Anne S. Parker

Member

Bar Admissions: Arkansas

Education

B.S., with High Honors, Arkansas State University, 1965
M.A., English, University of Kentucky, 1968
J.D., with High Honors, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1979
Admitted to practice in Arkansas, 1979

Professional Experience

Private practice since 1981. Extensive experience in all areas of municipal finance including bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, issuer’s counsel, trustee’s counsel and borrower’s counsel. Bond counsel for the Arkansas Development Finance Authority’s Economic Development Guaranty Bond Program since 1987. Bond counsel for the State of Arkansas General Obligation College Savings Bond Program 1991 through 1998. Extensive experience in secured real estate lending.

Experience in representation of cities, counties, state agencies, boards and commissions. Counsel to major electric utility in structuring of asset sales and acquisitions including regulatory and securities law compliance. Experience in legislative review, analysis and drafting in the areas of utility, banking and municipal law and municipal finance law. Served as law clerk to U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Arnold, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-1981. Instructor in English, Louisiana State University, 1968-1971, Auburn University, 1973-1976.

Other Activities

Arkansas Bar Association; American Bar Association, Member; National Association of Bond Lawyers, Member; Federal Advisory Committee, Member; U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1993 through 1996. Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce Leadership Institute Class of 1994; Second Presbyterian Church; Advocates for Battered Women, President, 1996-1999; Arkansas Repertory Theater, Board Member; Arkansas Business, Top 100 Women in Arkansas, 1996,1998, and 1999; Little Rock Boys and Girls Club, Board Member; Chambers and Partners USA: Leading Business Lawyers (Corporate/Commercial: Municipal Bonds).

Publications

A Definition of Investment Contracts and Equitable Defenses to Suit for Rescission for Nonregistration Under the Arkansas Securities Act, UALR Law Journal 366, 1978.