Graduate Assistants Join Research Team
 
Angela Boyd, B.A., J.D., was raised on her family's farm near Paragould, Arkansas.  She graduated magna cum laude from Arkansas State University with a bachelor's degree in Political Science and a minor in Agricultural Business.   She graduated in 2008 from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law with high honors.  Angela served as a legislative extern during the 2007 session with the Arkansas House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture and Economic Development and clerked at the Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research.  She is licensed to practice law in the state of Arkansas. 
Kimberly C. Clark, B.A., J.D., graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005 with a B.A. in Sociology and a minor in Social Work.  Before law school, she worked as a Residential Treatment Officer at the Travis County Juvenile Probation Department.  Kimberly received her J.D. degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 2008, during which time she served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Food Law & Policy.  Her primary areas of interest are labor and employment law.   

Patrick Feilke, B.S., J.D., grew up working on his family rice and soybean farm in Stuttgart, Arkansas.  He graduated cum laude from the University of Arkansas, Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences with a B.S. in Agricultural Business.  He interned in Washington, DC for Senator Blanche Lincoln and graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Law in May 2008.  Patrick is licensed to practice law in Arkansas. 
Jennifer Fiser, B.S., M.S., J.D., graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2000 with a B.S. in Biology and a minor in Environmental Science and received her Master's degree in Agronomy from Purdue University. While in graduate school, her research focused on the monitoring of E. coli in the environment. During law school, Jennifer served as the 2007-2008 Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Food Law & Policy.  She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arkansas School of Law in May 2008 and is licensed to practice law in Arkansas.   
Paul Goeringer, B.S., J.D., was raised on his family's farm in the small town of Bessie, Oklahoma.  He received his B.S. degree in Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University in 2004 and was selected by the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources to serve as the Frank D. Lucas Scholar in Washington DC.  Paul received his J.D. degree with honors from University of Oklahoma's College of Law in 2007 and entered the LL.M. program in January 2008 where he is working on a thesis in the area of the Oklahoma Groundwater Act.  Paul is licensed to practice law in Oklahoma. 
Andrew R. Hopper, B.S., J.D., grew up on the family farm in Indiana.  He graduated magna cum laude from eastern Tennessee's Milligan College with a B.S. in Business Administration and received the Board of Advisors Outstanding Academic Student Award.  During his law school career at Ohio Northern University, Andrew founded the university's Agricultural Law Association, served as vice-president and president of the Student Bar Association, and received the Student Bar Association Excellence in Service Award. 
Aaron Thompson. B.A., J.D., worked in various capacities for his family's vegetable production and cooling business.  He graduated from the University of Colorado in 2003 with a B.A. in History and a minor in Business and received his J.D. from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 2008.  While in law school, Aaron earned the Scholar of Merit Award twice for his writing and served as a community volunteer for the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) network.