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Alumni Scholarship Luncheon set Oct. 18

Amy Johnson

The Alumni Scholarship Luncheon will be held Oct. 18 in the Grand Ballroom of the Doubletree Hotel. This year’s honorees will be Amy Dunn Johnson, ’02, as Outstanding Alumni for Public Service and Professor Kelly Browe Olson for the Faculty Excellence Award of Service.

Because the 2012 Scholarship Luncheon was such a success, we were able to endow a new Trial Competition Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to students who represent Bowen in trial team competitions. This year will be no different; donations will also go towards endowing a new scholarship.

Kelly Browe Olson

Tickets are $100 and a table for $1,000, and sponsorships are available starting at $1,500. A portion of the ticket cost is tax deductible. By purchasing a ticket not only will you be contributing to the new scholarship, you will also be guaranteed that your name will appear on the Annual Giving Donor Wall recently installed outside the Friday Courtroom.

To purchase a ticket or for more information, contact Amy Jackson at 501.324.9967.

Alumni affinity groups launching

Keep an eye out for new Bowen affinity groups you might be interested in joining. Both students and alumni will be invited to participate in these activities. First up is “Running with Professor Nick Kahn-Fogel.” Time and place will be announced in the September newsletter.

Events

Reception welcoming Dean Michael Hunter Schwartz, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 22 in the second floor Deans Gallery at the UALR Bowen School of Law

“There’s An App For That” (Legal Research) CLE with Professor Jessie Burchfield – from noon to 1 p.m., Friday, Sept. 6, in the Friday Courtroom

Bar Passage Reception sponsored by Law Office of Danyelle Walker, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Little Rock Club

NEA Alumni Reception (meet Dean Schwartz), 5 to 6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 17, at Sue’s Kitchen, 524 South Church St., Jonesboro

Alumni Scholarship Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18, in the Doubletree Hotel Grand Ballroom

RSVP to Amy Jackson

Updates

Bruce Maloch, ’83, has been promoted to vice chairman, chief operating officer and general counsel of Farmers Bank and Trust.

James M. Moody, Jr., ’89, was nominated to serve as federal judge in the Eastern District of Arkansas by President Obama.

Jeanne L. Seewald, ’92, was named a Top 50 Women Florida Super Lawyer for the second year in a row.

Brad Phelps, ’01, Chief Deputy Attorney General for the state of Arkansas, has received the National Association of Attorneys General’s Laurie Loveland Award for his exemplary work to negotiate a landmark agreement with major tobacco companies.  He is the first Arkansan to receive this award.

Courtney Little, ’04,  will be honored by the Arkansas Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation at the Annual Taste of the Finest event.

Davy Carter, ’05, was named regional president of Centennial Bank.

Don Overton, ’05, was appointed to the UALR Foundation Fund Board of Directors.

Matt Potempa, ’06, along with other fellow Nashville lawyers launched a new firm, Martin, Heller, Potempa and Sheppard.

Antwan Phillips, ’09, was recognized in Arkansas Soiree for his work with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arkansas.

Nate Looney, ’12, has joined Waddell, Cole and Jones in Jonesboro.