Alumni Updates
The Honorable Alice Gray ('84) was named Judge of the Year by the Judicial Council of the National Bar Association. Judge Gray was one of two judges so named by the Chair of the Council.
Congratulations to Bill James ('94) and Will James ('19) and the James Law Firm for being named one of 2022 AY's Best of Lawyers.
Alfredia Owens ('94) was appointed Assistant Chief Immigration Judge on March 15, 2020.
Mischa Martin ('07) is the Communication Group's newest inductee to the Women in Industry Series.
Valerie James ('08) has joined University of the Pacific McGeorge Law School as Senior Assistant Dean of Admissions.
Anne Milligan ('10), Deputy City Attorney for the City of Portland, Oregon, co-drafted and secured the passage of the City's new bereavement and pregnancy loss leave policy. Under the new policy, employees can use bereavement leave for any type of pregnancy loss (including abortion) as well as the death of “any person with whom the employee has a significant personal bond that is like a familial relationship,” e.g., LGBTQ+ chosen family members. With that vote, advocates say, Portland became the first in the nation to allow public employees to take paid time off after an abortion.
Mitch Rouse ('14) has been appointed by Gov. Hutchinson as Arkansas's Secretary of Transformation and Shared Services.
Zach Morrison ('17) was voted "Best Attorney" by readers of Northeast Arkansas Premiere Magazine for 2022.
Reagan Stanford ('17) has been hired as an abuse and neglect managing attorney for Disability Rights Arkansas.
Kimberly Glover ('18) has joined McCarthy & Holthus, LLP.
Constance Gabel ('19) was selected for the US Army JAG Corps (Active Duty component). She has completed the direct commissioning course at Fort Benning, Georgia, and is now in JAG school at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. She will graduate on August 10 and then go to her first assignment at Fort Stewart, GA to serve as a Special Victim's Counsel as a first lieutenant.
Shelby Howlett ('19) has been named one of the 2022 Women to Watch by Little Rock Soiree.
William J. James ('19) married Elizabeth Bridgforth Hodges on June 25, 2021.
Meredith Powell ('19) and husband Austin welcomed Riggs Austin Powell on June 17. He weighed 8 pounds 10 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long.
Altimease Lowe ('21) has joined Cray Huber Horstman Heil & VanAusdal, LLC in Chicago, Illinois, as an Associate.
Congratulations to our alumni who were elected or re-elected to the bench in the May 2022 elections:
- The Honorable Karen Baker ('86), Arkansas Supreme Court
- Wendy Wood ('96), Arkansas Court of Appeals
- LaTonya Austin Honorable ('02), District 6, Division 5, Subdistrict 6.1
- Jackie Harris ('08), Circuit Judge, District 11-West, Division 4, Subdistrict 11.1
- Cara Connors ('09), Circuity Judge, District 6, Division 12, Subdistrict 6.1
Congratulations to our alumni who were elected as prosecuting attorneys in the May 2022 elections
- Will Jones ('82), Prosecuting Attorney for District 6
- Devon Holder ('10), Prosecuting Attorney for District 3
Congratulations to our alumni who were award recipients at the Arkansas Bar Association Annual Meeting on June 17, 2022:
- Judge Barbara Halsey, Ret. (’88), Outstanding Jurist Award
- Jason B. Hendren ('97), Presidential Award of Excellence
- Brett D. Watson (’02), Golden Gavel Award and the Maurice Cathey Award
- Shane E. Khoury (’04), Continuing Legal Education Award
- Brooke-Augusta Ware (’04), Golden Gavel Award
- Jonathan Q. Warren (’05), Outstanding Lawyer-Citizen Award
- William J. Ogles (’18), Judith Ryan Gray Young Lawyer Service Award
- Frank LaPorte-Jenner (’18), YLS Award of Excellence
