Background
Light, Harry Alan was born on January 5, 1956 in Miami, Florida, United States. Son of Michael Abraham Light and Elizabeth Alice Tripp.
Light, Harry Alan was born on January 5, 1956 in Miami, Florida, United States. Son of Michael Abraham Light and Elizabeth Alice Tripp.
University of Florida (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with honors, 1977). University of Arkansas (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1982).
Worked at Friday, Eldredge & Clark (Little Rock, Arkansas) specializing in General Civil Practice. Corporation, Insurance, Negligence, Labor and Employment, Banking, Debtor/Creditor Rights, Employee Benefits, Estate Planning and Probate, Antitrust, Securities, Taxation, Public Utility, Environmental, Health Care, Municipal Bond Law, Personal Injury, Insurance Defense, Product Liability, Medical and Professional Malpractice, Real Estate, Health Care, Intellectual Property. Admitted to the bar, 1982, Texas and United States.
District Court, Northern District of Texas.
1983, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1989, Arkansas and United States.
District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Member: Pulaski County and Arkansas Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas.
Friday, Eldredge & Clark and its predecessors have represented Union Pacific Railroad and its predecessors in Arkansas for more than 100 years. Since 1952 the firm has served the entire state with a full range of legal services. lieutenant represents a number of clients on a nationwide basis in the field of products liability, mergers and acquisitions, securities law and general corporate legal services.
Active Pulaski County Democratic Committee, Little Rock, since 1992. Trustee Trinity United Methodist Church, Little Rock, 1995-1997. Board directors Humane Society Pulaski County, 1997-1998, vice president, 1998.
President Central Arkansas Rescue Effort for Animals Inc., since 1998. Member Arkansas Bar Association (finance institutions section, debtor/creditor committee, house delegations since 1995), Metroplan (board directors since 1995), Pulaski Bar Association (chairman directory committee).
Married Ruth Van Lear Nixon, March 19, 1983. Children: David Michael, Brian Harry.