June 16, 2022
(LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. attorneys R.T. Beard, III, David Biscoe Bingham, Allan Gates, Byron Freeland, Hermann Ivester and Anton Janik were recognized for outstanding service at the 124th Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Bar Association held June 15-17 in Hot Springs.
Beard, Gates, Freeland and Ivester were recognized for their admission to the practice of law for 50 years. Bingham received a Golden Gavel Award for his valued contributions as Chair of the Jurisprudence and Law Review Committee. Janik was awarded the Presidential Award of Excellence for his years of valued contributions serving as chair of the editorial advisory board of the Arkansas Lawyer magazine.
About the Arkansas Bar Association
The Arkansas Bar Association advances the Administration of Justice. It fosters and maintains on the part of attorneys high ideals of integrity, learning, competence and public service and high standards of conduct. The Arkansas Bar Association encourages the legal profession and its individual members to perform more effectively and efficiently their responsibilities in the public interest. It conducts a program of continuing legal education for attorneys and provides a forum for the discussion of subjects pertaining to the practice of law. It also improves the judicial and legal process and advances law and order.
About Mitchell Williams
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. is a full-service corporate law firm providing strategic, comprehensive legal counsel for everything from day-to-day needs to the most complex, specialized business matters. Established in 1954, the firm has offices in Little Rock, Rogers and Jonesboro, Arkansas and Austin, Texas. For more information, visit MitchellWilliamsLaw.com.