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EDUCATION B.S., with High Honors, Arkansas State University, 1965 M.A., English, University of Kentucky, 1968 J.D., with High Honors, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1979 Admitted to practice in Arkansas, 1979 PRACTICE AREAS Municipal finance, health care regulation, securities law, general corporate law.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Private practice since 1981. Extensive experience in all areas of municipal finance including bond counsel, underwriters counsel, issuers counsel, trustees counsel and borrowers counsel. Bond counsel for the Arkansas Development Finance Authority's Economic Development Guaranty Bond Program since 1987. Bond counsel for the State of Arkansas General Obligation College Savings Bond Program 1991 through 1998. Extensive experience as securities disclosure counsel for underwriters. Counsel to major electric utility in structuring of asset sales and acquisitions including regulatory and securities law compliance. Experience in legislative review, analysis and drafting in the areas of utility, banking and municipal finance law.Served as law clerk to U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Arnold, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-1981. Instructor in English, Louisiana State University, 1968-1971, Auburn University, 1973-1976. Recipient of American Association of University Women Law Fellowship, 1976-1978.PUBLICATIONS A Definition of Investment Contracts and Equitable Defenses to Suit for Rescission for Nonregistration Under the Arkansas Securities Act, UALR Law Journal 366, 1978.OTHER ACTIVITIES State and Federal Securities Committee, Member; Arkansas Bar Association; American Bar Association, Member; National Association of Bond Lawyers, Member; Federal Advisory Committee, Member; U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1993 through 1996. Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce Leadership Institute - Class of 1994; Second Presbyterian Church; Advocates for Battered Women, President, 1996-1999; Presbyterian Urban Council, Board Member, 1996-1999; Arkansas Repertory Theater, Board Member; Arkansas Business, Top 100 Women in Arkansas, 1996, 1998, and 1999. Attorney - Client Relation. Use of the Mitchell Williams web site does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and Mitchell Williams . If you send us an e-mail and we do not already represent you, your e-mail will not create an attorney-client relationship and will not necessarily be treated as privileged or confidential. | 