June 19, 2023
(LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — Attorneys Caroline Kelley, Cara Butler, and Allan Gates were recognized at the 125th Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Bar Association held June 14-16 in Hot Springs. In addition, attorneys Lindsey Vechik and Caroline Kelley were elected to offices.
Caroline was awarded the YLS Award of Excellence for her work on the Wills for Heroes event and the Judith Ryan Gray Young Lawyer Service Award for her extraordinary service and outstanding contributions to the Young Lawyers Section. Cara and Allan were awarded the Arkansas Bar Foundation’s writing award for best article in the general category for their article “Emotional Support Animals & Access to Public Facilities.”
In addition, Lindsey was elected to the Arkansas Bar Association Board of Trustees and Caroline was elected Chair of the Young Lawyers Section.
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 www.MitchellWilliamsLaw.com.