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EDUCATION Tulane University LL.B., University of Arkansas, 1963 New York University Graduate School of Law Admitted to practice in Arkansas, 1963 PRACTICE AREAS Corporate and municipal finance, securities regulation, banking, business and public utilities law.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Advising, structuring and preparing all forms of securities disclosure documents required by federal and state law, including prospectuses, offering circulars and private offering memoranda. Making and completing filings with federal and state securities agencies. Representing issuers and underwriters in public and private securities offerings. Acting as bond and underwriter's counsel in municipal bond issues. Advising and representing individuals, corporations, partnerships and broker-dealers in all facets of securities laws before state and federal courts, securities regulatory agencies and self-regulatory organizations. Representing and advising banks, bank holding companies and other financial institutions on business and regulatory matters. Representing and advising clients on mergers, acquisitions, financing and other forms of business transactions. Advising electric cooperatives generally and representing them before the Arkansas Public Service Commission.PUBLICATIONS Author of chapter on "Registration and Regulation of Broker-Dealer, Agents and Investment Advisors" in Blue Sky Regulation published by Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.; co-author of "Revenue Bond Financing in Arkansas" in Arkansas Lawyer; co-author of series of articles on "Third Party Legal Opinions" in Arkansas Lawyer; co-author of "A Watershed Year for Bankers: Arkansas' 1997 Banking Legislation," Arkansas Lawyer. OTHER ACTIVITIES Chairman, Board of Trustees, Arkansas Arts Center; Member, Board of Directors, Arkansas Arts Center Foundation; former Chairman, current Member, Board of Directors, Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation; Member, Board of Directors, Old State House Museum Association; Member, Fifty For The Future, Inc.; President and Member, Board of Directors, Ben J. Altheimer Charitable Foundation, Inc.; Arkansas Liaison for State Regulation of Securities Committee of the American Bar Association; Regional Advisor, Arkansas Children’s Hospital Foundation. Named in Best Lawyers in America (Corporate Law), 1991-2007 editions; Chambers and Partners USA: Leading Business Lawyers (Corporate/M&A).Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve, Retired; former Arkansas Securities Commissioner and Savings and Loan Supervisor (1971-1974); former Secretary and Treasurer, North American Securities Administrators Association; former Co-Chairman, Real Estate Syndications Committee, Midwest Securities Commissioners Association; Member, American Law Institute and former advisor on proposed Federal Securities Code, and former Member of consultative group on Restatement Third, Law of Suretyship; Chairman of the Bank Powers Subcommittee of the Governor's Task Force For the Revision of the Arkansas State Banking Code (Enacted, 1997); served as Chairman, Arkansas Bar Association State and Federal Securities Committee; Member, Uniform Laws Committee; and speaker at state, regional and national seminars on securities regulation, banking law and municipal finance. Attorney - Client Relation. Use of the Mitchell Williams web site does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and Mitchell Williams . If you send us an e-mail and we do not already represent you, your e-mail will not create an attorney-client relationship and will not necessarily be treated as privileged or confidential.Of Counsel p: (501) 688-8804 f: (501) 918-7804 e: JSelig@mwsgw.com Little Rock Office 425 West Capitol Avenue Suite 1800 Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 Telephone: (501) 688-8800 Fax: (501) 688-8807 Download vCard | 