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As with any great story, this one starts with a girl. Actually, this story starts with three girls. When Attorney Bill Waddell’s three daughters were in elementary school, Bill loved reading to them as many fathers do. Although story after story could be found about princess fairytales, animal adventures and even real-life heroes, he discovered that very few children’s books dealt with the law or social justice issues. It was important to Bill not only that his daughters learn these values, but also that they understand how Bill’s profession contributes to these values. 

Attorney Marshall Ney's guest commentary appears in this week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal and focuses on recent legal decisions for wet communities in Arkansas.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is pleased to announce that in today’s release of the 2017 Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business edition, the firm is ranked highly in all four categories and 24 of our attorneys are recognized as “Leaders in Their Field” in eight practice areas. The four categories are Corporate/Commercial, Labor and Employment, Litigation: General Commercial and Real Estate.

The Change in Bank Control Act ("CIBC Act") may be the most often overlooked (and, likely, one of the most often violated) of all banking regulations. Inadvertent violations have recently become more common in Arkansas given the increase in estate planning related stock transfers by shareholders planning for the next generation of ownership. These transfers commonly run afoul of the provisions of the CIBC Act.

The National Business Institute hosted the two-day seminar "Human Resource Law From A to Z" that began on Tuesday, May 22nd with speakers David M. Graf, Daniel L. Herrington and Khayyam M. Eddings from Friday, Eldredge & Clark.

Earlier this month, the firm partnered with local banking institutions to bring the 2017 Tax Planning Update Seminar to both the Texarkana and Fort Smith areas.

An employee stock ownership plan (“ESOP”) is a powerful and effective tool that can be used by a closely held bank to address many different issues within the bank. An ESOP when used in the right circumstances can provide the following advantages: Shareholder succession, employee benefits and tax benefits to the bank.