UALR William H. Bowen School of Law Class of 2011
Alumni Spotlight
Bowen Alum among youngest federal judges                                              
Jeffrey LaVicka (’02) became one of the youngest federal judges in the country after being appointed as an administrative law judge for the social security administration in Morgantown, W. Va., last fall. The lifetime appointment, concluded a yearlong process that included a 40-page application and hearings in front of a panel in Washington, D.C.
Before his appointment as judge, Jeff spent six years in the U.S. Navy where he was Valedictorian of his Navy Special Forces diving class. Read the article…
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Bowen Connections in Canada
Amir A. Fazel (’09) is a Bowen Alumnus who recently opened his own firm, the Fazel Bakhsheshi Law Firm, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Amir, who emigrated from Iran to Canada in 1999, is focusing a large part of his practice on the needs of the Persian community in Vancouver. “The decision to open my own firm was a difficult one, but the right one, ” says Amir.
Upon graduating from Bowen in 2009, Amir returned to Vancouver and began the extensive process of obtaining his Canadian law license.  A lawyer with a foreign law degree must apply to the Federation of Law Societies of Canada (FLSC) to have his law degree accredited in Canada.  Read the article…
Class Notes
Marie A. Crawford ( ’10) has opened the Nelms Crawford Law Firm in Sherwood, Arkansas. Her practice provides a range of transactional, litigation, and counseling services to public and private entities, with emphases in public utility, governmental, property, and domestic relations law.
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