Arkansas
Law Record
Spring 2006
A TRIBUTE TO
DEAN RICHARD B. ATKINSON
Message from the Dean
Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Alumni:
This academic year has been a year of transition for the Law School. With
the retirement of colleagues Mort Gitelman and John Watkins, and the untimely
death of Dick Atkinson, the Law School has lost ninety-three years of service
to the legal profession. More importantly, I have lost friends – Mort who was a
mentor and always inquired about my children; John, who could answer all my
questions about the inner workings of the rules of civil procedure; and Dick, a
member of the rookie class of 1975, who was graced with an amazing ability to
befriend people.
Although their shoes cannot be filled, this year we are hiring three new
professors to join the faculty. We expect that they will continue the tradition of
outstanding classroom teachers.
More than one hundred years ago Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. said that “the
business of a law school is not merely to teach law or to train lawyers, but to
teach law in the grand manner and to train great lawyers.” As we train the next
generation, that must be the goal of the University of Arkansas School of Law.
In the last years, we have received more applications than ever before, admitted
better qualified students, seen our students participate in more competitions at
the regional and national level, expanded our clinical offerings, and published the
first issue of the Journal of Food Law & Policy.
During the fall semester we have hosted alumni events in Springfield, Tulsa,
Fayetteville, Fort Smith, and Little Rock. In some instances we combined the
alumni event with a one-hour Continuing Legal Education program. We have
added a new director of communications, Amy Ramsden, whose creative work
you see in this issue of Arkansas Law Record. We have had special reception
events to honor Judge Robert Fussell and the publication of the new Journal of
Food Law & Policy. On a personal note, I wish to thank you for your support and encouragement
to me this year. Years ago I decided that I would rather teach than be a dean. But
this year, in the void left by Dick’s untimely death, all the members of the faculty
have stepped up to take on new responsibilities, teach unexpected courses, and
fulfill new roles. Following the advice of my wife, Katherine, I have tried to treat
each day as a new opportunity to learn and to serve. Coming to the office in the
morning to deal with budgets, building plans, and ABA documents does not
bring the same sense of anticipation or delight as teaching the “Erie Railroad”
sing-a-long, having a client bring a gun in a paper bag to an unsuspecting young
attorney, or teaching removal jurisdiction through the cases of Elizabeth Taylor
and Pete Rose. However, I have learned that the interaction with students, staff,
faculty, and alumni does bring its own sense of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Sincerely,
Interim Dean Howard W. Brill
Vincent Foster University Professor of Legal Ethics
and Professional Responsibility
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Contributors: Howard W.
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On the Cover: “Las Mesas
Tree” by sculptor Jesús
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late Richard B. Atkinson
and Michael Hollomon.
Special thanks to Dr.
Michael Hollomon for his
generosity and openness;
Carol Goforth for her
meticulous editing and
rigorous reading; Mort
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and Jim Smith for their
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19 student sidebars
20 law briefs
23 the evidence
27 class action
30 LLM class action
32 in memoriam
34 transcript: Jim Smith, ’94
36 closed cases: 2006 Graduating Class
Richard B. Atkinson
1946-2005
Birthplace:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hometown:
Elkin, North Carolina
Education:
1968 B.A. History, Duke University, Phi Beta Kappa
1971 M. Div., Yale University
1974 J.D., Yale University
Career:1974-1975 Associate, King & Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia
1975-2005 Professor of Law, University of Arkansas
School of Law
1991-1992 Interim Dean
2003-2005 Dean
Family:Michael Hollomon, Richard’s life partner, director of
psychiatric services at Washington Regional Medical
Center in Fayetteville; brother John Atkinson and his
wife Lee of Greensboro, North Carolina; his brother Paul
Atkinson and his wife Scarlett of Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina; his nieces and nephews Sarah Atkinson and
her husband Grant Gosch of Asheville, North Carolina;
David Atkinson of Charleston, South Carolina; Lauren
Atkinson of Greensboro, North Carolina; Jeremy
Martin, his wife Stacey, and their son Jaxon of Chapin,
South Carolina; Jason Martin of West Columbia, South
Carolina; his aunt Betty Duffield and his cousin Susie
Bleich, both of Fayetteville, and a host of other cousins
around the country. He will always be “Uncle Dick” to
his family and to many others.
in memoriam: Richard B. Atkinson
ichard B. Atkinson loved people. Recognizing that law is all
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about communication and that a picture is worth a thousand
words, the Law School could think of no better way to pay
tribute to Richard’s many contributions than to focus on the
words of those who loved him and the images of the people
whom he admired and loved.
Our last evening is what I think of as
one of our happiest memories, not because
it was anything huge. It was really quite
ordinary, nothing special. We rode from
the airport together and talked. We went
to the hotel, ordered room service, and
read. It was very quiet, very ordinary, very
comfortable, but life was so good—that’s
what I miss the most.
– Dr. Michael Hollomon, Richard’s
partner, Interview on February 9, 2006
Richard with his partner, Michael Hollomon
Richard’s passion for his profession and his love of life and work and all people was
truly unique. He is and will be greatly missed but what a legacy he leaves us all!
– Louis B. “Bucky” Jones, ’72
Former Arkansas Bar Association President
Hey Boss. Just wanted to check in with you and tell you how proud I am of you
(not in the condescending way, of course). Mostly, I am proud of the School and the
staff for having the wisdom or good fortune, whatever the case may be, to put you
in your current position. There are few people I really admire and think really highly
of, and you are running right near the front of the pack. Glad the School is getting
some recognition. I know your humble nature will keep you from taking any credit
for this most recent top 100 ranking, but I can assure you that you are the difference
maker. If not you, then the massive impact you have on those around you.
I think you have an inordinate amount of that quality that lets others know they
are loved and cared for. Probably more so than anyone I know. I would guess that can
be emotionally draining at times, but you sure help make those around you better.
– Deric Yoakley, ’99,
from an e-mail written to Richard, April 7, 2003
Pictured throughout this edition of the
Arkansas Law Record are various sculptures,
paintings, and flowers from the personal art
collection and garden of the late Dick Atkinson and Michael Hollomon. (Photos courtesy
of Russell Cothren.)
in memoriam: Richard B. Atkinson
I saw nothing of
Richard but the very
best qualities.
As a former student of Professor Richard B. Atkinson of the University of
Arkansas School of Law, his death brings a great sense of loss. Dean Atkinson
was a friend, role model, and mentor to me and many of my classmates. He took
a personal interest in our mastery of legal skills as well as our development as
human beings. He had a brilliant mind, excellent legal training and experience,
and connections reaching to the White House. He could have held positions of
prestige, power, and wealth; yet he chose to spend his life teaching others. It is men
and women like Richard Atkinson who give conscience to our culture and remind
us of our humanity. The selfless commitment to ideals that frequently garner little
recognition or reward leaves a legacy of greatness to which we all might aspire.
What greater legacy than to have lived a life that has helped build the character of
a profession by nurturing the best in the lives of others. Lives such as his remind us
that true immortality is that memory of our life that lives on and continues to inform
and nurture future generations. I know that my life has been richer for having
the good fortune to have been taught and mentored by Dean Atkinson. I join the
hundreds of others who will mourn his loss and cherish his memory. His death only
serves to underscore his lessons and strengthen my resolve to honor his life through
a commitment to those same ideals.
– Cary Gilbert Hope, ’87
– Associate Dean Carol Goforth
During my second and third years, I participated in the School of Law’s
Moot Court programs, first as a competitor and then as chair of the Spring Moot
Court Competition. Professor Atkinson always had time to participate in these
activities because I believe he recognized how important these activities were to
the development of young lawyers. When my partner and I took second place
in the 2000 Spring Moot Court Competition, Professor Atkinson was there to
congratulate us. When my partner and I later prepared for the 2000 National
Moot Court Competition, Professor Atkinson was there to challenge and
encourage us during practice benches. And when my partner and I returned
from that competition, Professor Atkinson was there, bragging on us one
afternoon during our Decedent’s Estates class.
– Chad Eric Jacobs, ’01
In my time here, first as a student, later
as a faculty member, and as associate dean,
I saw nothing of Richard but the very best
qualities which I hope we all aspire to possess—
compassion, professionalism, good cheer, humor,
dedication, joy, hope, optimism. Richard had
a spot in his heart for everyone with whom he
dealt. He cared deeply for all of us, and we will
all feel the loss caused by his absence.
– Associate Dean Carol Goforth, ’84
in memoriam: Richard B. Atkinson
Professor Atkinson was the best teacher I ever had, and
the one who influenced me the most. Demanding, thought
provoking, incredibly funny and entertaining, and always the
Southern gentleman. I will never forget the first time he called
on me in class. The only answer I could come up with was
that the case at hand was “consistent” with precedent. He shot
back, quoting Emerson: “Mr. Barnes, ‘A foolish consistency
is the hobgoblin of little minds!’ Try again.” Later, of course,
he built me up and encouraged me, like he did with all of his
students. The only quote that comes to mind is the Romeo and Juliet quote that
Bobby Kennedy used to eulogize his brother: ‘When he shall die, take him and cut
him out in little stars and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world
will be in love with night and pay no worship to the garish sun.’”
– Michael Barnes ’88
Dear Dr. Bishop:
I am pleased to recommend Mr.
Richard Atkinson as a prospective member
of the University of Arkansas Law School
faculty.
Mr. Atkinson and I attended law
school together for two of my three years
at Yale, and I have kept in touch with him
since that time. His academic work was commendable. It was outstanding in two
of the areas in which we need instruction, Estates and non-profit corporations.
Also, Mr. Atkinson’s law practice has been primarily in Estates and related fields
in a large and highly regarded Atlanta firm.
Finally, I know Mr. Atkinson to be a person of exceptionally high character. As
far as I know, he is well respected by all who know him. I believe he would bring
great credit to our law school.
When he shall die,
take him and cut him out
in little stars and he will
make the face of heaven
so fine that all the world
will be in love with night
and pay no worship to
the garish sun.
– William Shakespeare
– Bill Clinton, from a letter to then president of the University
of Arkansas Fayetteville, Dr. Charles Bishop, May 26, 1975
I had tremendous respect, admiration, and affection for Dick. He was one of
the finest people I ever knew and probably the best example of what a lawyer and
teacher should be or any of us could ask for. I hope knowing how many friends,
colleagues, and students feel this way, is in some way a small measure of comfort.
I’m no Maya Angelou, but I wrote this haiku some time ago:
Life is short so live
Laugh love leave a legacy
Life is short so love
Dick lived laughed loved and left
An awesome legacy
– Bill Putman, ’91
in memoriam: Richard B. Atkinson
We were both students of his, and Dick had a profound and
lasting effect on both of us. He made us want to succeed and do
well...if for no other reason than because it would please him! He
even took the time recently to stop by my office in Little Rock and
it made my month.
I heard a quote recently that seems particularly fitting: “and
in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count; it’s the life in
your years.” ~ Abe Lincoln
– Kerrie Lauck, ’00
Chet Lauck III, ’99
Since last Friday, I have been searching my heart for words
that can describe the utter emptiness that is now settling over
many as a result of Richard’s passing. There are none. Instead I
have found on the following, which has always lifted me up when I
was down: “I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather my
spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be shifted
and dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me
in a magnificent glow than a sleepy and permanent planet.. Man’s
chief purpose is to live not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying
to prolong them. I shall use my time.”—Jack London
Richard was no sleepy planet. And his great legacy is he taught
us all how to use our time.
– Kasey Lowe, ’01
Please accept this letter as my sincere thanks for all you that have done
for me.
Words cannot express how grateful I am to have met you. Thank you for
taking the time from your busy schedule to explain in detail to me various issues
regarding property law, while some of the students sat behind me and ridiculed me.
Thank you for not scolding me when I was slow to understand. Thank you for not
discriminating against me or any other student. Thank you for making all of us feel
like we were actually a part of the Law School. Thank you for letting me come in
to your office and cry when I felt like I just couldn’t go on. Thank you for all the
words of encouragement. How fortunate I am to have people like you in my life.
You seem to have a healing spirit—healing for the mind and soul. It is a blessing
that you are now the dean of the law school, as you will touch even more lives. As I
near the closing of this letter, I want you to know that your kindness and generosity
will never be forgotten.
– Tracie Lynn Wilks, ’01,
written September 2003 to Richard B. Atkinson
in memoriam: Richard B. Atkinson
Richard was an incredible person with the deepest and utmost care for everyone
around him. If ever someone could light up a room, it was this man. He was of
course an amazing and fear-invoking educator—no one will dispute that. But he
had a way of making each person feel that they were important and they were
special. This was his true gift. Teaching from books is something anyone can do,
but to educate people on the way of life and make everyone around you a better
person is a gift that very few possess. Richard was one of those.
– Jared Medlock, ’05
I was very proud to be with Richard. When you’re blessed, you rejoice, and I
did rejoice. He was so intelligent. He was so brilliant, such a moderating influence.
He saw both sides. He was inclusive. He wanted to look at life in the round. He
wanted to look at things to study them, to find the positive. We brought different
things to the table. I come from a doctor’s perspective where you have to make quick
decisions. He came from a lawyer’s perspective where he wanted to consider, study,
and then bring it all together.
– Dr. Michael Hollomon, Interview on February 9, 2006
To the University of Arkansas Law Community:
Mike, Paul, John, and our families are eternally grateful to
you for your overwhelming love and support for us during this
most difficult time. Your love for Dick can only be matched by
his love for you. He was truly a wonderful person, in all the
capacities that each of us knew him. He was blessed with a
loving and caring heart, and he had that very rare quality of
making everyone he met feel special. He truly loved his life and
lived every day to the fullest. It is still hard to believe that he is no
longer with us, and although we miss him sorely, we are comforted
in knowing that his memory will live on in the heart of this community that
meant so much to him.
With our deepest appreciation,
The Family of Richard B. Atkinson
in memoriam: Richard B. Atkinson
Excerpts from Richard’s “Untitled and Coerced,” The University of Toledo Law Review, Vol. 34, No. 1, Fall 2002
“I am now a little more than twenty-one months into my new job. All
in all, it’s been a very good ride. There have been no fist fights in faculty
meetings to date. Alumni still return my calls though they know the odds
are high that I am seeking their money or their time, or both. Bread (pizza,
mostly) and circuses and an open-door policy have combined to keep
student unrest at bay. Further, because of my own poor time allocation
skills (are you still reading?), my partner, Mike Hollomon, and I are no
longer able to have people over to our home for dinner; thus, the house
doesn’t have to be cleaned nor the garden weeded nearly so regularly.
Also in that time period, the Law School has conceived, designed, and
substantially funded a 50,000 square-foot addition, which should transform
both the appearance and functioning of the physical plant. Construction is
scheduled to begin in early 2005…
If there is an institutional success, give credit to others; as to failures,
make them your own. Pass on every compliment you hear. Sorry for the
preaching (it’s that damn divinity school degree in my background), and,
to boot, it’s all so unprofound. But I remain astonished at how regularly
opportunities for expressing warmth or interest or praise are ignored. And,
if you think it does not matter because you are dealing with a group of
tough, seasoned professionals, you are deceived…
With many of the alumni, I have ‘watched enough mornings,
cried enough evenings, had enough birthdays’ to remind them of their
connection to the school. As difficult as I know fundraising to be even with
such ties, I simply cannot imagine the enormity of the task without them.
in memoriam: Richard B. Atkinson
Richard B. Atkinson’s Journal Articles
• The Avoidance by an Arkansas Bankruptcy Trustee of a Mortgage
Defectively Acknowledged, 2003 Arkansas Law Notes 1.
• Pretermission: A Comparison of Arkansas Code Annotated 28-39407 with Uniform Probate Code 2-302, 1995 Arkansas Law Notes 1.
• Tribute to Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1995 N.Y.U. Annual Survey of
American Law XII.
•G
ifts to Minors: A Roadmap, 42 Arkansas Law Review 567 (1989).
in memoriam: Richard B. Atkinson
Richard B. Atkinson Memorial Courtyard
The completion of the new Law School addition was of paramount
importance to Richard, and he was working vigorously to make that
dream a reality. The final piece of his dream for the Law School building
project was to renovate the courtyard into a place of beauty and serenity.
In September Chancellor John A. White announced that the courtyard
will be named the Richard B. Atkinson Memorial Courtyard. Tyson Foods,
Inc., has committed to matching all gifts for the courtyard renovation up
to $250,000. Response to the naming has been tremendous. The courtyard
will be a beautiful fitting tribute and remembrance to an extraordinary
man with an extraordinary life. If you would like information about the
courtyard project, you may contact Nancy Cozart at (479) 575-3468.
Richard B. Atkinson Memorial Video
“Learn, Live, Love, Laugh,” a memorial video
to Richard B. Atkinson, is now available online at
law.uark.edu. If you would like to purchase a copy,
please contact Amy Ramsden at aramsde@uark.edu.
A limited number may be available.
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The Kharkiv River:
A Semester In Ukraine
By Professor Christopher R. Kelley
Kharkiv, Ukraine, is not on many tourists’ itineraries. After all, consider
what Ukraine: The Bradt Travel Guide tells its readers: “Visiting Kharkiv
offers the best introduction to Ukraine’s Soviet legacy and the distinct
geography that comes with it: the countless war memorials, the hundreds of
factories, Stalinist housing, the huge central square and the dominant public
sector.” The same theme is echoed in Lonely Planet’s Ukraine. Writing
about eastern Ukraine where Kharkiv is situated, its author observes that
“[m]onolithic socialist realist monuments dominate the horizon, Lenin lives
in myriad statutes, and communist disdain for nature endures, as chimney
stacks heartily bellow out smoke.”
During the 2005 fall semester I lived and taught in Kharkiv as a Fulbright
Scholar. Over breakfasts of Ukrainian muesli cereals that deserve shelf
space in American grocery stores, I re-read these descriptions of Kharkiv.
From my two-room, fifth-floor apartment near an avenue named after
Yuri Gargarin, the first human in space, I could see the Stalinist housing,
which extended from where my feet were planted to the horizon. As for the
factories, they were out of sight, notwithstanding the massive size of some of
them, including the aircraft factory to the north and the tractor factory to
the south. If I opened my window, however, I could inhale the tantalizingly
sweet smell of cigarettes coming off the assembly lines of Phillip Morris
Ukraine.
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The Kharkiv River: A Semester In Ukraine
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I applied to be a Fulbrighter based on an invitation to teach at the
National Law Academy in Odesa. But with my award came an assignment
to Kharkiv. Instead of the Black Sea at my doorstep, I had the Kharkiv
River, which was across the street from my apartment building. In December
I watched its nearly still surface freeze overnight.
As the Bradt Travel Guide will tell you, “With over two million people,
Kharkiv’s beauty lies in its sheer size: the constant motion of humans and
its breadth of urban space.” For me, Kharkiv’s beauty resides elsewhere, but
from pre-dawn to late at night, everything is moving but the countless gray
buildings.
I taught at two universities: the KNUIA and the Kharkiv National
Agrarian University (KNAU). The KNUIA has several campuses, including
two in Kharkiv. It is primarily a police academy, but it also offers a general
university program for students who are not national police cadets.
The KNAU is located outside of the city limits, and it sits amidst an
incongruous collection of Soviet-era apartment buildings; dachas, some
obviously owned by wealthy oligarchs or, as they are sometimes called, “New
Russians”; and, more appropriately, grain fields, pastures, and lush vegetable
gardens.
One of the KNUIA campuses is on the northern edge of the city
approximately 20 kilometers shy of the Russian border. It faces a large urban
forest, a place where thousands of Ukrainians were slaughtered during World
War II. Although I could take the subway, I sometimes walked for about
45 minutes to Freedom Square, the largest square in Europe other than
Moscow’s Red Square.
On this day, a day I will describe for you, I again walk from my apartment
to Freedom Square. It is shortly after dawn and I must step clear of the halfcircle, graceful arcs of brooms made of resilient saplings, tied in a cluster,
and wielded mostly by women who clear my path of what the previous
day left in its wake. A few minutes later, as if it was choreographed, the
brooms come to rest, and their soft swoosh is replaced by the sounds of
an awakening city, most noticeable to me being the trilled “r” and other
sounds of unfathomable Russian language that passes in all directions as
The Kharkiv River: A Semester In Ukraine
crowds emerge from the metro stations and spill from the buses; the van-like
marshrutkas, the electric trams, and the trolleybuses.
Most of my walk is along Sumskaya Street, Kharkiv’s main, but narrow,
thoroughfare. Sumskaya and the nearby Puskinskaya Street offer many of
the city’s attractions, including a cafeteria favored by the city’s more than
100,000 university students. One of the cafeteria’s walls is graced with
tongue-in-cheek map depicting Osama Bin Laden’s possible whereabouts
throughout the world. If it were not so early in the morning, I could shop
for clothing offered by Benetton, Hugo Boss, and other upscale clothiers,
apparel that is affordable only for a small fraction of the city’s residents.
Or I could I look at the latest cell phone fashions in one of the ubiquitous,
always-crowded mobile phone stores.
As I walk up Sumskaya Street, I pass the former KGB building,
which now houses the Ministry of Internal Affairs, whose cadets I will be
addressing today; the opera house; and the Shevchenko Gardens, named
after the idolized Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko. The forested park
surrounding the Gardens is a delightful place to spend an afternoon or
evening in the fall. In Ukraine, beer is considered a soft drink, drinkable
anywhere, and kiosks throughout the park keep visitors well supplied with
dozens of domestic and imported brands.
When I reach Freedom Square I can see at its far end the Kharkiv
National University, the city’s largest university, whose two large buildings
are separated by the massive Gazprom building, which houses the offices
of Russia’s energy giant. It is here that I find the city’s largest statue
of Lenin and where I meet Anton Fedorkin, my KNUIA
translator and a senior cadet who spent a year in a high
school in Michigan as a participant in the Freedom
Support Act FLEX program.
We climb aboard a tightly
packed electric tram on our
way to the northern
reach of the city.
We grip the
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tram’s hang-straps because when the rods connecting the bus to the electric
cables above it become disconnected, as the age of the equipment ensures
will happen, the tram will stop abruptly. One way to learn this lesson is to
plummet to the floor, as I once almost did before Anton caught me.
All of the campuses of the KNIA are gated and guarded, as campuses
with firing ranges should be. The building Anton and I enter today is
handsome, with a remarkably well-preserved exterior. But its interior
is suffering, a common reminder of the economic turmoil Ukraine has
experienced since its independence in 1991. Many will tell you that some
things were better in the Soviet era, although very few wish for a return to
those times.
We arrive in the classroom ahead of the cadets. Once the nearly 100
uniformed cadets have taken their seats, they are called to attention by their
commanding cadet and remain standing until I beckon them to be seated. I
am not used to this.
I ask for questions left over from the previous session and wait for Anton
to translate my request into Russian. Ukrainian is the country’s official
language and classes are supposed to be taught in Ukrainian, but Russian,
the native language of nearly all of my students, was used in the classes I
taught.
The first question has nothing to do with the previous session. Instead,
a cadet asks a long question, preceded by a preamble stating what I already
knew: law enforcement, like other public institutions in Ukraine, is plagued
by corruption. A police officer who achieves the rank of major in the
national police earns the equivalent of $150 a month. While Ukrainian
physicians earn about $50 per month, they can supplement their income
from the “gifts” that their patients offer if they can. Police, on the other
hand, are not permitted to accept or extort payments from the public,
although some, perhaps many, do supplement their income this way. The
student hushes the classroom when he reaches his question of what he and
his classmates can do about this, now and when they become police officers.
I had not anticipated this question. Its candor and thinly veiled emotion
stunned me. But, coincidentally, the question was posed to me within
days of the death of Rosa Parks. So I turned to the American civil rights
movement for an answer.
For the next hour and a half, I talked with the students about the
corruption that predominated in the American South, where I was raised.
I offered the cadets examples of the heroism that was required to change a
corrupt society, a society that resorted to murder and other acts of terrorism
in a vain attempt to forestall reform. Just as the election that preceded
Ukraine’s Orange Revolution had been sullied by fraud, so had the electoral
process in the American South been corrupted by fraud and intimidation.
After class, as Anton and I rode the tram back to Freedom Square, we
talked about Ukraine’s future. Many, probably most, of the people I asked
about Ukraine’s future were not expecting changes soon. Some said change
would come in ten years, others said twenty years, and others thought
change would take even longer.
Later, as I walked along the Kharkiv River, I paused to look at the
reflection on the water’s surface of the worn, weathered buildings that lined
the opposite bank. Reaching as it did from bank to bank, the reflection
seemed to have stilled the river, binding it to the crumbling structures its
calm surface reflected. I thought about police cadet’s question and knew that
the river was calm, but it had not been stilled. n
Forty Years with Generalist
Mort Gitelman
Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus Mort Gitelman, who retired
last fall, has exchanged his gradebook for a pair of comfortable walking
shoes, a camera, and an itinerary that any backpacker would envy. Mort
dresses casually and talks in a hushed, reverent tone about everything from
volunteering in South America to meeting Dean Atkinson thirty years ago
to the changes in the Law School during his four decades at the University
of Arkansas.
“It’s a different kind of world today,” he says. “It used to be the lawyer
was an all-around person who could take on any problem, but law is
becoming compartmentalized. The generalist is less and less to be seen.”
Mort is a bit of a generalist himself. As a recent Earthwatch volunteer
in Peru, he and his wife, Nancy Garner, observed the macaws’ habitat
in the Amazon as part of a scientific research study to examine effects of
ecotourism and poaching on the endangered bird. Prior to joining the
project, they spent four days viewing Inca ruins, including Machu Picchu.
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Forty Years with Generalist Gitelman
But that’s merely the first half of their
itinerary: In March, they rode the Copper
Canyon Train in Mexico; in September, they
will return to Switzerland; and after that, Mort
says, they have their sights set on either New
Zealand or South Africa.
“As long as we’re healthy, we figure we ought
to see as much of the world as we can.”
Forty years of teaching, research, and
community involvement didn’t always leave him
time for seeing the world, however. Here is an
abridged overview of Professor Gitelman’s life’s
work by decades:
1930s-1950s
Mort Gitelman was born in Chicago, Illinois,
on February 7, 1933. In 1951 he graduated
from Hyde Park High School ranked 32nd in
his class of 221. He was the editor of his school
newspaper and a scholastic honoree, showing
hints of a lifetime of scholarship as early as his
teens. He attended Roosevelt University for
two years on a full-tuition scholarship, majoring
in personnel administration. As a member of
the U.S. Army, he attended the University
of Georgia and then the University of Illinois
Division of Special Services for Veterans.
During law school at DePaul University at
the tender age of 23, Mort was ranked third in
his class. He was editor-in-chief of the DePaul
Law Review, Secretary of Moot Court Board, Treasurer of the Junior
Bar Association, and National Vice President of the Seventh Circuit
of the American Law Student Association. While other law students
were applying for positions at law firms, he was filling out graduate
school applications to become a teacher. He earned a graduate teaching
assistantship at the University of Illinois, where he also received his
LL.M. and taught Introduction to Law and Moot Court. His thesis, titled,
“The Green Case: A Study in Constitutional Litigation,” led him into an
emphasis on constitutional law.
1960s
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In 1965, Mort traveled to the University of Arkansas from Denver,
Colo., by way of car with his wife and then five-year-old, three-year-old,
and two-month-old sons. Old letters suggest Professor Gitelman was a bit
nervous about a new course called Land Use Controls. At the time, he
says he knew little about land or its uses—his emphasis at both previous
institutions had been on constitutional law—but being asked to teach the
Forty Years with Generalist Gitelman
course by then Dean Ralph C. Barnhart thrust him into his main research
emphasis and one of the leading text books on land use in the country,
Land Use Planning and Development Regulation Law, currently in its sixth
edition.
In the 1960s, the Law School was very small “with just over a hundred
students” and a “faculty of eight or nine,” Mort says. “It was a lot more
intimate then—a close-knit community.”
He became a board member of the Anti-Defamation League, a
director and faculty sponsor for the Hillel Foundation, and the National
Educational Advisory Committee Voice of Youth. He formed a student
and faculty collaboration with the University of Arkansas School of
Architecture and went to work for the first Arkansas chapter of American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) during one of the most politically turbulent
times in Arkansas history.
1970s
In an article dated Saturday, July 13, 1974, of what was then called
the Arkansas Gazette, Professor Gitelman is pictured in glasses and a suit
and tie standing at a podium. As the chairman of the Arkansas Advisory
Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Professor
Gitelman held a news conference to report the committee’s findings, which
included “disturbing allegations that some police officials are members of,
or associated with, the Ku Klux Klan.”
The article speaks of Mort’s role as activist and leader of civil rights
during a vital time in both Arkansas and United States history. Yet Mort
found it almost impossible to teach and practice. So he returned to what he
did best: teaching and research.
It was during the mid-1970s when Mort met the late Richard B.
Atkinson in Atlanta. Richard, then close to thirty years old, was working
for the law firm of King and Spalding. At the time, Mort was asked by
the faculty to meet Richard in advance to decide whether he was worthy
enough for the faculty to fly him to Fayetteville for an interview.
“Richard was very personable, interested in all sorts of things. He was
refurbishing an old house in Atlanta. He had a great deal of interest in
literature, art, and architecture. I was happy to come back to the faculty
and say, ‘Yes, we should interview him.’ ”
1980s
By the 1980s, after a decade at the University of Arkansas, Professor
Gitelman was recognized for his outstanding teaching. In 1978, he
earned the University of Arkansas Alumni Association Blue Key Award
for Distinguished Teaching, and in 1982 he earned the Student Bar
Association Award for Best Professor.
In a memo, Rafael Guzman, then chairperson of the School of Law
Faculty Distinguished Professor Search Committee, wrote: “Professor
Gitelman is regarded as an outstanding classroom teacher by faculty,
students, and members of the legal profession. His classes are well
subscribed, his student evaluations are consistently excellent, and through
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the years, he has taught in a variety of areas
of the law.”
Mort says this was a time of significant
growth for the Law School.
“We began to see students who were
coming to Law School not because they had
a burning desire to be lawyers but because
it was sort of one thing they could do, and
everybody was doing it.”
He says back in the 1960s everybody who
came to law school had their goals clearly
defined—they wanted to be courtroom
lawyers—but in the 1980s the law school
changed, reflecting more of what it’s like
today.
“Less than half of today’s lawyers ever see
the inside of a courtroom,” he says.
As the U of A School of Law was
changing, Mort’s role as generalist became even more apparent. His roles
broadened and became more focused on Fayetteville and the arts. From
1983 to 1987, Gitelman served on the Board of Directors for the North
Arkansas Symphony Society and started his own publishing company,
m&m Press. As an avid photographer, Mort also became the chairman of
the by-laws committee of the Photographic Society of America, which he
has continued to this day.
1990s
In the 1990s, Gitelman was moved to an administrative role when
Dean Leonard Strickman appointed him to serve as the first associate dean
for the Law School. He spent most of the 1990s buried under paperwork,
which he did in addition to teaching his regular load of classes. He set the
standard for the short list of associate deans to date.
2000s
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The 2000s began with renewal and continued growth when Dean
Richard Atkinson was appointed. Professor Gitelman reflects on these
years:
“The Law School was struggling with whether we could afford an
addition and Richard went into that project with such enthusiasm. I recall
one of our colleagues saying, ‘You ought to make him Dean for life,’ ” Mort
says. “He didn’t enjoy all the demands on his time, but he was such an
enthusiastic person he did what he had to do and even more. I think it’s fair
to say he had everybody’s support.”
Dean Atkinson performed Mort and Nancy’s marriage ceremony in
2004, and now almost two years later, Mort has retired from teaching.
Hopefully, in the spirit of the late Dean Atkinson, this change will mark
another beginning for Mort and the Law School.
student sidebars
3L Earns Equal Justice Works Fellowship
3L Tracye Mosley Walker of Crossett, Ark., was awarded an Equal Justice
Works Fellowship in Helena-West Helena, Ark., where she will spend the
next two years fighting for consumer rights for Legal Aid of Arkansas.
Her consumer rights advocacy project will help assist both immediate and
long-term community needs, including representing consumers in litigation
and negotiation; educating the public through consumer rights seminars
and literature; developing community outreach programs to identify the
community’s need for services; and representing the community through
planning and implementation of regional and economic development efforts.
William Everette of Legal Aid of Arkansas said there is a desperate need
for this legal fellowship in the Arkansas Delta.
“In the Delta low-wage earners’ marginal economic status puts them at
the mercy of payday loan companies and check-cashing operations, title
lenders and others in the ‘sub-prime’ finance industry,” he explained. “You
add second change financing operations which charge the maximum interest
rates allowed by law and pawn shops throughout the poorest neighborhoods
and you have consumer exploitation.”
Her mentor and professor Cyndi Nance said it’s rare to find such a
talented student who is not tempted by the money of a big law firm.
“I’m very proud of her commitment to make a difference,” Professor
Nance said.
3L Awarded Best Oral Advocate at National Trial Competition
The Law School is proud to announce that 3L Sach Oliver won the
George A. Spielberg Award for Best Oral Advocate at the National Trial
Competition (NTC) 2006 in Dallas. For the first time in the thirty-oneyear history of the NTC, this award was given to a competitor who did not
compete in the final rounds. The award is sponsored by the international law
firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobsen, and as part of the honor,
Sach will be flown to London in September to address the American College
of Trial Lawyers at their annual meeting.
Glen Jones, ’95, Assistant to the President at Sach’s alma mater, Arkansas
State University, calls Sach “passionate, articulate, professional – just a great
guy.”
Sach works at Bailey Law Firm and will continue to work there full time
after graduation.
His boss, Frank Bailey, ’73 , said, “Sach has the wisdom of Abraham
Lincoln and the common sense of Will Rogers. He is going to be a great trial
lawyer.”
Photos courtesy of the National Trial
Competition 2006.
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Law School Raises Over $24 Million
The University of Arkansas’s Campaign for the Twenty-First Century,
which came to a close on June 30, 2005, was an incredible success, raising
over $1 billion. The Law School was part of that great success. We set and
exceeded three campaign goals, raising a total of $24,701,226 in gifts and
commitments during the campaign.
Distribution of gifts and commitments:
1% - Library
49% - Faculty
support
6% - Program support
6% - Other
14% - Student support
24% - Capital (building)
Law School Campaign Committee
The Law School is grateful to the members of the Law School
Campaign Committee for lending their leadership, commitment, and
support to make the campaign a success. Their diligent work and long-term
dedication will help the University of Arkansas School of Law provide the
best legal education possible and strengthen the legal profession in the state
of Arkansas.
Committee Members:
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William H. (Buddy) Sutton, ’59, Chairman
Woody Bassett, ’77
Sidney Parker Davis, Jr., ’60
Brad Jesson, ’59
Ron LeMay, ’72
Connie Lewis Lensing, ’77
Bobby McDaniel, ’72
Charles Scharlau, ’51
John S. Selig, ’63
Dennis Shackleford, ’58
Damon Young, ’65
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Dean Miller Earns ABA Diversity Award
Associate Dean Jim Miller, ’76, was honored with the prestigious Henry
J. Ramsey Jr. Diversity Award for 2005 by the American Bar Association’s
Student Law Division on Aug. 5 in Chicago.
Jim is a native of Danville, Ark., and taught journalism and social
studies in the Dardanelle school system before returning to the University
of Arkansas School of Law. Jim joined the Law School in 1976 as assistant
dean and was named associate dean for students in 1995.
“Jim has been single handedly responsible for student recruitment to the
Law School,” said Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and the Clayton N.
Little Professor of Law Carol Goforth. “He has also been the primary source
of support for students in academic difficulty during most of those years and
has therefore been a critical component to our retention efforts over the
years. It is difficult to overstate just how important Jim’s role is to the Law
School and the university.”
New Program Allows LL.M. Alumni to Take Condensed Courses
The Graduate Program in Agricultural Law is experimenting with a
new program that invites LL.M. alumni to return to Fayetteville to sit
in on our condensed courses. This opportunity affords our alumni the
opportunity to stay abreast of new developments in agricultural law, and in
many jurisdictions, their participation may count toward their continuing
legal education credits. Courses offered last fall were Agricultural
Administrative Law, Farm Programs and Producer Support, Crop Insurance
& Disaster Assistance, and the Federal Regulation of Agricultural Sales.
Spring offerings are Agricultural Business & Tax Planning, Agricultural
Cooperatives, and Agricultural Biotechnology. For information on this
program, please e-mail Susan Schneider at sschneid@uark.edu.
Annual Agricultural Law Conference Held in Kansas City
The 2005 annual conference for the American Agricultural Law
Association was held in Kansas City on Oct. 7-8. Director of the LL.M.
program, Professor Susan Schneider, completed her term on the AALA
Board of Directors and received a plaque in appreciation of her service to
the association. In addition, Professor Schneider addressed the conference,
providing an update on developments in agricultural bankruptcy. Director
of the National Agricultural Law Center, Professor Michael Roberts
presented an update on food law issues, highlighting food safety and “madcow” disease. National Center staff attorney Harrison Pittman delivered a
presentation on the legal developments regarding corporate farming laws
and the Packers & Stockyards Act as they impact agricultural financing.
Finally, National Center staff attorney Doug O’Brien provided the
conference update on administrative law and agriculture. Approximately
two hundred agricultural law professionals were in attendance.
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Ceremony Marked the Naming of Fussell Reading
Room and Pro Bono Scholarship
“A friend once told me Bobby [Fussell] has served more people than the
Salvation Army,” said U.S. District Judge Bob Dawson of Judge Robert F.
Fussell on Nov. 4.
Judge Dawson was one of many friends and colleagues who gathered at
the University of Arkansas School of Law to honor Fussell’s life’s work and
announce the naming of the Judge Robert F. Fussell Reading Room and the
Judge Robert F. Fussell Pro Bono Scholarship.
Speakers included Interim Dean Howard W. Brill, Jill Jacoway, Judge
Dawson, Don Edmonston, Charlie Whiteside, and Judge Fussell.
“ ‘The honor of this day belongs entirely to the Law School,’ ” Charlie
Whiteside said, reading from a letter written by former U.S. Senator
Kaneaster Hodges. “ ‘Few lawyers in its history—and many have been
outstanding—would bring more esteem by their name gracing a room.’ ”
He went on to quote Senator Hodges, by saying, “ ‘It is my hope that
all who enter the Judge Robert F. Fussell Reading Room and all who
benefit from the Judge Robert F. Fussell Pro Bono Scholarship will not only
wonder but ask, Who is Robert. F. Fussell? There should always be someone
standing by with a prompt and clear answer: He was and is a role model for
a legal career of high distinction—a life filled by public service with a circle
of cherished friends.’ ”
The Judge Robert F. Fussell Reading Room will be located on the first
floor of the new William H. Enfield Hall.
Law School Raises 16K for Katrina
The Law School community raised over $16,000 for Hurricane Katrina
victims at “From Dickson Street to Bourbon Street” on Sept. 14. Over
a thousand people came out to Dickson Street for the event, which was
organized by 2L Ashley Welch. Entertainment was provided by Bill Iuso,
a New Orleans musician and evacuee of Hurricane Katrina and Tragikly
White of Little Rock.
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the evidence
The Women’s Law Student
Association sponsored “Esquire
Attire,” a fashion show to benefit
the Peace at Home Family Shelter
in Fayetteville on Oct. 4. The
event, which took place at Teatro
Scarpino, brought in over $2000
and over 200 participants. (Photos
courtesy of Brittney Carlton.)
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the evidence
Phase I
A Topping-out Ceremony for
the University of Arkansas School
of Law addition was hosted by
Nabholz Construction on Feb. 15
to celebrate the safe completion
of the structure’s steel framing.
Phase I of the new project was
approximately 60 percent complete
and is anticipated to open for
students by the beginning of the
2006 academic year.
The beam that is being signed
by students, Professor Al Witte,
and Judge William H. Enfield, ’48,
will be placed in the new building.
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Phase II
The Law School is moving
forward with the design of Phase
II. Phase II will connect the
Phase I building expansion to
the existing building, creating
a quadrangle around the
Richard B. Atkinson Memorial
Courtyard.
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the evidence
The Law Alumni Society hosted
the Holiday Reception on Dec. 7 in
Little Rock. (Top) Phil Carroll, ’50,
and his wife Diane with Professor
Carl Circo; (Bottom left) Interim
Dean Howard Brill, Professors
Steven Sheppard, Cindy Nance,
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Judith Kilpatrick, and
Carl Circo; (Bottom middle)
Interim Dean Howard Brill
and his wife Katherine; (Bottom
right) Professor Mary Beth
Matthews, ’78, with Justice Bob
Brown and Bill Adair, ’66.
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ù50ú
Phillip Carroll, ’50, of Rose
Law Firm in Little Rock, was
named in the 2006 edition of The
Best Lawyers in America in First
Amendment law.
ù55ú
George E. Campbell, ’55, of
Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, was
named in the 2006 edition of The
Best Lawyers in America in real
estate law.
ù59ú
William H. Sutton, ’59,
announced his retirement as the
firm chairman and managing
partner of Friday, Eldredge & Clark
of Little Rock.
Philip E. Dixon, ’59, founding
partner of Dover Dixon Horne, was
honored posthumously with the
James H. McKenzie Professionalism
Award from the Arkansas Bar
Foundation.
The Honorable Bradley D.
Jesson, ’59, former Chief Justice of
the Arkansas Supreme Court and
attorney with Hardin, Jesson &
Terry of Ft. Smith, was re-appointed
by the Arkansas Supreme Court as
a special master in the Lake View
school funding case.
ù61ú
John Robert Graves, ’61, has
been named to the advisory board
of BancorpSouth in Little Rock.
Judge William David Newbern,
’61, former Justice of the Arkansas
Supreme Court, was reappointed
by the Arkansas Supreme Court as
a special master in the Lake View
school funding case.
ù64ú
William C. Bridgforth, ’64,
received the C.E. Ransick Award of
Excellence from the Arkansas Bar
Foundation.
ù68ú
U.S. Circuit Judge Morris
Sheppard Arnold, ’68, of Little
Rock, announced his intention to
take senior status in October 2006.
ù71ú
John Steven Clark, ’71, teaches
law at St. Thomas University
in Miami and travels to speak
at conferences held by the
Association of Certified Fraud
Examiners.
Dr. Morris M. Henry, ’71, was
appointed to the Hendrix College
capital campaign cabinet.
ù73ú
Patrick J. Goss, ’73, of Rose Law
Firm of Little Rock, was named
in the 2006 edition of The Best
Lawyers in America in commercial
litigation.
ù76ú
C. Brantly Buck, ’76, of Rose
Law Firm in Little Rock, was
named in the 2006 edition of The
Best Lawyers in America in tax law
and trust and estates.
ù78ú
J. Shepherd Russell, ’78, has
been named vice-chairman of the
firm of Friday, Eldredge & Clark of
Little Rock. He is also head of the
firm’s public finance department.
ù80ú
Ronald M. Clark, ’80, of Rose
Law Firm in Little Rock was named
in the 2006 edition of The Best
Lawyers in America in bankruptcy
and creditor-debtor rights law.
ù72ú
Charles Turner Coleman, ’80, a
partner with the Wright, Lindsey,
Jennings law firm in Little Rock,
was inducted into the American
College of Bankruptcy in the Great
Hall of the United States Supreme
Court in Washington D.C.
A. Glen Vasser, ’72, of
McKenzie, McRae, Vasser &
Barber in Prescott, Ark., was sworn
in as president of the Arkansas Bar
Association for a one-year term.
Rodney Slater, ’80, will chair a
working group of national and local
volunteers and staff to provide
oversight and guide specific uses of
the United Way Hurricane Katrina
Ann R. Henry, ’71, was
appointed to the Hendrix College
capital campaign cabinet.
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Response Fund for the United Way
of America (UWA).
ù82ú
The Honorable Mary
Ann Gunn, ’82, Washington
County Fourth Circuit Judge of
Fayetteville, was appointed by
Governor Mike Huckabee to serve
as one of twenty-seven members
on the Arkansas Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Coordinating Council.
ù83ú
Richard T. Donovan, ’83, of
Rose Law Firm in Little Rock,
was named in the 2006 edition of
The Best Lawyers in America for
commercial litigation.
Donna C. Pettus, ’83, was
appointed by the Arkansas Bar
Association to the Law School
Committee, Judicial Nominations
Committee, and the House
Committee for the future Bar
Center of the Association.
The Honorable Lynn Williams,
’83, was appointed by Governor
Huckabee to be circuit Judge for
the 18th Judicial District East in
Garland County, Ark.
ù89ú
Shannon Boyd, ’89, was
appointed director of integration
for BNSF Logistics, LLC. He is
a certified project management
professional.
ù90ú
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Stephen Butler, a partner with
Keith, Miller, Butler & Webb
PLLC of Rogers, Ark., was named
to the Arkansas Business 40 Under
40 list.
ù92ú
Kathryn Bennett Perkins, ’92,
of Rose Law Firm in Little Rock,
is serving as the President of the
Junior League of Little Rock for
2005-6.
ù93ú
Robin Green, ’93, the Benton
County prosecuting attorney, has
been appointed by Governor Mike
Huckabee to the Arkansas State
Crime Laboratory Board.
ù94ú
Paul Suskie, ’94, city attorney
for North Little Rock, has been
elected president of the Arkansas
City Attorney’s Association for the
state of Arkansas.
ù95ú
Will Bond, ’95, a partner
with Bond & Chamberlin
of Jacksonville, Ark. and
representative for District 44
of Arkansas, was named to the
Arkansas Business 40 Under 40 list.
Tonya Floyd, ’95, keynote
speaker at the first annual NIA
Heritage Awards “Celebrating
the Achievements of Black
Professionals,” in February 2006,
recently launched Tonya Floyd
Communications in Rogers, Ark.
Rick Woods, ’95, and Ashley
Michele Woods gave birth to
Alexandra Reese Woods, on May
19, 2005.
ù96ú
James S. Frazier, ’96, has joined
Cadwalder, Wickersham & Taft
LLP of New York City as Special
Counsel in the Tax Department.
His concentration is in the area of
employee benefits and ERISA law.
ù97ú
Mark Murphey Henry, ’97, and
Courtney Hudson Henry, ’97, gave
birth to Harrison Murphey Henry
on July 14, 2005.
ù98ú
Jennifer L. Barger, ’98, has been
selected as Assistant Professor of
Legal Studies for the University
of Central Oklahoma in Edmond,
Okla.
Amy Christine Estes, ’98, and
Matthew Lannigan Turner were
married on March 5, 2005.
Brian Hyneman, ’98, has joined
the Northwest Arkansas office of
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates &
Woodyard, PLLC, and specializes
in estate planning and general
tax planning for corporations,
partnerships, limited liability
companies, and individuals.
Eric W. Payne, ’98, is the
Assistant General Counsel in the
office of the Chief Financial Office
of the Government of the District
of Columbia.
ù99ú
Patrick D. Wilson, ’99, and
Ann Wilson gave birth to Tucker
August Wilson on July 15, 2005.
ù00ú
Sarah Cotton, ’00, was elected
treasurer of Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Central Arkansas. She is an
attorney at Friday, Eldredge &
Clark of Little Rock.
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Lisa Carole Evans, ’00, and
Robert S. Parks were married on
January 29, 2005.
ù01ú
Chad Eric Jacobs, ’01, and Julie
Amanda Adams were married on
October 29, 2005, at the Berry
College Chapel. Chad earned his
undergraduate degree in Rome, Ga. Chad and Julie are both assistant
attorneys general for the Georgia
Department of Law. ù02ú
Michael Barrett Alexander, ’02,
and Laura Meriweather Egger were
married on October 1, 2005.
Abbie D’Ann Decker, ’02,
and Ross Courtney Rucker were
married on May 26, 2005.
Valerie Michelle Glover, ’02,
and Travis Kelly Fortner were
married on August 20, 2005.
Sarah Margaret Morris, ’02, and
Andrew Leigh Colley were married
on July 16, 2005.
Tina Anne Smith, ’02, and
Patrick Kyle Smith gave birth to
Kyan Kenrick Smith on December
5, 2005.
ù03ú
Adam Wayne Brill, ’03, and
Trung-Khanh Ngo were married on
December 17, 2005.
David A. Harris, ’03, and
Ashley W. Harris gave birth to
Mason Alexander Harris on
November 10, 2005.
Hugh Mills Jarratt, ’03, and
Carol Nicole Booth, ’04, were
married on June 18, 2005.
ù04ú
Frank H. Falkner, ’04, joined
the Rose Law Firm of Little Rock;
his practice areas are general
business and commercial law.
Acker Penick Hodges, ’04, and
Christopher David Bell, ’04, were
married on May 14, 2005.
Jennifer A. Mills, ’04, and
Jonathan Joseph Macke, ’04, were
married on October 8, 2005.
Colin Patterson Wall, ’04, and
Leanna Elizabeth Dye were married
on September 24, 2005.
ù05ú
Rodrick and Tanya Holmes, ’05.
Tanya Cornelia Corbin,
’05, and Rodrick Darnell James
Holmes, ’05, were married on
November 26, 2005 in Trapnall
Hall in Little Rock by Rodrick’s
father Rev. Larry J. Holmes. Tanya
is an attorney with Lawrence &
Russell, LLP, and Rodrick is an
attorney with James T. McColgan
& Associates, PLLC. They reside
in Cordova, Tenn.
Adam Hale Crow, ’05, and
Julia Ann Carlisle were married on
August 6, 2005.
Melissa Glassco, ’05, and
Walt Greenslade were married on
January 6, 2006.
Tamla J. Lewis, ’05, has joined
the Northwest Arkansas office of
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates &
Woodyard, PLLC, as an associate
specializing in business litigations,
employment litigation, and
insurance defense.
To submit your announcement to class
action, please e-mail information to Amy
Ramsden at aramsde@uark.edu. Highresolution photographs are encouraged.
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ù82ú
ù91ú
Linda Grim McCormick,
’82, was the 2005 recipient
of the American Agricultural
Law Association (AALA)
Distinguished Service award, in
recognition of her years of service
as editor of the AALA publication,
The Ag Law Update.
Joe Kaufman, ’91, was
appointed corporate counsel for
Raybor Management, Inc., located
in Medford, Ore.
Terry Centner, ’82, continues
his work as professor of agricultural
and applied economics at the
University of Georgia, researching
animal feeding operations. He
recently presented papers on
governmental regulations of the
disposal of manure at international
conferences in Changchun, China,
and Dubrovnik, Croatia. Last
year, Terry’s book, Empty Pastures,
was published by the University of
Illinois Press.
ù86ú
Sid Ansbacher, ’86, was selected
by Florida Trend Magazine as among
Florida’s Legal Elite.
Bob Davidson, ’86, reactivated
the law firm of Davidson &
Associates, P.A., practicing in the
areas of nursing home negligence,
medical malpractice, products
liability, and personal injury.
ù89ú
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Charles J. Condon, ’89, is
the law library director at the
Appalachian School of Law in
Grundy, Va.
Domenico Viti, ’91, is a
Professor of Agricultural Law at
the University of Foggia in Italy,
where he teaches agricultural law
and non-profit organization law.
He is also the European Union
Erasmus Scholarship Coordinator
for his university and a Professor in
the Ph.D. post-graduate program in
private law and new technologies
at the University of Bari. He and
his wife have an organic farm that
hosts people interested in organic
farming. They have had guests
from USA, England, New Zealand,
Ireland, Israel, Australia, and
Slovakia. Their website is
www.pilapalucci.com.
ù93ú
Janie Simms Hipp, ’93,
assisted in the formation of the
Oklahoma/Arkansas Poultry
Partners organization of contract
poultry growers and co-founded
the nationwide Native Women
in Agriculture organization. She
works with several intertribal
agricultural producer organizations
in forming producer cooperatives.
She was named to the “Future
of Animal Agriculture in North
America” policy group formed by
Farm Foundation and is completing
work for the National Public Policy
Education Committee, also funded
by Farm Foundation.
ù95ú
Kyle Lathrop, ’95, has
taken a new position with Dow
AgroSciences as Global Business
Leader for Licensing & Business
Development.
Charles J. Sullivan, ’96, has
joined the Syracuse, N.Y., law
firm of Bond, Schoenick &
King, PLLC, as a partner. His
practice includes representation
of agricultural clients such as
regional cooperatives, agricultural
suppliers, agricultural lenders, food
processors, producers, and other
agribusinesses.
ù97ú
Bridget Beaton, ’97, works as
a consultant with USDA, NRCS
on privacy matters as well as
public disclosure of information
regarding the agency’s conservation
programs. She and her husband
had another baby, Kirsten Rebecca.
ù98ú
In 2005, Glenn Hegar, ’98,
began his second term in the Texas
legislature. Plus he and his wife,
Dara, welcomed the arrival of
their new daughter, Claire Anne.
Glenn still farms with his family.
In the legislature, Glenn serves as
a member of the highly influential
Committee on Appropriations and
is the Chairman for Budget and
Oversight for the Committee on
Law Enforcement.
LLM class action
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Paeton L. Burkett, ’01, works
part-time for the East Baton Rouge
Parish attorney’s office. She and
her husband, Eric, had a second
baby last fall.
Kristi Ford, ’01, formed Midwest
Agricultural Consultants and
has worked with the Dutch dairy
farmers throughout the Midwest
and also in the Netherlands and
Germany. She is also working as
in-house counsel for Heritage Farm
Meats, a meat processing facility in
southern Ohio.
Anne Hazlett, ’01, is Chief of
Staff to Indiana Lt. Gov. Becky
Skillman. Anne serves on the
Board of Directors of the American
Agricultural Law Association.
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Harrison Pittman, ‘02, who
serves as staff attorney at the
National Center for Agricultural
Law taught an eight-week course
in an Introduction to Agricultural
Law and Policy at the University
of Arkansas School of Law in
Little Rock.
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Mark Henry, ’04, is practicing
intellectual property law at the
Henry Law Firm with an emphasis
on agricultural law. He and
Courtney recently welcomed a
new son to his family, Harrison
Murphey Henry.
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Joshua Crain, ’05, took a
position in McMinnville, Tenn.,
as Assistant District Attorney
General. He and Ashley had their
first child, Jackson Lee.
Kaleb Hennign, ’05, married
Jennifer Smiddy and accepted an
associate attorney position at the
Henry Law Firm in Fayetteville.
Amy Lowenthal, ’05, has
relocated to Washington D.C.,
to accept a position as Attorney
Advisor/Policy Analyst in the
USDA’s Office of Inspector
General Planning and Special
Projects.
Ross Pifer, ’05, and Rachal
returned to Pennsylvania, where
Ross accepted a position with
the United States Department
of Agriculture, Office of General
Counsel.
Dawn Marie Stidd, ’05, and
Bill relocated to El Dorado, Ark.,
where Dawn accepted an associate
attorney position with Compton,
Prewett, Thomas & Hickey, L.L.P.
Jeffrey A. Feirick, ’02, has a new
position as General Counsel of The
Clemens Family Corporation in
Hatfield, Penn.
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in memoriam
The Honorable Bernice Lichty
Kizer, ’45, passed away on January
16, 2005. Ms. Kizer was the first
woman elected to a judgeship in
Arkansas, serving as chancery
and probate judge in Fort Smith
for twelve years. She was also the
first woman to chair a legislative
committee during her fourteen
years as a member of the Arkansas
House of Representatives.
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Woodson W. “Bill” Bassett
Jr., ’49, passed away on January
10, 2006. Bill’s life, both personal
and professional, was marked
by much success and many
accomplishments, but at his
request, they will not be recited
here. To use his words, “It will
suffice to say I grew up hard but
married well, fathered three good
children, and with little natural
talent, worked very hard and
ethically to succeed as a lawyer. I
lived the best way I knew how and
had a good and long life. My wife,
Marynm, and my three children are
my epitaph, making it important
that I lived at all.”
Robert E. “Doc” Irwin, ’58,
of Russellville, passed away on
August 6, 2005, at the Arkansas
Heart Hospital in Little Rock. He
was seventy-four years old. As a
husband and father he was steadfast
and loyal. He drew his greatest
satisfaction in life from his family,
his friends, practicing law, and
fishing. He was born in Russellville
on May 24, 1931, to Dr. Emmett
Erastus Irwin and Bessie Catherine
Gill Irwin Bowers. He graduated
from Russellville High School
in 1949 and attended Arkansas
Tech University. A veteran of
the United States Air Force, he
served in the Korean War and was
decorated for heroism. He earned
his law degree from the University
of Arkansas School of Law and was
licensed to practice law in 1958.
in memoriam
Lemuel C. Bryan, ’32
Harry Lee Ponder Jr., ’34
John T. West Jr., ’35
The Honorable
Paul X. Williams Jr., ’67
James A. “Jim” Neal, ’71
W.J. “Jay” Jernigan Jr., ’41
L.D. Blair, ’49
James M. Gardner, ’49
The Honorable
Lowber Hendricks Jr., ’49
Leon Reed, ’49
Robert Ben Allen, ’50
John William “Bill”
Murphy, ’50
Robert C. Compton, ’52
William C. Gilliam, ’52
The Honorable
Don Langston, ’61
Norman M. Smith, ’65
Jay Noble Tolley, ’71
Dick Johnston, ’72
John Biscoe Bingham, ’74
David Earl Smith, ’75
William R. Gibson, ’78
Elton A. Rieves IV, ’81
David B. Evans, ’92
John David Wall, ’92
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transcript
Jim Smith, ’94
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Fayetteville
www.fridayfirm.com
Where and when were you born?
November 3, 1968 in Russellville, Arkansas.
Why did you want to be a lawyer?
My family was in the hardware business. I just knew I didn’t want to be
in hardware.
What was law school like?
As an accounting major, I was used to a rigorous schedule, but law
school was more demanding. You had to keep up with reading and learn to
prioritize and manage your time.
What are your areas of practice?
Real Estate Transactions and Commercial Lending
Securities Regulation
Private Placements
Planning for Start-Up Businesses and Emerging Companies
Venture Capital and Private Equity
Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
Corporate Divisions and Liquidations
Limited Liability Entities and Partnerships
Corporate Taxation, Including Subchapter S Corporations
Business and Corporate Law
How did you decide to specialize in tax law?
I never wanted to be a litigator. From the beginning I liked business.
When I finished law school, I earned my LL.M. in taxation from the New
York University School of Law and went to work for Friday Eldredge &
Clark.
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What’s your advice for working with clients?
I tell my clients they ought to be billing me for the education they give
me. It’s easier to take care of clients when you come in and get a grasp
of how they think and want they want to achieve. Everybody’s trying to
achieve the same thing—happiness and peace of mind—but people go
about it in different ways. In Northwest Arkansas, it’s pretty easy to get to
know your client.
transcript
What’s the worst invention ever made?
(As his BlackBerry vibrates) The BlackBerry is the worst invention
ever made.
What are your goals?
My goal is within the next three years, by the time I’m forty, to have my
priorities right, to be balanced and comfortable with the decisions I make. I
have a five year old and a two year old and I want to make sure I put them
and my wife first.
Do you have any advice about a happy marriage (Jim has been with his
high school sweetheart for more than half of his life)?
Overmarry. My wife got the short end of the stick. You have to have
complete respect for the other person. She’s a lot more easy going than I
am. If I have to depreciate a relationship at home or with a client, I would
just as soon lose the relationship with the client.
What’s your involvement now with the University of Arkansas School of
Law?
I was a 1994 graduate of the Law School and the first president of
the Law Alumni Society for the past two years. I also teach Securities
Regulation and used to teach Business Ethics in the Post-Enron Era, as an
adjunct instructor.
Why should alumni join the Law Alumni Society?
The Law Alumni Society is a relatively young society; we’re only three
years old and we’re still trying to grow and need the input of our young
graduates. When you first graduate from law school, you want to separate
yourself, go out and make a name and find your profession, but this is the
best time to make a relationship with your law school. As you get older, you
find it more and more important.
Do you have any memories you’d like to share about Dean Atkinson?
I, like so many others, had a tremendous amount of respect for
Dean Atkinson—not only as a legal scholar but more importantly as an
outstanding ambassador of the Law School and the university as a whole.
He demanded the very best from his students; yet Dean Atkinson had
the ability to make every student and member of the faculty feel like he
or she had a special relationship with him. While his genuine and sincere
appreciation for those around him will likely not be forgotten, his true
legacy to me will be the physical expansion of the Law School facilities
which he led during the last few years of his life. I wouldn’t want to be the
person who was given the task of filling his shoes.
For more information
about the Law Alumni Society,
please contact Malcolm McNair
at mmcnair@uark.edu or 479575-7735. You may also join the
Arkansas Alumni Association
online at alumni.uark.edu.
Know someone you’d like to read about
in Transcript? Contact Amy Ramsden at
aramsde@uark.edu.
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LLM Graduate Program in Agricultural Law
Margaret “Margie” Alsbrook, B.A.
History, Hendrix College, J.D.,
University of Arkansas School of Law
• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Food
Law & Policy
• Arkansas Law Review
• American Inns of Court
• National Student Director,
American Bar Association Client
Counseling Competition
Jillian S. Hishaw, B.S. Biology/
Environmental Science, Tuskegee
University, J.D. University of Arkansas
School of Law
• Presenter, “The Effects of
Carcinogenic Herbicide Use in
Urban Areas,” Ecological Society
of America
• Presenter, “Twenty Years of
Waiting: A Legislative Analysis
of Oklahoma v. Arkansas on the
Regulation of Poultry Litter”
• Judicial Extern, Judge Jimm Larry
Hendren, U.S. District Court of
Western Arkansas
• Clerk, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Sarah E. Masimore, B.S. Animal
Science/Agriculture Business
Management, Pennsylvania State
University, J.D., Widener University
School of Law
• Moot Court Honor Society
• Trial Advocacy Honor Society
• Intern, Governor’s Office of
General Counsel, Harrisburg,
Penn.
• Pennsylvania Human Relations
Commission
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Regina Leal de Oliveira, LL.B.,
Integrated Colleges of VitoriaFaculty of Law, B.B.A., Business
Administration, Federal University of
Espirito Santo
• Post-graduate Certification,
Specialization in Constitutional
Law (Constitutional Rights &
Guarantees)
• Integrated Colleges of VitoriaFaculty of Administration & Law
• Author, The Meaning of the Term
Fundamental Form on ADPF
Institute (2004); Brazil’s Position
in the International Commerce
After the Globalization (2002);
Principle of Liberty (1998)
• Attorney, Petrobas Oil and Gas
Company, Vitoria, Brazil
Kurt B. Olson, B.S., Agronomy,
University of Wisconsin-River Falls,
J.D., Drake University Law School
• Junior Staff Member, Drake
Journal of Agricultural Law
• Clerk, USDA-Natural Resources
Conservation Service
• Clerk, Iowa Department of Justice
Farm Division
Alison E. Peck, B.A., Journalism,
Spanish, French (Summa cum laude)
Butler University, J.D., Yale Law School
• Author, Standing for Protection of
Collective Rights in the European
Communities, George Washington
Journal of International Law &
Economics (2000)
• Associate, Boies, Schiller &
Flexner, LLP., Washington, D.C.
• Clerk, Judge Jon O. Newman,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit
LLM Graduate Program in Agricultural Law
Claude “Patrick” Roberts, B.A.,
Political Science (Cum laude), Auburn
University, J.D., Mississippi College
School of Law
• Author, Weekly Summary of
Mississippi Law, The Mississippi
Law Institute
• Special Projects Assistant, The
Mississippi Law Institute
Angela M. Schnuerle, B.A., History,
University of Houston, J.D., University
of Arkansas-Little Rock William H.
Bowen School of Law
• President’s Award
• Pulaski County Bar Association
•W
ho’s Who in the Hispanic
Community
• Hispanic Outreach Project,
Senator Blanche Lincoln’s Staff
Hugh Brock Showalter, B.A.,
Politics, Hendrix College, J.D.,
University of Arkansas School of Law
• Washington County Public
Defender
Elizabeth J. Smith McKinney,
B.A., History, Drury University, J.D.,
University of Missouri-Kansas City
• Staff Attorney, Legal Aid of
Western Missouri, Kansas City,
MO
Brandon C. Willis, B.S., Crop
Science, Utah State University, J.D.,
University of Wyoming College of Law
• Intern, USDA-Foreign
Agricultural Service
For graduating students who did not elect to be
photographed, we have substituted a Buddha head from the
late Dick Atkinson’s personal art collection. We hope that it
reflects Dick’s spirit and sense of humor.
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JD Program in Law
Ethan D. Atwood, B.A. History,
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Karley R. Avis, B.S. Marketing, Iowa
State University
Boone, Iowa
• Wills Project, Habitat for
Humanity
• Treasurer, Women’s Law Student
Association
• Dean’s List
• Law School Mentor Program
Amanda Rae Moore Barnes, B.A.
Accounting, Arkansas Tech University
Dierks, Arkansas
• Dean’s List
• Marshall, Phi Alpha Delta,
• Research and Editing Assistant,
Dean Howard W. Brill
• Judicial Extern, Judge Mark
Lindsay
• Clerk, Attorney John R. Eldridge,
III
Brynna F. Barnica, B.A. Criminal
Justice/Sociology, University of Arkansas
Lowell, Arkansas
• Secretary, Student Health Law
Organization
Judy S. Barton, B.A. Psychology,
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
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John Travis Baxter, B.A. Political
Science, University of the SouthSewanee
Little Rock, Arkansas
• Associate Editor, Journal of Food
Law & Policy
• Judicial Extern, Judge Richard
D. Taylor
• Clerk, Davis, Wright, Clark,
Butt and Carithers, PLC
• Clerk, Baxter and Jewell, P.A.
• Dean’s List
Jordan L Beard, B.A. Economics/
Business, Lake Forest College
Little Rock, Arkansas
• Third-place Winner, Graduate
Division of the Arkansas
Governor’s Award for
Entrepreneurial Development
Kedron Benham, B.A. German,
Dartmouth College
Springdale, Arkansas
Andrew B. Blankenship, B.A.
Political Science, University of
Arkansas
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Luke Boyer, B.S.B.A. Finance,
University of Arkansas
Webb City, Missouri
• Board of Advocates
• Ben J. Altheimer Spring Moot
Court Quarter Finalist
• Study Abroad, Cambridge,
England
• HLA Hart Society
• Dean’s List
JD Program in Law
Ali M. Brady, B.A. History, Hendrix
College
Hot Springs, Arkansas
• Note and Comment Editor,
Arkansas Law Review
• Best Brief and Fourth-place
Overall, National Criminal
Procedure Moot Court
Competition
• Co-chair, Ben J. Altheimer Spring
Moot Court Competition
• Board of Advocates
Brook A. Brewer, B.A. Journalism,
University of Arkansas
Fort Smith, Arkansas
• Executive Editor, Arkansas Law
Review
• Finalist, 2005 William H.
Sutton Barrister’s Union Trial
Competition
• National Trial Competition
Traveling Team Alternate, 20042005
• American Trial Lawyers
Association Trial Competition
Traveling Team, 2005-2006
• Board of Advocates
Benjamin W. Bristow, B.A. English,
Lyon College
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Bradley W. Brown, B.A. Business,
University of Arkansas-Little Rock
Harrison, Arkansas
• Dean’s List
• Ben J. Altheimer Spring Moot
Court Competition
• Fall Moot Court
• Clerk, Pulaski County Attorney’s
Office
• Clerk, Pulaski County Assessor’s
Office
Miranda Burris, B.S. Accounting,
Louisiana Tech University
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Rebecca L. Caldwell, B.A. Computer
Science, University of Arkansas
Russellville, Arkansas
• Equal Justice Works
• Treasurer, Lambda Legal Society
• Student Bar Association
Heather R. Campbell, B.A. Political
Science/Theatre, University of Central
Arkansas
Harrison, Arkansas
• American Trial Lawyers Association Mock Trial Traveling Team
• President, Women's Law Student
Association
• American Trial Lawyers
Association Student Chapter
• American Bar Association Student
Chapter
• Student Bar Association
Johnathan Carter, B.S. Business
Management, University of ArkansasPine Bluff
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
• Board of Advocates
• Vice President, Black Law Student
Association
• Ben J. Altheimer Spring Moot
Court Competition
Lindsey Castleberry, B.S.B.A.
Transportation/Logistics
Batesville, Arkansas
• Student Bar Association
Maria U. Chandler, B.A. German,
University of Maryland-College Park
M.P.A., Syracuse University
Dardanelle, Arkansas
• Dean’s List
• Clerk, Law Offices of Rey Petty
• Moot Court
• Client Counseling Competition
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JD Program in Law
Michael B. Childers, B.A.
Geography, University of Arkansas
Bentonville, Arkansas
• Note & Comment Editor, Arkansas
Law Review
• Clerk, Friday, Eldredge & Clark
• Clerk, Davis, Wright, Clark, Butt
& Carithers
Heather R. Clark, B.A. Economics/
Business, Hendrix College
Rogers, Arkansas
• Phi Delta Phi
• American Bar Association Student
Division
• Student Bar Association
John D. Crisp, Jr., B.S. Sports
Management, University of Texas
Texarkana, Texas
• W.B. Putman Inns of Court
• Associate Editor, Journal of Food
Law & Policy
• Rule XV Student Attorney, Civil
Practice Clinic
• Judicial Extern, Judge Kim. M.
Smith
• Summer Associate, Mitchell,
Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard
Shallon R. Cummings, B.A.
Psychology, University of Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
• Dean’s List
• Third-place Winner, American
Bar Association Client Counseling
Competition 2005
• Secretary, Employment and Labor
Law Society
• Phi Delta Phi
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Stephanie DeClerk, B.A. Public
Relations/Advertising, University of
Arkansas
Pocahontas, Arkansas
• Note & Comment Editor, Arkansas
Law Review
• Arkansas Bar Foundation’s Vincent
Foster, Jr., Scholarship
• Moot Court Competition Quarterfinalist
• Christian Legal Society Member
• Dean Search Committee
Christian M. Denmon, B.A. Busness
Administration, University of Florida
Valrico, Florida
Brad G. Dowler, B.S.B.A Economics,
University of Arkansas
B.S.B.A. Economics
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rkansas Law Review
• Phi Delta Phi
Donald D. Draper, III,
B.S.Agribusiness, Oklahoma State
University
Booneville, Arkansas
• Clerk, Wal-Mart Realty
• Federalist Society
• Boozenbuds Softball Team
Julia C. Dunbar, B.A. Economics,
University of Bucharest
M.B.A. Bocconi University, Milan,
Italy
Little Rock, Arkansas
• William H. Sutton Barrister’s
Union Trial Competition
• American Bar Association
Negotiations Competition
• Phi Alpha Delta
• Study Abroad Program, Cambridge,
England
J. Clay Earl, B.A. African, Asian,
Latin American History, University of
the South
Little Rock, Arkansas
Kevin J. Edwards, B.A. Criminal
Justice/English, University of South
Dakota
Spearfish, South Dakota
• Phi Delta Phi
• American Bar Association
Negotiations Competition
Traveling Team
• Dean’s List
JD Program in Law
Lindsay K. Edwards, B.S. Criminal
Justice/Psychology
University of South Dakota
Sioux City, Iowa
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rkansas Law Review
• Phi Delta Phi Honors Fraternity
• Negotiations Competition
Traveling Team
• Honor Council Representative
• Student Health Law Society
Laura Ferner, B.A. Liberal Arts,
University of Arkansas-Ft. Smith
Ft. Smith, Arkansas
• Women’s Law Student Association
Adam C. Flock, B.A. English,
Arkansas State University
Blytheville, Arkansas
Vince T. Fok, B.S. Microbiology,
University of Saskatchewan
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rachel Erin Gallagher, B.A.
Psychology, University of Arkansas
Alma, Arkansas
• Treasurer, Women’s Law Student
Association
• American Civil Liberties Union
Student Chapter
• Environmental Law Society
• International Law Society
• Dean’s List
Paul Gibbs, B.S. Psychology,
Arkansas State University
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Jason H. Gilbert, B.S. Political
Science, Southwest Missouri State
University
Mountain View, Arkansas
Billy A. Glass, B.S. Finance/Real
Estate, University of Arkansas
Greenwood, Arkansas
Hope Elizabeth Goins, B.A. English,
Tougaloo College
Grenada, Mississippi
• Judicial Extern, Judge Robert
Dawson
• Best Brief, Ben J. Altheimer Moot
Court Competition
• National Black Law Student
Midwestern Regional Board
• Co-chair, Ben J. Altheimer Spring
Moot Court Competition
• Journal of Food Law & Policy
Suneel Gupta, B.A. Economics,
Rhodes College
Hot Springs, Arkansas
• Associate Editor, Journal of Food
Law & Policy
• Student Bar Association Faculty
Liaison
• W.B. Putman Inns of Court
• Clerk, Boult, Cummings, Conners
& Berry, Nashville, Tenn.
• Clerk, Baker, Donelson, Bearman,
Caldwell and Berkowitz, Nashville,
Tenn.
Michael Scott Hall, B.S.B.A.
Economics, University of Arkansas
Bentonville, Arkansas
• Note & Comment Editor, Arkansas
Law Review
• Student Bar Association
• Dean’s List
• Burlsworth Scholar
• Judicial Extern, Judge Richard
Taylor, Bankruptcy Court, Western
District of Arkansas
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JD Program in Law
Shannon Paul Hamilton, B.B.A.
Finance, Baylor University
Flower Mound, Texas
• Black Law Student Association
• Community Life Committee
Nolan K. Helder, B.A. Liberal Arts,
Baylor University
West Fork, Arkansas
Laura Leigh Hampton, B.A.
Psychology, Hendrix College
West Fork, Arkansas
• Student Coordinator/Mediator,
Northwest Arkansas Mediation
Project
• Clerk, Davis Wright Clark Butt &
Carithers
• Judicial Extern, Judge Richard
Taylor, Western District of
Arkansas
• Vice President, Women's Law
Student Association
• Quarterfinalist, William H.
Sutton Barrister’s Union Trial
Competition
Shane A. Henry, B.A. Political
Science
Heavener, Oklahoma
• National First Amendment Moot
Court Competition
• Best Brief, Semi-Finalist, Ben
J. Altheimer Moot Court
Competition
• Judicial Extern, Judge Robert T.
Dawson.
• Dean’s List
William Bassett Harris Jr., B.S.
Political Science, Texas A&M
University
McKinney, Texas
• American Bar Association
National Appellate Advocacy
Competition Traveling Team
• Semi-finalist, Ben J. Altheimer
Moot Court Competition
• Board of Advocates
• President & Treasurer, Phi Delta
Phi
• Chairperson, Secretary, Student
Conduct Council
L. Keith Harvey, B.A. Philosophy/
Political Science, University of Arkansas
Jacksonville, Arkansas
• Finalist, Benjamin J. Altheimer
Moot Court Competition
• Member, Board of Advocates
• Vice-President, International Law
Society
• Member, Philip C. Jessup
International Law Moot Court
Traveling Team
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Aaron S. Hill, B.S. Psychology,
College of the Ozarks
Osceola, Arkansas
Katherine Hingtgen, B.A.
Speech Communication, M.A.
Communications, Arkansas State
University
Sarasota, Florida
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rkansas Law Review
• Board of Advocates
• First Amendment Moot Court
• Jessup Moot Court
• Women’s Law Student Association
Katherine L. Hinkle, B.S. Speech
Communication, University of Central
Arkansas
Mountain View, Arkansas
• Judicial Extern, Judge John R.
Scott
• Clerk, Wilson & Associates,
P.L.L.C.
• Nominee, Jessup International Law
Moot Court Competition
• Clerk, Phi Alpha Delta
• Dean’s List
JD Program in Law
C. Aaron Holt, B.A. Political
Science, University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
• Articles Editor, Arkansas Law
Review
• School of Law Presidential Award
• Christian Legal Society
Nelson R. Ireson, B.A. Speech
Communication
Arkansas State University
• Chair, Fall Moot Court
• Rule XV Student Attorney, Civil
Practice Clinic
• Board of Advocates
Christopher A. Holt, B.S. Political
Science, Austin Peay State University
Nashville, Tennessee
Kristopher A. Isham, B.A. Speech/
Theatre, Arkansas Tech University
Bentonville, Arkansas
• Executive Editor, Journal of Food
Law & Policy
• Author, “Caveat Vendor: Products
Liability and Genetically Modified
Foods,” Journal of Food Law &
Policy, Spring 2006
• Phi Delta Phi
• Jim G. Ferguson Fund Scholarship
Recipient
• Edward Baylor Meriwether
Scholarship Recipient
Adam L. Hopkins, B.S.B.A.
Accounting
Texarkana, Arkansas
Amber M. Hulsey, B.A. Political
Science/Criminal Justice, University of
Arkansas
• American Bar Association Student
Division
• Federal Judicial Extern
• Extern, Judge Robert T. Dawson,
U.S. District, Western District of
Arkansas
Amanda B. Hurst, B.A. Political
Science/Speech Communications,
Ouachita Baptist University
Van Buren, Arkansas
• Research Editor, Arkansas Law
Review
• Winner, 2005 Ben J. Altheimer
Moot Court Prize Round
Competition
• Brief Writer, National Moot Court
Traveling Team
• Board of Advocates
• Clerk, Bassett Law Firm
Ashley M. Jacks, B.A. Journalism/
Criminal Justice, University of
Mississippi
White Hall, Arkansas
• John G. Ferguson Scholar
• Dean’s List
• Women’s Law Student Association
• Intern, Jefferson County
Prosecutors Office
• Clerk, Bassett Law Firm
Ben Jackson, B.A. English Literature,
University of Arkansas
Searcy, Arkansas
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rkansas Law Review
• National Moot Court Team
• Vice President, Phi Delta Phi
• Board of Advocates
Crystal Raelynn Jackson, B.S.
Criminal Justice, Northeastern State
University
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
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JD Program in Law
J. Shontavia Jackson, B.S. Biosystems
Engineering, Clemson University
Aiken, South Carolina
• Associate Editor, Arkansas Law
Review
• Best Brief, Fourth-place Overall,
National Criminal Procedure Moot
Court Competition
• W. Harold Flowers Law Society
Scholarship Recipient
• Vincent W. Foster Scholarship
Recipient
• Black Law Student Association
Michael Jackson, B.S. Public
Relations, Arkansas State University
M.B.A., University of Arkansas
West Memphis, Arkansas
• Christian Legal Society
• Black Law Student Association
• Law School Dean Search
Committee
Sara Catherine Jobe, B.S.
Gerontology, Southwest Missouri State
University
Rogers, Arkansas
• President, Student Health Law
Organization
• Vice President, Equal Justice
Works
• Phi Delta Phi
• W.B. Putman Inns of Court
• Clerk, U. S. House of
Representatives Energy and
Commerce Committee
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Calysta L. Johnson, B.A. Liberal
Arts, University of Arkansas-Little Rock
North Little Rock, Arkansas
• President, University of Arkansas
Student Chapter of the ACLU
• President, Womens Law Students
Association
• SBA Women and Minorities
Representative
• American Bar Association
National Appellate Advocacy
Competition Traveling Team
Member
• Volunteer & Clinic Participant,
Innocence Project of Arkansas
Cory M. Johnson, B.A. Political
Science, University of South Carolina
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Jordana Dylan Johnson, B.A.
Psychology, Arkansas Tech University,
M.S. Criminal Justice/Legal Studies,
Northeastern State University
Russellville, Arkansas
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rkansas Law Review
• Board of Advocates
• First-place Winner, 2004 Client
Counseling Competition
• Fourth-place Winner, 2004
Regional Client Counseling
Competition
• Wilson & Associates Ethics
Scholarship
Leon Jones Jr., B.A. English,
University of Arkansas
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
• IOLTA Scholarship Recipient
• President, Black Law Student
Association
• Vice-President, International Law
Society
• Winner, Mid-West Region 2005
Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial
Competition
• Legislative Liaison, Mid-West
Region Black Law Student
Association
Cloud Night Keyes, B.A. Criminal
Justice/Sociology, University of Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
Gregory Klebanoff, B.S. History,
Frostburg State University, M.A.
Philosophy Northern Illinois University,
Ph.D Philosophy, University of Arkansas
JD Program in Law
Brian L. Lamb, B.A. Political
Science, University of Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
Yari D. Lawson, B.A. Business
Administration/Pre-Law, Morehouse
College
Eatonton, Georgia
Timothy R. Leonard, B.A.
Philosophy, Arkansas State University
Wynne, Arkansas
• President, Student Bar Association
• Board of Advocates
• Dean’s List
• National Trial Competition
Traveling Team
• Honor Council
Brian R. Lester, B.A. Criminal
Justice, University of Arkansas
Texarkana, Texas
Anthony D. Lewis, B.A. History,
Tennessee State University
Lithonia, Georgia
Nathan B. Lewis, B.S.B.A.
Economics, University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
• President, Employment Labor Law
Society
P. Isaac Linam, B.A. English,
University of Arkansas
Jonesboro, Arkansas
• Note & Comment Editor, Journal
of Food Law & Policy
• Judicial Extern, Judge David
Clinger and Judge Xollie Duncan
• Judge William Overton Scholar
• Les Baledge Scholar
• Phi Delta Phi
Coby Warren Logan, B.S.
Kinesiology, University of Central
Arkansas
Benton, Arkansas
• Articles Editor, Journal of Food Law
& Policy
• Board of Advocates
• First Annual 2005 Arent Fox/Dale
Bumpers Excellence in Writing
Award
• First Prize, American Bar
Association Tort Trial & Insurance
Practice Section’s Annual Law
Student Writing Competition
• Author, “Medicaid ThirdParty Liability and Claims for
Restitution: Defining the Proper
role for the Tort System in
Regulating the Food Industry,”
Arkansas Journal of Food Law &
Policy, 2006
Sarah A. Loge, B.F.A. Art,
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Tracey D. Martin, B.S. Business
Information Systems, John Brown
University
Springdale, Arkansas
• Semifinalist, 2005 Trial
Competition
• Quarterfinalist, 2004 Trial
Competition
• Women’s Law Student Association
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JD Program in Law
Stephanie Gosnell Mazzanti,
B.S.B.A. Finance, University of
Arkansas
Conway, Arkansas
• Note & Comment Editor, Arkansas
Law Review
• Ben J. Altheimer Spring Moot
Court Competition Committee
• Board of Advocates
• Clerk, Judge William A. Storey
• Judicial Extern, Judge Richard
Taylor, Bankruptcy Court, Western
District of Arkansas
Matt Milligan, B.A. English, Harding
University
Searcy, Arkansas
• American Trial Lawyers
Association National Traveling
Trial Team (2L & 3L)
• President, Equal Justice Works
• Vice-President, Christian Legal
Society
• American Trial Lawyer’s
Association • Who’s Who Among American Law
Students
Michelle M. McCall, B.A. Political
Science, Hollins University
Houston, Texas
Merry L. Moiseichik, B.S.E. and
M.S.E. SUNY-Cortland, Re.D, Indiana
University
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Misty Marie McGowen, B.A.
Psychology, University of Central
Arkansas
West Monroe, Louisiana
• Intern, Capitol Advocates,
Washington, D.C.
• Visiting Student, Georgetown
University Law School
• Vice President, Student Health
Law Organization
Pearl N. Moore, B.A. Criminal
Justice, John Jay College
Bronx, New York
• Black Law Student Association
• Media, Entertainment and Sports
Law Association
Kia N. Morgan, B.A. Criminal
Justice, University of Arkansas-Pine
Bluff
Chicago, Illinois
James C. McNiece, Jr., B.A.
Psychology, Hendrix College
Conway, Arkansas
C. Brett Miller, B.A. Philosophy,
University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, Arkansas
• Articles Editor, Arkansas Law
Review
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Jimmy Morris Jr., B.A. Criminal
Justic/Politics, University of ArkansasLittle Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas
• Black Law Student Association
• Phi Delta Phi
• The Federalist Society
Steven J. Moses, B.A. Criminology/
Criminal Justice, University of TexasArlington
Arlington, Texas
JD Program in Law
Chuck Munson, B.S. Environmental
Biology, University of Central Arkansas
Mountain Home, Arkansas
• Treasurer, Health Law Society
• Regional Representative, National
Association of Environmental Law
Societies
• Monarch, Environmental Law
Society
• Member, Graduation Committee
Sheila Grace Neal, B.A. English,
University of Arkansas
Azle, Texas
• Spring 2005 Traveling Trial
Competition Team
• Quarter-finalist, William
H. Barrister’s Union Trial
Competition
• Semi-finalist, William H.
Barrister’s Union Trial
Competition
• Phi Delta Phi
• Equal Justice Works
Ryane E. Newberry, B.A. Spanish/
International Studies, University of
Kansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
• Judicial Extern, Judge Richard
Taylor, Bankruptcy Court, Western
District of Arkansas
• Clerk, Odom & Elliott P.A.
• Clerk, Wright, Lindsey, &
Jennings, LLP
• Co-president, Environmental Law
Society
• Women’s Law Student Association
Cheryl A. Nichols, B.S. Political
Science, Vanderbilt University
Memphis, Tennessee
• President, The Federalist Society
• Vice President, Christian Legal
Society
• Board of Advocates
• Student Health Law Organization
• Phi Alpha Delta
Tony Noblin, B.S. Organizational
Management, John Brown University
Rogers, Arkansas
• Phi Delta Phi
Ross A. Noland, B.A. Economics,
University of Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
• Vice-Chair, Board of Advocates
• Co-President Environmental Law
Society
• American Bar Association Student
Division Representative
• Clerk, Phi Alpha Delta
• Co-President, H.L.A. Hart Society
Keshia L. Nunn-Valley, B.A.
Criminal Justice, University of
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
West Helena, Arkansas
• Arkansas Trial Lawyer’s
Association
• Student Division, American Bar
Association
• Black Law Student Association
• Women’s Law Student Association
• Student Bar Association
Bradford C. Nye, B.A. Political
Science, University of Arkansas
Sherwood, Arkansas
Marion Tracy Oates, B.A. Zoology/
Anthropology, M.A. Anthropology,
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
• American Bar Association
Negotiations Competition Winner
2004 & 2005
• Board of Advocates
• Women’s Law Student Association
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JD Program in Law
Sach D. Oliver, B.S. Agriculture
Business, Arkansas State University
Chair, Board of Advocates
• William H. Sutton Barrister’s
Union Trial Competition Winner
• National Trial Competition
Traveling Team Member
• Association of Trial Lawyers
Traveling Team Member
• President, Student Arkansas Trial
Lawyers Association
R. Austin Oyler, B.A. Government,
Western Kentucky University
Germantown, Tennessee
•A
rkansas Law Review
• Clerk, Kutak Rock LLP
• Clerk, Hall, Estill, Hardwick,
Gable, Golden & Nelson PC
• Clerk, Davis, Wright, Clark, Butt
& Carithers PLC
Kristel Patton, B.S. Strategic
Communications
University of Kansas-Lawrence
Seneca, Missouri
Eric Pendergrass, B.S. Agri Business,
University of Arkansas
Charleston, Arkansas
• William H. Sutton Barrister’s
Union Trial Competition Sweet
Sixteen
• Clerk, Arkansas Attorney
General’s Office Civil Division
• Clerk, Bassett Law Firm
• Clerk, Smith, Maurras, Cohen,
Redd, & Horan
• Accepted into Agricultural L.L.M.
program
Ryan Phillips, B.B.A. Business
Management, Southern Arkansas
University
Magnolia, Arkansas
Kathleen Adell Ralston, B.A.
Political Science, University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
• 2004 American Bar Association
Client-Counseling Competition
Winner
• Vice President, Criminal Defense
Lawyers Association
• Mentor Program Coordinator
• American Bar Association ClientCounseling Travel Team 2004
• Women’s Law Student Association
Kristopher Alan Ramsfield, B.A.
English, University of Arkansas
West Fork, Arkansas
• Founding Member, Wills Project,
Habitat for Humanity
• Equal Justice Works
• Student Bar Association
David L. Reading, B.S.B.A. Business
Finance, University of Arkansas
Van Buren, Arkansas
• Dean’s List
• W.B. Putman Inns of Court
• Environmental Law Society
• Extern, Judge Jimm Larry Hendren,
U.S. District Court, Western
District of Arkansas
• Clerk, Odom & Elliott
Erasmo J. Reyes, B.A. Political
Science, University of Arkansas
Muldrow, Oklahoma
Ryan Pettigrew, B.A. History,
Hendrix College
Rogers, Arkansas
John S. Rice, B.S.B.A. Accounting,
M.B.A. University of Arkansas
England, Arkansas
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JD Program in Law
Kevin John Ridgley, B.B.A.
Management Information Systems,
Baylor University
Dallas, Texas
• Board of Advocates
• Student Bar Association
• Vice President, H.L.A Hart Society
Sarah Ridgley, B.A. English, John
Brown University
Fort Smith, Arkansas
• Secretary, Student Bar Association
• Fundraising Coordinator, Phi Delta
Phi
• Christian Legal Society
Michael Cox Roberson, B.A.
Political Science, Flagler College
St. Augustine, Florida
• Trial Competition Sweet Sixteen
2004
• The Federalist Society
Joni R. Rose, B.A. English,
University of Arkansas
Mountain View, Arkansas
Christina M. Scherrey, B.S.B.A.
International Economics, B.A. Spanish
University of Arkansas
Steve D. Schrantz, B.S. Computer
Science, University of Notre Dame
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Jeffrey O. Scriber, B.S. Marketing,
Arkansas State University
Jonesboro, Arkansas
• Member, Phi Delta Phi
• Vice President, Federalist Society
• Manager, Intramural Softball Team
• Future Lawyers of Eastern Arkansas
Bo Shi, B.S. Biology/Law Hubei
University
Guangzhou, P.R., China
Angel R. Smith, B.A. Business
Administration/Private Accounting,
M.B.A., John Brown University
• Christian Legal Society, Officer
• Clerk, Cherokee Nation Justice
Department
• Mentor, Big Brothers Big Sisters
Steven N. Snyder, Jr., B.A. Political
Science, University of Arkansas
Fort Smith, Arkansas
• Trial Competition Sweet Sixteen
2004
• Trial Competition Sweet Sixteen
2005
Jennifer Marie Sommer, B.A.
Journalism, University of Arkansas
Flippin, Arkansas
• Dean’s List
• Volunteer Mediator, NWA
Mediation Project
• National Association of Counsel
for Children
Wolf-Frederik Spiesshoefer, B.A.
Fine Art, University of Arkansas
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Darryl J. Spinks, B.S. Radio/
Television Production, Arkansas State
University
Dumas, Arkansas
• William H. Sutton Barrister’s
Union Trial Competition
• Board of Advocates
• 2005 Client Counseling
Competition Winner
• Regional Finalist, 2005 American
Bar Association Client Counseling
Competition
• Public Relations Director, Black
Graduate Students Association
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JD Program in Law
Halley A. Stark, B.S. Risk
Management/Insurance, Florida State
University
Jacksonville, Florida
Lindsey D. Tosh, B.A. English,
Arkansas State University
Jonesboro, Arkansas
• Women’s Law Student Association
Terra G. Stephenson, B.A. History,
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Everett Clarke Tucker, B.A.
Government, Harvard University
Little Rock, Arkansas
• Editor-in-Chief, Arkansas Law
Review
• Ben J. Altheimer Moot Court
Competition 2005 Winner
• William H. Sutton Barristers
Union Trial Competition 2005
Winner
• Bogle Sharp Award Recipient,
“Most Likely to Succeed,” 2006
Graduate Elections
• National Moot Court and Trial
Competition Traveling Teams
Jill Michelle Tanner, B.S.B.A.
Finance, University of Arkansas
Morrilton, Arkansas
• Phi Delta Phi
• Clerk, Davis, Wright, Clark, Butt
& Carithers, PLC
• Clerk, Bassett Law Firm
• Dean’s List
• Student Bar Association
Andrew Todd Thomas, B.A.
Government and Politics, University of
Texas-Dallas
Dallas, Texas
• Cum Laude
• Dean’s List
• Waterman Memorial Scholar
• The Federalist Society
Charles Thompson, B.A. Political
Science, University of South Carolina
Keedysville, Maryland
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Autumn M. Tolbert, B.A. Political
Science
Bono, Arkansas
• Clerk, Office of the Fourth Judicial
District Public Defender
• Jessup International Law Moot
Court Traveling Team Member
• Volunteer, Innocence Project of
Arkansas
• Chair, Board of Advocates Client
Counseling Competition
• Clerk, Arkansas Attorney General
Sarah K. Vanderbush, B.A.
International Relations, Hendrix
College
Benton, Arkansas
Vicki S. Vasser-Murray, B.S.B.A.
Accounting, University of Arkansas,
M.B.A. Finance, University of Arkansas
Prescott, Arkansas,
• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Food
Law & Policy
• William H. Sutton Barrister’s
Union Trial Competition Sweet
Sixteen
• Clerk, Cypert, Crouch, Clark,
& Harwell; Friday, Eldredge, &
Clark, LLP; & Wright, Lindsey, &
Jennings, LLP
• Southwest Arkansas Bar
Scholarship Recipient
Adam M. Vehik, B.A. Economics,
Vanderbilt University
Little Rock, Arkansas
JD Program in Law
Jamaal M. Walker, B.A. English,
University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
West Helena, Arkansas
• Black Law Student Association
• Dean’s List
Tracye Walker, B.A. Speech
Communication, University of
Arkansas-Little Rock
Crossett, Arkansas
• Equal Justice Works Fellow
• Clerk, Joanne McCracken P.A.
• Christian Legal Society
• Student Division, American Bar
Association
• Head Representative, PMBR
Chad C. Warner, B.S. Systems
Engineering, University of Virginia
North Brunswick, New Jersey
Donald M. Warren, B.A. History,
State University of West Georgia
• Managing Editor, Arkansas Law
Review
• Dean’s List
• W.B. Putman Inns of Court
Elizabeth A. Warrick, B.S. and M.S.
Geological Engineering, University of
Missouri-Rolla
Rogersville, Missouri
• Board of Advocates
• Winner, 2005 Client Counseling
Competition
• Fourth-place Winner, 2005
Regional Client Counseling
Competition
• Phi Alpha Delta
Darlene F. Weston, B.S. Criminal
Justice Administration, Missouri
Southern State University
Monett, Missouri
• Winner, 2004 and 2005
Negotiations Competition
• Equal Justice Works
• Graduation Committee
• Women's Law Student Association
• Board of Advocates
Alisha K. Williams, B.A. Sociology/
Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas
DeQueen, Arkansas
• Phi Delta Phi
• Black Law Student Association
Chanekka S. Williams, B.A. Political
Science, Arkansas State University
West Memphis, Arkansas
• Judicial Extern, U.S. District Judge
L. Hendren 2006
• W.B. Putman Inns of Court
• Clerk, White Coleman &
Associates, LLC
• Volunteer Clerk, Legal Aid of
Northwest Arkansas
Cameron Clark Winfrey, B.A.
Political Science, Southern Methodist
University
Searcy, Arkansas
• Advanced Rounds, 2004 and 2005
Mock Trial Competition
• Advanced Rounds, 2004-05 Moot
Court Competition
• Women’s Law Student Association
• Boozenbuds Softball Team
• IL SBA Representative
Debra A. Wood, B.A. Political
Science, Arkansas State University
Cove, Arkansas
• Women’s Law Student Association
• Treasurer, Student Chapter of the
Association of American Defense
Lawyers
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JD Program in Law
Jeffrey D. Wood, B.A. Political
Science, University of Arkansas
Mena, Arkansas
• American Trial Lawyers
Association National Trial
Competition Teams 2004 and 2005
• Note & Comment Editor, Journal of
Food Law & Policy
• Finalist, 2005 William H. Sutton
Barrister’s Union Trial Competition
• Quarter-finalist, 2004 William
H. Sutton Barrister’s Union Trial
Competition
• Les Baledge Memorial Scholarship
Denton E. Woods, B.S.B.A.
Accounting, University of Arkansas
West Memphis, Arkansas
•A
rkansas Law Review
• Judge John A. Fogleman Scholar
2005-2006
• Jim G Ferguson Fund Scholar 2005
• Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
Scholar 2004-2005
• Clerk, Reece, Moore, Pendergraft,
LLP
James Matthew Wright, B.A.
Linguistics, University of Texas-Austin
Texarkana, Texas
For graduating students who did not elect to be
photographed, we have substituted a Buddha head from the
late Dick Atkinson’s personal art collection. We hope that it
reflects Dick’s spirit and sense of humor.
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Make A Difference
Ways to Give to the Law School
The Annual Fund for Excellence in Education – annualfund.uark.edu
Outright Gifts – Make checks payable to the “UA Foundation – Law”
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Testamentary Gifts
Planned Gifts
Charitable Gift Annuities
For more information about ways to give to the Law School, contact
Nancy Cozart at ncozart@uark.edu or (479) 575-3468.
University of Arkansas School of Law
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Fayetteville, AR 72701
SAVE THE DATE
Washington/ Benton County Law Alumni Reception
May 18, 2006, 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Invitation will be sent.
Place to be announced.
University of Arkansas Law Alumni Reception
with UALR, Bowen School of Law and
Arkansas Bar Association
June 9, 2006, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Arlington Hotel Lobby
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Law Alumni Society Rally
October 21, 2006
2 ½ hours prior to game
Hembree Alumni Center
Arkansas vs Ole Miss
Invitations will be sent and
reservations are required.
Holiday Event
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Trapnall Hall
Little Rock, Arkansas
Invitations will be sent.
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Fayetteville, AR 72701
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