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Attorney Jamie Jones was invited to join a panel discussion hosted by the Editorial Advisory Board of Arkansas Lawyer magazine to discuss women in the legal profession. The purpose, according to the magazine, was to provide insight from several perspectives on the challenges that women in the legal profession are facing now and faced in the past.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is proud to announce Mid-South Super Lawyers named 38 attorneys to their annual listing of top lawyers in Arkansas including five named as “Top 50: 2017 Arkansas Super Lawyers” and 12 ranked as “Rising Stars.”

U.S. News – Best Lawyers recognizes firm in 42 practice areas in annual publication Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP has been ranked in the 2018 U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" list regionally in 42 practice areas, which is the most of any other law firm in the state.

News Alert: The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently addressed whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) requires employers to provide employees with leave beyond the 12 weeks provided by the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) in Severson v. Heartland Woodcraft, Inc., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 18197*, 872 F.3d 476 (7th Cir. Sept. 20, 2017).

Arkansas State University announced today the establishment of the Price and Sara Gardner Pre-law Scholarship, created to help pre-law students at Arkansas State finance and fulfill education priorities. The scholarship was instituted following a gift of $25,000 by the Gardners to the Arkansas State University Foundation, Inc., and is the first scholarship established for pre-law students at A-State.

Appointment Makes Seventh for Firm’s Trust & Estate Practice Group Friday, Eldredge & Clark is proud to announce attorney Allison Cornwell has been named a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). This appointment demonstrates her high level of experience in estate and trust law and the degree to which her peers view her work in the profession.

Michael Moore presented three separate programs at last week's (Thursday, Oct. 24) National Business Institute's Advanced Employment Law Seminar. His first presentation, "Conducting an Effective Internal Investigation," focused on what to consider during the investigation, whether to outsource or keep the matter in-house and ways to legally remedying the problem.