Mary B. Matthews

Attorney in Rogers, AR

Retired

Education:

University of Arkansas BS Ed. 1975, Magna Cum Laude; JD, 1978

Arkansas Law Review, Assoc. Editor & Member (1976-78)

Bar Activities:

Arkansas Bar Association

Women Lawyers Judicial Screening Panel (1980)

Reporter, American Bar Association Compilations on State Limited Liability Company and Partnership Laws and Limited Partnership Laws (1987-2002)

Reporters, Arkansas Bar Association revision of Arkansas Debtor-Creditor Relations Handbook (2002)

Other Activities:

Professor of Law – University of Arkansas School of Law (1984-present)

Lowell Planning Commission, Chair (1979-1980)

Benton County Quorum Court, Justice of the Peace (1980)

Lifestyles Board of Directors (1988-1997)

Lifestyles Foundation Board of Directors
(1988-2003)

Advisory Board, Northwest Arkansas Junior League (2003-2004)

Earlene Scruggs Scholarship Board (2003-present)

Jones Center for Families (President 2001-2002, Board Member 2001-2004, Program Committee 2004-present)

Board of Directors, Arkansas Law Review and Association

Journal, Inc. (1990-present)

Board, Arkansas Lawyer (2005-present)

Publications

“Financial Instruments Issued by Agricultural Cooperatives” USDA, ACS Report No. 68 (1988)

“A Review of Limited Partnership Law in Arkansas,”
41 Arkansas Law Review 189 (1988)

“Corporate Statutes — Which One Applies?”
13 UALR L.J. 69 (1990)

“Recent Developments in the Law Regarding Agricultural Cooperatives,” 68 N.D.L. Rev. 273 (1992)

“Credit Cards – Authorized and Unauthorized Use,” 13 Annual Review of Banking Law, Boston U. School of Law 233 (1994)

“The Arkansas Limited Law Liability Company — A New Business Entity is Born,” 46 Ark. Law Rev. 791 (1994)

“Derivative Suits and the Similarly Situated Shareholder Requirement,” 8 Depaul Bus. L.J 1 (1995)

“Current Developments in the Law Regarding Agricultural Cooperatives,” 1 Drake Journal of Agricultural Law (1996)

“The Shareholder Derivative Suit in Arkansas,”
52 Ark. Law Rev. 353 (1999)

Steve H. Nickles & Mary Beth Matthews, Payments Law in a Nutshell (Thomson West) (2007)

Steven H. Nickles & Mary Beth Matthews, Black Letter Outlines – Payment Systems (Thomson West) (2007)

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