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Friday, Eldredge & Clark is proud to announce the hiring of Isabel Thoma and Julio R. Olaya Jr. Isabel joins the firm’s Rogers office where she will practice in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group. Her practice will include all aspects of business mergers and acquisitions, including structuring, due diligence, negotiation and documentation. Julio joins the firm’s Little Rock office where he will work primarily on issues related to medical malpractice and will assist clients with labor and employment issues.

Attorney E. Conner McNair has been named President of the Fayetteville Public Education Foundation. Conner, a Fayetteville native and alumnus of the Fayetteville public schools, has served on the Foundation’s Board of Directors since 2017 where he has been a part of the public information/promotion, scholarship, financial oversight and grant committees.

The Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC) has appointed Attorney Jamie Huffman Jones as Chair of its Amicus and Public Policy Committee.

Friday Eldredge & Clark, LLP is pleased to announce a total of 72 of the firm lawyers have been included in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The list includes 16 “Lawyers of the Year” and nine attorneys recognized as “Ones to Watch.”

Friday, Eldredge & Clark is proud to announce the hiring of Madeline O. McElhanon. McElhanon will practice in the Finance & Commercial Transactions Group where she will work primarily on transactions in the banking, healthcare, real estate and technology industries.

Scott H. Tucker has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Scott, a partner at Friday, Eldredge & Clark, was inducted in a special ceremony held at the College’s Spring Meeting in Tucson, Arizona on Saturday, March 7.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark is proud to announce its charter membership in the newly developed Law Firm Antiracism Alliance (LFAA). Nearly 200 law firms across the country are working collaboratively through a number of large-scale initiatives to help in the advancement of race equity and equal justice in the law profession.