Caroline C. Lewis is originally from Gurdon, Arkansas. Caroline obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian and Political Science from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. As an undergraduate, Caroline spent a semester abroad in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where she studied Russian. She earned her Master of Arts degree in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of Kansas in 1998. Caroline enrolled in law school at the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and obtained her law degree in 2002.

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While in law school, she served as the Research Editor of the Arkansas Law Review. Caroline was also an active member of the moot court program. As a competitor, she was honored for her writing and oral advocacy skills in the intramural and National Moot Court competitions. Caroline served on the Board of Advocates as the Ben J. Altheimer Moot Court Competition Chair. For her service to the law school and her achievements in moot court, Caroline was awarded the 2002 Outstanding Service to the Law School Award and received the 2002 Appellate Advocacy Prize.

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Caroline clerked for the Honorable William R. Wilson, Jr., of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas for two years after completing law school, and later worked in the area of insurance defense, including subrogation, workers’ compensation defense, complex commercial and antitrust litigation, estate planning and probate law, and the development of business entities in Arkansas. She has submitted appeals to the Full Commission of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission, the Arkansas Court of Appeals, the Arkansas Supreme Court, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Caroline joined The Brad Hendricks Law Firm January in 2009. Caroline has served as the firm’s Managing Bankruptcy Attorney since 2013, and her practice is primarily focused on representing debtors in consumer bankruptcy matters before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. Although she has recently scaled back on these types of cases, she also practices in the areas of probate and family law, and is a Qualified Domestic Relations/Probate Attorney ad Litem, as recognized by the Administrative Office of the Courts for the State of Arkansas. Little Rock’s Best Bankruptcy Attorney 2021 – 2ndyear to be named. In 2014, she was recognized by Soirée Magazine as the Best Bankruptcy Lawyer and was a nominee by the American Institute of Bankruptcy Attorneys for the “10 Best” Attorneys in the State of Arkansas.

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Caroline and her husband, Stephen, reside in Little Rock, Arkansas, with their daughter, Catherine.