Amanda Orcutt has been named partner at Shults Law Firm LLP of Little Rock, where she practices education and employment law and commercial litigation. She previously served as senior counsel in Husch Blackwell LLP’s national education law practice.
James Lloyd has been hired as lead lawyer of the personal injury litigation team at Denton Zachary & Norwood of Little Rock. He previously was in-house counsel at Windstream Communications in Little Rock.
John Davis, North Little Rock president of First Security Bank of Searcy, has announced his retirement, effective at the end of March. Davis joined First Security in 2004 as Fayetteville market president and has served in his current position since 2013. In all, he has 42 years of experience in banking.
Austin Logan has been hired as vice president and commercial lending officer at the White Hall branch of Stone Bank of Mountain View. He previously served in similar positions at Arkansas Capital Corp. of Little Rock and Relyance Bank of White Hall.
Lauren Stephens is a new public relations account executive at MHP/Team SI of Little Rock. She previously was marketing and communications director of Curry’s Termite, Pest & Animal Control of Little Rock.
Michael Loncaric Jr. has been hired as director of project management at Hytrol Conveyor Co. Inc. of Jonesboro. He has six years of material handling and project management experience.
Benjamin Parsons has been hired as an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas System Center of Excellence for Poultry Science in Fayetteville. Parsons earned his Ph.D. in poultry science from the University of Arkansas. He will carry out research through the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the research arm of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
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