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Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is proud to announce the establishment of the Friday Forward Fellowship. The program was created by the firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee with the goal to increase the number of law school students from diverse backgrounds. Recognizing that diversity includes many human differences such as race, ethnicity, sexual and gender identity, military service, socioeconomic status, faith and beliefs, disability status, immigrant upbringing, and other conditions, we are committed to seeking out these populations in Arkansas colleges and universities to provide financial support and mentorship with the goal of inspiring a more diverse representation in the Arkansas legal profession.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is proud to announce the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas (WFA) has named the firm the recipient of the 2021 Olivia Farrell Gender Equity Leadership Award. The award was announced Wednesday, March 3 at the 33rd Annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards Celebration in Little Rock.

Attorney A. Wyckliff Nisbet Jr has been involved with the Downtown Little Partnership (DLRP) since 1990 and his commitment to the organization was awarded recently with the dedication of a plaque in his honor. The plaque is located in the Baker’s Alley behind the Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock and is also dedicated to former board member Rett Tucker.

Khayyman M. Eddings has been selected to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Arts Center through 2024. Khay follows the firm’s former Managing Partner Shep Russell who previously served as President on the Board of Trustees.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP has elected four new partners to the firm which include Kathy McCarroll, Joshua C. Ashley, Katie M. Eaves and Michael McCarty Harrison. Michael S. Moore has been appointed practice group leader of the Labor and Employment Practice Group and a member of the firm’s management committee.

Some good news to end 2020: Our annual Friday Cares Holiday Donation Drive raised more then $5,500 to help feed those struggling with hunger in Arkansas. We also collected non-perishable food items that, along with the money raised, was sent to the Arkansas Foodbank, The Salvation Army of Northwest Arkansas and the Junior Auxiliary of Saline County.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP is proud to announce Mid-South Super Lawyers named 50 attorneys to their annual listing of top lawyers in Arkansas including eight named as “Top 50: 2020 Arkansas Super Lawyers” and 14 ranked as “Rising Stars.”