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Carolyn B. Witherspoon
Email: cspoon@cgwg.com PRACTICE AREAS: Labor and Employment; Transportation. Ms. Witherspoon primarily represents public and private employers in defending employment related matters, including Title VII litigation, and does extensive training in the employment area for employers. She is a frequent contributor to legal publications on topics involving employment and personnel issues. ADMITTED: 1978, Arkansas; 1981, U. S. Supreme Court COLLEGE: University of Arkansas at Little Rock, B.A., 1974 LAW SCHOOL: University of Arkansas at Little Rock, J.D., with honors, 1978 MEMBER: Pulaski County (President, 1989-1990), Arkansas (President, 1995-1996; Labor Law Section, Chair, 1991-1992) and American (Member; House of Delegates, 1997; Labor and Employment Law Section and Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee) Bar Associations; Arkansas Association of Women Lawyers (President, 1982-1983); William R. Overton Inn of Court (President, 1992-1993); Member, Arkansas Fellows, American Bar Foundation (Past Chair); Member, Members Consultative Group for Restatement Third, Employment Law, American Law Institute, Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA); Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; Member, American Employment Law Council; Member, American Judicature Society; Member, American Counsel Association; Arbitrator, Court of Arbitration for Sport; Member of the American Arbitration Association Roster of Employment Arbitrators and Mediators and the Large Complex Case Panel; Member, Little Rock Sister Cities Commission; Board Member, Arkansas Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Member, Arkansas Women’s Leadership Forum; Member, Arkansas Women Executives (Past President); and provides volunteer legal services for VOCALS – Volunteer Organization, Center for Arkansas Legal Services BIOGRAPHY: Past Member, Executive Council, National Conference of Bar Presidents; Past Member, Executive Committee, Transportation Lawyers Association; Associate Editor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Journal, 1977-1978; Women’s Foundation of Arkansas (Past President); Past Chair, Little Rock Housing Authority Board of Commissioners; Commissioner, Arkansas Real Estate Commission, 1978-1981 AWARDS: Recipient, Charles L. Carpenter Memorial Award (2005), Arkansas Bar Association; Listed in Best Lawyers in America in Labor and Employment (1995-2010); Chambers USA America's Leading Business Lawyers; Who’s Who Legal USA – Management Labour & Employment (2005-2009); Mid-South Super Lawyers in Labor and Employment Law (2006-2009)
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