Joel Hargis Joins Nolan Caddell Reynolds (NWA Movers & Shakers)

Cody Waits of the Office of Skills Development at the Arkansas Department of Career Education and Steve Percival of the state Career Education & Workforce Development Board

Joel G. Hargis has been hired to lead the bankruptcy and consumer advocacy practice of the Nolan Caddell Reynolds law firm in Fort Smith.

Hargis, who is a graduate of the Bowen Law School at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has practiced bankruptcy law since 2004.

Cody Waits has been named deputy director of the Office of Skills Development at the Arkansas Department of Career Education.

Steve Percival of Fayetteville has been appointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to the state Career Education & Workforce Development Board.

Bryan McDuffie has joined George’s Inc. of Springdale as vice president of transportation.

McDuffie spent 24 years as vice president of transportation for the poultry and prepared and fresh meats division at Tyson Foods.

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