Friday Eldredge & Clark LLP

62 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Employment Law - Individuals Employment Law - Management Labor Law - Management Litigation - Labor and Employment
*Named the "Lawyer of the Year" in this practice area in the 2026 edition in Little Rock.

Biography

H. Wayne Young is a partner with the firm and a member of the Labor and Employment Law Practice Group. He was named the 2017 Russell Gunter Legislative Advocacy Award Recipient by the Arkansas SHRM. The award recognizes outstanding contributions of time and effort in local, state or federal legislative advocacy on behalf of the Human Resources profession. He is a member of CAHRA and was awarded the association’s Legislative Advocacy Award for 2018. He has also been named in The Best Lawyers in America publication annually since 2015, and has been listed as a Rising Star in the Mid-South by Super Lawyersmagazine annually since 2013. He is on the Board of Directors of Women and Children First and he is the past president of the Little Rock Downtown Kiwanis Club. Wayne currently serves as General Counsel to the Arkansas State Council of the Society of Human Resource Management.He graduated summa cum laude from Arkansas Tech University in Russellville and attended law school at the William H. Bowen School of Law at UALR where he was a Bowen Scholar. Wayne was a Bowen Scholar at the University of Little Rock School of Law, and won the Bogle-Sharpe Award for Most Likely to Succeed in the Practice of Law in 2003.
Friday Eldredge & Clark LLP

62 Best Lawyers awards

Friday Eldredge & Clark LLP logo

Overview

  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock, JD, graduated 2002
  • Arkansas Tech University, B.A. History and Political Science, graduated 2000

  • Arkansas, 2003

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
  • Arkansas, 2003
  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock, JD, graduated 2002
  • Arkansas Tech University, B.A. History and Political Science, graduated 2000
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2026 - Employment Law - Individuals
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Employment Law - Individuals, Little Rock (2026)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Employment Law - Individuals
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Trade Secrets Law

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