Kirby McDonald has been hired as associate attorney in the intake department at Rainwater Holt & Sexton in Little Rock. McDonald is a graduate of the University of Arkansas School of Law at Fayetteville.
Seth Hyder has joined Rainwater Holt & Sexton as an associate attorney focused on personal injury in Little Rock. He has worked in a variety of areas, including general civil litigation, landlord/tenant law, contract negotiation and enforcement, secured transactions, and debtor/creditor relations. Hyder graduated from the Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Kirby D. Miraglia, Brandon Middleton and John Jacob Lively have all joined Wright Lindsey & Jennings as associate attorneys in the firm’s Little Rock office.
Miraglia advises individual clients and business owners on estate planning and business succession matters.
Middleton, a registered patent attorney, focuses his practice on intellectual property matters, including patent, trademark and copyright applications for clients ranging from individual entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies.
Lively’s practice focuses on breach of contract litigation, banking and commercial lending, creditors rights and collections, and bankruptcy.
Whitney James has been hired as an associate at Spicer Rudstrom PLLC in Little Rock. She was previously an associate at the Wren Law Firm. She will focus on compensation and personal injury law.
James brings nearly 10 years of experience to Spicer Rudstrom, having worked on cases ranging from criminal prosecution to criminal defense, family law, workers’ compensation, Social Security disability and personal injury.
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