ArkBar Annual Award Recipients

2021-2022 Arkansas Bar Association President Bob Estes presented the awards during the 124th Annual Meeting on June 16, 2022, at the Hot Springs Convention Center.

Presidential Awards of Excellence

Lillian Dee Davenport,

Simmons Bank Private Wealth, Little Rock, for several years of planning the Mid Year Meeting Jason B. Hendren, Hall

Booth Smith, P.C., Rogers, for work on the Membership Task Force Anton L. Janik, Jr., Mitchell,

Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C., Little Rock, for several years of chairing the Editorial Advisory Board

Golden Gavel Awards

Payton C. Bentley,

Clark Law Firm, PLLC, Fayetteville, for work as Chair of the Young Lawyers Section

David Biscoe Bingham,

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C., Little Rock, for work as Chair of the Jurisprudence and Law Review Committee

Maya S. Goree,

Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C., Little Rock, for work as Elder Law Track Planner for Mid Year

Alan L. Lane, Odom Law

Firm, P.A., Fayetteville, for work on the ABOTA Masters in Trial program

Kristin L. Pawlik, Miller,

Butler, Schneider, Pawlik & Rozzell, PLLC, Fayetteville, for work as Annual Meeting Co-Chair George M. Rozzell, Miller,

Butler, Schneider, Pawlik & Rozzell, PLLC, Fayetteville, for work as Chair of the Legislation Committee

Cathy Underwood,

Attorney at Law, Little Rock, for work on the Paralegal Affiliate Membership Program

Brooke-Augusta Ware,

Cordell & Cordell, PLC, Little Rock, for work as Family Law Track Planner for Annual Meeting

Brett D. Watson, Attorney

at Law, PLLC, Searcy, for work on the Handling Appeals Handbook

Patrick D. Wilson, Wright

Lindsey Jennings, Little Rock, for work as Annual Meeting Co-Chair

G. S. Brant Perkins, The

Perkins Law Firm, P.A., Jonesboro, for work as Chair of the Finance Committee Frank C. Elcan Award

Adam D. Reid, Gill Ragon

Owen, P.A., Little Rock, for work as Tax Law Track Planner for Mid Year Payton C. Bentley, Clark

Law Firm, PLLC, Fayetteville, for his commitment and dedication to the Young Lawyers Section CLE Awards

Vincent C. Henderson

II, Bureau of Legislative Research, Little Rock, for planning the Government Practice Conference

Shane E. Khoury, Arkansas

Energy and Environment, Little Rock, for planning the Natural Resources Conference

Richard P. Walt, J. David

Reynolds Company, Camden, for planning the Natural Resources Conference

Maurice Cathey Award

Brett D. Watson, Searcy,

for contributions to The Arkansas Lawyer magazine

Judith Ryan Gray Young Lawyer Service Award

William J. Ogles, Wright

Lindsey Jennings, Little Rock, for outstanding contributions to improve the administration of justice and promote the public welfare on behalf of YLS