As financial company headquarters go, Sowell Management’s digs, while nothing to sneeze at, is far from a towering glass-and-steel edifice befitting Gordon Gekko of Wall Street fame. Tucked into an office park just yonder of Maumelle, the single-story building is…
October 2020
The Book of Proverbs tells us, “Hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.” Indeed, hard work can lead not just to personal financial profit in a tangible sense but in more abstract terms, to community…
This month, Arkansas Money & Politics introduces its Legal Elite, 100 of the state’s top attorneys specializing in areas of the law, ranging from sports law to bankruptcy litigation. Nominated by AMP readers, these lawyers are among the best in their…
- BusinessMagazineOctober 2020Sports/Outdoors
Jerry Maguire, J.D.?: LR Attorneys Judy Henry and Jason Browning Prominent in Sports Law
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterUntil a coaching search captivates college fan bases from Tempe to Tallahassee, or a popular pro athlete signs a new contract, sports agents operate mostly outside the public realm. But they represent a significant cog in the sports business…
- AgricultureBusinessMagazineOctober 2020
The Food Deserts of NE Arkansas: Rural Populations Struggle with Access to Groceries
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleDriving up U.S. Highway 64 to the northeastern corner of Arkansas, one can pass some stunning sights — a crop duster swooping low while spraying, a low summer sun over fields of cotton. You’ll also pass by a grocery…
- MagazineOctober 2020Sports/Outdoors
Brave New World: New Rules Could Change Game in College Sports
by Evin Demirelby Evin DemirelNIL standards regarding athlete compensation could represent major shift With all the changes that the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred, this college football season has been most unusual so far. A return to normal, however, isn’t in the cards for next…
- MagazineOctober 2020Sports/Outdoors
A Baseball Q&A with Darek Braunecker
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterDarek Braunecker’s Frontline Athlete Management exists very much off the radar in downtown Little Rock. Which is exactly how he likes it — off the radar in an off-the-radar town. Relatively speaking, of course. When it comes to pro sports,…
“The greatest good we can do our country is to heal its party divisions and make them one people.” — Thomas Jefferson Political cynics have embraced the phrase, “We get what we deserve,” to describe American politics today. The outlook picked…
- BusinessMagazineOctober 2020
Zoom Court 2020: Legal System Adapting to Virtual Proceedings
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterTo suggest the pandemic of 2019-20 has been a disruptor is to create a new level of understatement. It has disrupted virtually every aspect of human interaction. And of course, humans being, well, human, interaction often leads to… court proceedings.…
- MagazineOctober 2020Opinion
On the Origins of Words and Expanding Bailiwicks
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterOur thanks to esteemed Little Rock attorney Patrick Wilson, included in the pages ahead as part of our listing of top lawyers but most importantly, unintentional source of inspiration for a new feature introduced this month in this space: Word…