Waddell, Cole & Jones, PLLC has announced the association of attorneys Nathan A. Read and Justin E. Parkey.

 

Nathan Read is a 2002 graduate of Lyon College in Batesville where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He was a four-year letterman for the Scots varsity baseball team, earning NAIA Academic All American honors in 2001. Following his undergraduate studies, Read attended The George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington, D.C., where he received his Masters of Arts in International Affairs.

 

After internships with the Office of Senator Blanche Lincoln, the Canadian Embassy, and employment in the Office of Congressman Marion Berry, Read enrolled in law school at Temple University, Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, earning his Juris Doctor in 2008. During law school, Read served as a member of the Temple International & Comparative Law Journal Editorial Board and was a Class Senator to the Student Bar Association. His law journal article entitled, Claiming the Strait: How U.S. Accession to the United National Law of the Sea Convention Will Impact the Dispute Between Canada and the United States over the Northwest Passage, was selected for publication in the Temple International & Comparative Law Journal in 2007.

 

Read joins Waddell, Cole & Jones, PLLC after working for four years as an associate with the law firm of Stevens & Lee in their Valley Forge, Pennsylvania office. There, Read gained significant experience in the areas of commercial, antitrust, trade secret, and employment litigation. At Waddell, Cole & Jones, PLLC, Read will focus his practice in the areas of medical malpractice defense, employment law, and commercial litigation.

 

Read is a native of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. He is married to Dr. Andi Craft Read, a native of Jonesboro and a physician with St. Bernards Medical Center.

 

Justin Parkey also joins Waddell, Cole & Jones, PLLC as an associate attorney in the firm’s litigation section.  A native of Jonesboro and an alumnus of Jonesboro High School, Parkey attended Harding University in Searcy, where he graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Economics.  He continued his education at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California, earning his Juris Doctor in May of 2008.  During law school, Parkey gained significant moot court experience, competing in several national and international competitions.  He was chosen for membership in the Order of the Barristers and was Vice-Chair of the Pepperdine University Moot Court Board.  Parkey also served as the Literary Citation Editor for Pepperdine’s Dispute Resolution Law Journal.

 

Following graduation from law school, Parkey returned to Arkansas.  He served as a law clerk to Judge D. Price Marshall on both the Arkansas Court of Appeals and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.  He also worked as a law clerk to Judge Raymond R. Abramson on the Arkansas Court of Appeals.

 

Parkey will focus his work in the areas of employment law, commercial litigation, insurance defense, and appellate law.

 

Waddell, Cole & Jones, PLLC is a full-service law firm located in Jonesboro. The firm provides business and litigation services in the areas of banking and finance, taxation, insurance defense, business and commercial litigation, employment law, medical malpractice defense, healthcare law, estate planning, agricultural law, family law, and real estate. The firm represents a diverse client base across a broad geographic region and counts among its clients Fortune 500 companies, closely-held businesses, and individuals alike.