PPGMR Law
Royalty Pains: Arkansas Rights Owners Call Lithium Offer Too Low
Five big players in south Arkansas’ emerging lithium industry are proposing a royalty rate for mineral rights owners, but they may have to dig a little deeper. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Lydia Smith Named Director of Mortgage Production at Southern Bancorp Inc. (Movers & Shakers)
Lydia Smith has been hired as director of mortgage production at Southern Bancorp Inc. of Little Rock. She previously was vice president of diversity lending at InQlusion Mortgage Capital. David Roberts has […] read more >
Jennifer May-Brust Joins Hall Booth Smith in Rogers (Movers & Shakers)
May-Brust spent a decade in the oil pipeline transportation industry, then was with Walmart Inc. for nearly 18 years. read more >
Ali Honarmand Joins Cromwell Architects Engineers (Movers & Shakers)
Honarmand is an electrical engineer. read more >
Friday Eldredge & Clark Adds Hollinger (Movers & Shakers)
Caleb Hollinger has joined Friday Eldredge & Clark LLP in Little Rock as an associate. read more >
Davenport Moves to Gill Ragon Owen (Movers & Shakers)
Kenya Gordon Davenport has joined Gill Ragon Owen PA in Little Rock as counsel. read more >
Greathouse Gets Golden Gavel (Movers & Shakers)
Julie DeWoody Greathouse, a managing partner at PPGMR Law in Little Rock, has received a 2020 Golden Gavel Award from the Arkansas Bar Association. read more >
Orcutt Moves to Mitchell Williams; Fontenot Added at PPGMR (Movers & Shakers)
Amanda Orcutt has joined Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC in Little Rock. Jessica Fontenot, an attorney, has joined PPGMR Law in Little Rock. read more >
Boch Brings Disability Experience to PPGMR Law (Movers & Shakers)
Caroline R. Boch has joined the team at PPGMR Law in Little Rock. Ashlie Hilbun has been promoted to senior vice president and chief strategy officer of Arkansas Children’s Inc. read more >
PPGMR Law Adds Two (Movers & Shakers)
M. Christine Dillard and Hunter Mullins have joined the Little Rock office of PPGMR Law. read more >
UCA Names Tapley New Deputy Police Chief (Movers & Shakers)
William Tapley is the new deputy police chief at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. read more >
PPGMR Law Hires Former Deltic Timber VP
PPGMR Law announced Friday that it has hired former Deltic Timber Corp. Executive Jim Andrews Jr. He will work from the firm’s El Dorado office. read more >
John James Starts Engine, Raises $4M for E-Commerce Software Firm
Fayetteville entrepreneur John James has raised nearly $4 million for his latest startup, Engine, which sells business management software to e-commerce retailers. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Kelly Vanlandingham Joins Crist Engineers (Movers & Shakers)
Kelly Vanlandingham has been hired as senior project engineer at Crist Engineers Inc. in Little Rock. read more >
Privacy Rules Put Arkansas In EU’s Web
Arkansas companies that are gathering any online information on European Union residents, regardless of whether they have an EU office or EU customers, must comply with the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation or risk massive fines. read more >
Raising Arkansas Money For Arkansas Companies
A new venture capital firm in Conway seeks to raise $20 million to focus on startups in Arkansas. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
PPGMR to Open Stuttgart Office
PPGMR Law has announced the opening of a new office in Stuttgart’s Arkansas County Bank Building. read more >
Bit by Bit, Digital Financing Coming to Little Rock
Two Little Rock technology companies, MobX and Freedom Coin Inc., say Arkansas is on the cusp of seeing its first “initial coin offering,” a new way for startups and individuals to raise capital for businesses and projects. read more >
Chad Wood Back at PPGMR Law (Movers & Shakers)
Chad Wood has returned to PPGMR Law of Little Rock as counsel. He will focus on environmental law and regulated utilities. read more >
Attorney Scott Morgan Honored for Pro Bono Work (Movers & Shakers)
Scott Morgan, attorney at PPGMR Law PLLC, was recently selected as Pulaski County Vocals 2016 Attorney of the Year. read more >
Sign up for Daily E-news
Sign Up
THIS WEEK’S EDITION
This Week’s Stories
View Digital Edition
![Arkansas Tech University seniors Mandy Hughes and Cogan Hester have navigated college without student loans. [Daniel Moody]](https://arkansasbusiness.wppcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DHM_1421_opt-150x150.jpg)