law school in Fayetteviile. MAJOR DAVID F. BARTON, United States Air Force, recently addressed members of the Fort Walton Beach, Florida Optimist Club. GLOVER, SANDERS,
PARKERSON & HARGRAVES now have a law office in Hot Springs Viilage. JUDY DESIMONE spoke to the Beta Chi Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha International in Pine Bluff about law as a career. PHILIP E. KAPLAN of Little Rock, was elected chairman of the board of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. STEVE DAVIS has joined the law finm of Meadows and Elcan in Harrison. He was graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Law where he served as editor of the Arkansas Law Review. Assistant Attorney General MATTHEW W. FLEMING was sworn in as a special assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas in November. He has been with the attorney general's office since 1981. JIM BURNETT has moved his law practice to 117 Front Street in Lonoke. BOB GANNAWAY of Little Rock, addressed the 28th annual banquet of the Van Buren Chamber of Commerce in November. State Insurance Commissioner W. H. L. WOODYARD III has resigned from the commission to enter the private practice of law. RICHARD A. GARRETT and WILLIAM C. HARBOUR have opened a new law office at 101 a NW Third Street in Bryant. BOB BRANCH of Paragould has been appointed to the Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct. NED METCALF of Batesviile has been promoted to assistant vice president of FirstSouth and will be director of the association's community marketing. KIM SMITH of Fayetteviile, has been elected president of the Arkansas Prosecuting Attorneys Association. DAVID RUSH and BILL WALTERS of Greenwood have formed a partnership for the practice of law. GILBERT L. GLOVER II of Little Rock is the new executive director for Legal Services of Arkansas. He previously served the organization as senior staff attorney for three years. JOE ROSS of Little Rock, spoke to the residents of Jessie Poweil Towers, a retirement home, on "A Citi-