Bar Association names officers, plans awards.(Notes)

The Arkansas Bar Association will hold its 111th annual convention June 10-13 at the Arlington Hotel & Spa at Hot Springs.

Donna C. Pettus of the Pettus Law Firm PA of Fayetteville will be sworn in as president of the association on June 12. She takes over from Rosalind M. Mouser of Ramsay Bridgforth Harrelson & Starling LLP of Pine Bluff.

Other new association officers for 2009-2010 include:

* President-elect, Jim Julian, Chisenhall Nestrud & Julian PA, Little Rock;

* Board of Governors Chair, Frank B. Sewall, Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Little Rock; and

* Young Lawyers Section Chair, Anthony W. Juneau, Mitchell Williams Law Firm, Rogers.

The secretary, treasurer and parliamentarian will be voted on during the House of Delegates meeting.

During the convention, these awards will be presented:

* Outstanding Lawyer Award, Kent I. Rubens, posthumously;

* Outstanding Lawyer-Citizen Award, state Sen. lames C. "Jim" Luker, District 17;

* C.E. Ransick Award of Excellence, H. William "Bill" Allen, Allen Law Firm, Little Rock;

* James H. McKenzie Professionalism Award, Judge lames M. Moody, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas; and

* Equal Justice Distinguished Service Award, Don Hollingsworth, senior associate, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement.

* Arkansas Bar Foundation Legal Writing Awards: William A. Waddell It., Friday Eldredge & Clark LLP, Little Rock and John C. Calhoun Jr., Hilburn Calhoon Harper Pruniski & Calhoun Ltd, Little Rock;

* Arkansas Bar Foundation General Writing Award: Sid McCollum, ADR Inc., Little Rock.

The following will be presented with the Golden Gavel Award:

* Professor Howard W. Brill, Vincent Foster University Professor of Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility at the University of Arkansas School of Law;

* Harry Light, Friday Eldredge & Clark LLP, Little Rock;

* Sam Gibson and Pam Gibson, Gibson & Gibson PA, Benton;

* Mark Hodge and Nick Rogers, Chisenhall Nestrud & Julian PA, Little Rock;

* Mike Crawford, Crawford Law Firm, Hot Springs;

* Don Hollingsworth;

* Frank Sewall;

* William A. Martin, secretary-treasurer, Arkansas Bar Association;

* John A. "Jack" Davis III, ADR;

* Jeffrey E. McKinley, Little Rock;

* John Vines, Wood Smith Schnipper Clay & Vines, Hot Springs;

* Win Trafford, Trafford Law Firm, Pine Bluff;

* Brian Rosenthal, Rose Law Firm PA, Little Rock;

* Joyce Bradley Babin, Chapter 13 standing trustee, Eastern & Western Districts of Arkansas;

* Judge D. Price Marshall, Arkansas Court of Appeals;

* Robert S. Shafer, Friday Eldredge & Clark;

* Stephen Engstrom, Wilson Engstrom Corum & Coulter, Little Rock; and

* Pamela Osment, Osment Law Firm PA, Conway.

These four will be presented with Presidential Awards:

* Phillip Carroll, Rose Law Firm;

* Gwen Rucker, law clerk for U.S. Magistrate Henry L. Jones Jr.;

* William A. Martin; and

* Jim Julian.