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Scotty Shively

LEGAL EXPERIENCE: Cross, Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C.: Of Counsel, 2008 – present; Robinson, Staley & Marshall, P.A.: Executive Director, 1997-2008; Director, October 1985 – April 1997; House, Holmes & Jewell, P.A.: Attorney, Labor Law and Litigation Sections, March 1981 – September 1985

PRACTICE AREAS: Alternative Dispute Resolution Neutral, Health Care and Labor and Employment

ADMITTED: Arkansas Circuit Courts, Arkansas Supreme Court, Arkansas Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit Court of Appeal, United States Supreme Court

LAW SCHOOL: University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, J.D., with high honors (1981); UALR Law Journal Associate Editor (1979-80)

ADR NEUTRAL TRAINING: Graduate Certificate in Conflict Management, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2004; (15 graduate hours equivalent to ½ master’s degree); AAA Courses: AHLA, Mediation Training (3 day), Arbitration (1 day)

COLLEGE: Southeast Missouri State University, B.S., magna cum laude, 1967; Memphis State University (now University of Memphis), attended 1961-1963; Who’s Who in Colleges & Universities; Alpha Lambda Delta Honorary Fraternity; Phi Beta Phi Fraternity

MEMBER: Pulaski County, Arkansas (Chair, Dispute Resolution Section, 2009-2010; Past Chair, Law School Committee; Past Chair, Labor Law and Health Law Sections) and American (Health Law Forum, Labor & Employment Law Section, ADR in Labor & Employment Law) Bar Associations; Arkansas Bar Foundation (Fellow): Member, 1986 – present, Board of directors 2009-2010; American Health Lawyers Association (Co-Chair, Employment Law Practice Group & Newsletter Editor); Arkansas Hospice Association, Board of Directors; Rotary International; Central Arkansas Executives Association (Board of Directors, Member of the Year 2005); Arkansas Conflicts Resolution Association, Board of Directors; American Arbitration Association Arbitration and Mediation Panels; National Forum of Arbitration Panel; American Health Lawyers Association’s Dispute Resolution Panel; and VOCALS – Volunteer Organization, Center for Arkansas Legal Services

AWARDS: Best Lawyers in America Healthcare Law (1995-2008), and Labor and Employment Law (2008-2010); Mid-South Super Lawyers Labor and Employment Law (2006-2009); Marquis Who’s Who in America; UALR School of Law Outstanding Alumna for 1980

PUBLICATIONS: “Resurgence of the Class Action Lawsuit in Employment Discrimination Cases: New Obstacles Presented by the 1991 Amendments to Civil Rights Act” 23 UALR LAW REVIEW, 2001; “Employee Rights Under the NLRA in a Non-Union Setting” American Health Lawyers Association, Labor and Employment Newsletter (Fall 2004), “Does the Patient Hear (and Understand) the Provider – The Requirement for a Limited English Proficiency Policy” Health Lawyers News (June 2005)





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