

Gregory
J. Northen
Director
Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C.
500 President Clinton Avenue, Suite 200
Little Rock, AR 72201
Telephone: (501) 371-9999
Email: gnorthen@cgwg.com
GREGORY J. NORTHEN practices primarily in labor and employment, wage and hour, public housing matters, and civil and business litigation. Greg’s experience includes practicing before federal and state courts in Arkansas, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and various federal and state agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, National Labor Relations Board, Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division and Arkansas Department of Workforce Services. He also assists clients with drafting and implementing up-to-date forms, policies, procedures and training for various labor and employment issues. Greg serves as District Representative for Arkansas and Oklahoma to the American Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division Council and also sits on the ABA YLD’s Labor & Employment Committee. He is a member of the Pulaski County Bar Association, American Health Law Association and is the 2017-18 Chair of the Central Council of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Arkansas. He also served as the President of the Board of Directors for the Maumelle Chamber of Commerce in 2018. Greg has been named a “Rising Star” by Mid-South Super Lawyers since 2014. He is a graduate of Harding University and the University of Arkansas School of Law, cum laude.
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Arkansas, 2004
United States District Courts, Eastern & Western Divisions of Arkansas
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
EDUCATION
University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., with honors, 2011
Harding University, B.S. Public Administration, magna cum laude, 2007
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Arkansas Bar Association
- Personnel Committee, 2014-2017
- Governance Committee, 2016-2017
- Chair, Young Lawyers Section, 2016-2017
American Bar Association
- Young Lawyers Division
- District Representative, 2017-2019
- Vice-Chair, Section of Employment Law, 2017-2018
Associated Builders and Contractors of Arkansas
- Chair, Central Council, 2017
NOTEWORTHY
Best Lawyers in America 2021
- Employment Law/Management
- Labor Law/Management
- Litigation/Labor and Employment
Mid-South Super Lawyers "Rising Star," 2014-2020
Maumelle Chamber of Commerce
- Board of Directors, 2014-2017
- President, 2017)
Arkansas Children’s Hospital Committee for the Future
University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., Journal of Food Law and Policy
- Note & Comment Editor