PULASKI COUNTY BAR LUNCHEON

When: Friday, September 13th
NEW LOCATION: Next Level Events Center
1400 W. Markham St., Suite 104, Union Station

Speaker: Jeff Wankum
Topic: Protect Arkansas Act


Jeff Wankum is a native of North Little Rock, Arkansas, and has been in private practice since 2005, emphasizing in Criminal Defense and Probate, with a smattering of other intellectually stimulating cases. He is a 2002 graduate of William H. Bowen School of Law and is a former law clerk for 7th Division Circuit Court in Pulaski County from 2003 through 2005. He has held positions as a board member, and officer since 2014 with the Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

He was elected president of AACDL and served for two years from 2020 through 2022. He has spoken at the State Capitol on many criminal and other bills since 2017 with various legislative committees (usually House and Senate Judiciary), and continues to teach continuing legal education courses on firearms rights, current legislative issues, judicial plans, and various criminal law topics. In his non-professional life, he is a dad of 3 girls & 2 dogs,and tries to keep up with his wife of 22 years who loves to travel.

This has been approved for (1) one hour of CLE.

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LAST CHANCE CLE 2024 – A SUCCESS!
Thank You To All Of The Wonderful Speakers!
(listed in order of appearance at Last Chance)

Judge Latonya Honorable
Fifth (5th) Division Circuit Judge For Pulaski County

Chad Johnson
Cybersecurity State Coordinator (CSC) For Cybersecurity And Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Region 6, Arkansas

Adrienne Griffis
Partner at Kamps & Griffis PLLC

Jeff Wankum
Wankum Law Firm

Colin Jorgensen
Committee Chair, JLAP

Professor Terrence Cain
UALR Bowen School of Law

Barbara Mariani
Legal Counsel for the Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Beth Sanders
Executive Director of Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Honorable Phyllis M. Jones
U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas

Honorable Richard D. Taylor
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge For The Eastern And Western Districts Of Arkansas

Charles Coleman
Wright Lindsey Jennings, LLP

Stark Ligon
Attorney, Mediator, Legal Ethics Consultant

Andy Taylor
Taylor & Taylor Law Firm P.A.

Devin Bates
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates, Woodyard PLLC

Professor Robert Steinbuch
UA Little Rock Bowen School Of Law

Kevin M. O’Dwyer
Hope, O’Dwyer, Wilson & Arnold, P.A.

Emily Abbott
Executive Director of the
Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission

David Sachar
Director for the Center for Judicial Ethics

Nathan McCarroll
Staff Attorney, Administrative Office of the Courts

Kyle Brewer
Administrative Office of the Courts

Betty Hardy
Montgomery Wyatt Hardy PLC

Judge Don Curdie (Ret.)
Social Security Administration

Ashley Loy
Rainwater, Holt, Sexton

Natalie Dickson
LaCerra, Dickson, Hoover & Rogers PLLC

Professor Theresa Beiner
UA Little Rock Bowen School of Law

William O. “Bill” James
James Law Firm

Chris Baker, Will Sewell, Trevor James
James Law Firm

Lee Short
Short Law firm

Honorable Cathleen V Compton
Pulaski/Perry County Circuit Court

Honorable Andy Gill
Pulaski/Perry County Circuit Court

Honorable Karen Whatley
Pulaski/Perry County Circuit Court

Honorable Melanie Martin
Pulaski/Perry County Circuit Court