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Your six free CLE hours will be made available through our online catalog, CLE CENTRAL. Log in and select six ondemand CLE hours anytime at your convenience. All six hours must be taken and submitted within the 2021-22 bar year. Hours will not carry over.
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If your section hosts a minimum three-hour CLE in-person seminar or live webinar during the 2021-22 bar year, as a member of that section you will be entitled to a $25 discount on registration for that seminar or webinar.
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ACCOLADES
ArkBar's Young Lawyers Section was recognized by the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division as a 2021 Star of the Quarter for its Record Sealing and Name Change Clinic. Cynthia Nance, dean emeritus and the Nathan G. Gordon Professor of Law at the U of A School of Law, received the University of Iowa Hancher-Finkbine Alumni Medallion 2021. Heather B. Hersh of the Law Office of Joseph Paul Smith, P.A. and J. Cliff McKinney II of Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC were recognized by the American Bar Association as ABA Free Legal Answers Pro Bono Leaders. Steve Quattlebaum of Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC was selected for the Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame. Brice White received the Esther Silver-Parker Corporate Trailblazer Award. Brooke Moore and Laura O-Bryan with MyVirtual.Lawyer received the James I. Keane Memorial Award during the ABA TECHSHOW 2021.
APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS
Earnest Brown Jr., Circuit Judge for the 6th Division of the 11th Judicial District West, has been nominated to the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission. The United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas appointed Christy Comstock as United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. Edie R. Ervin has been named the next United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Milton Fine has been promoted to chief administrative law judge for the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission in Little Rock. Ed McClure, a partner at Matthews, Campbell, Rhoads, McClure & Thompson, P.A., has been elected to the Arkansas PBS Foundation Board of Directors. David Biscoe Bingham of Mitchell Williams has been accepted into Class II of the Heart of America Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Brittany S. Ford of Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC has been named Secretary for the Board of Directors for Pulaski and Perry Counties CASA. Kendall Lewellen, an attorney at the Center for Arkansas Legal Services, has been appointed to serve on the Arkansas Access to Justice Commission. Ashley Gill of Mitchell Williams has been accepted into Class II of the Heart of America Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
WORD ABOUT TOWN
Todd Whatley has been hired as senior counsel for the Wilson Estate Planning Group in Little Rock. Jenny Wilkes has joined Barber Law Firm in Little Rock in an of-counsel role. Hilburn, Calhoon, Harper, Pruniski & Calhoun, Ltd. rebranded to Hilburn & Harper, Ltd. Jason Browning, Michelle Browning, and Cal Rose of Wright Lindsey Jennings have been elected into partnership. Laura J. Pearn of Ledbetter, Cogbill, Arnold & Harrison, LLP has been elected as a partner in the firm. Daniel H. Wigley has joined the Gibson & Keith, PLLC, law firm of Monticello. Cristy Park joined Arkansas Access to Justice as the new program coordinator. Stephen Hester has been made a member of Spicer Rudstrom, PLLC. Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. announced that Nick Thompson has joined the firm as counsel in the Little Rock office. Rose Law Firm announced that Michael K. Goswami has been named a member and Nancy Smith and Jessica Witherspoon have joined the firm as associates.
Submit your Oyez! news to ahubbard@arkbar.com. Look for the Oyez feature with photos in ArkBar new Monthly Electronic Member Newsletter. Visit arkbar.com/for-attorneys/publications/member-newsletter.
Electronic ballots were counted on May 19, 2021, in contested races for positions on the Association's Board of Trustees. The Trustees were elected to the 20212022 Board for three year terms effective July 1, 2021. Also considered in this spring's election was an amendment to the Association's Constitution. The Association's membership voted to support the Constitutional Amendments as recommended by the Board of Trustees. Congratulations to the following candidates:
District A1
Ryan Scott
District A2, A3
Evelyn E. Brooks Kristin Pawlik Russell Winburn
District A4
Brinkley Cook-Campbell Dusti Standridge
District B9-B15
Stephen Bingham Steve Harrelson Michael McCarty Harrison Anton L. Janik, Jr. William C. Mann J. Cliff McKinney II Emily Runyon Danyelle Walker Patrick Wilson
District C5
Todd Watson
District C6
Bryce Cook Paul Waddell
District C7
Taylor Chaney
District C8
Blake Montgomery
