Cynthia Nance Recognized by American Bar Association (Movers & Shakers)

Cynthia Nance

Cynthia Nance of Fayetteville has been chosen to receive the American Bar Association’s 2018 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award.

Nance is dean emeritus of the School of Law at the University of Arkansas, as well as the faculty adviser for the university’s local Kappa Iota chapter. She received more than 20 letters of support and will accept the award on Aug. 5 at the American Bar Association annual meeting.

Kelly Newberg has been hired as director of human resources for Friday Eldredge & Clark LLP in Little Rock.

Newberg was previously the director of human resources for Arkansas Specialty Orthopaedics and is a board member of the Midtown Redevelopment District No. 1 Advisory Board.

See more of this week’s Movers & Shakers, and submit your own announcement at ArkansasBusiness.com/Movers.