About Molly McNulty:
Attorney Molly McNulty of Little Rock is seeking election to the Arkansas Court of Appeals – District 6, Position 1, which includes Pulaski, Saline, and Perry counties. Since 2015, McNulty has served as a law clerk at the Arkansas Court of Appeals for the Honorable Raymond Abramson, where she has gained valuable experience specific to the appellate court system, including writing hundreds of draft opinions and advising on complex legal issues. McNulty has served as an adjunct professor at the UALR Bowen School of Law and began her legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Joe Volpe, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. She is a graduate of the Inaugural Public Service Academy.
McNulty holds leadership positions in a wide range of community organizations across central Arkansas. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Arkansas Bar Association and recently co-chaired the 125th Annual Arkansas Bar Association Meeting in June. McNulty serves as Chair of the Leadership Greater Little Rock Alumni Board. McNulty also currently sits on the Board of Directors of Camp Aldersgate, the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, the Historic Arkansas Museum Foundation, and is on the Board of Advisors for the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. In addition, she continues to serve her community through her work as an active member of The Rotary Club of Little Rock (Club 99) where she is the Secretary of the Board, and as a sustaining member of the Junior League of Little Rock, where she sits on the Sustainer Board.
McNulty is a graduate of Davidson College and has a Master of Public Service from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service and a Juris Doctor from the UALR Bowen School of Law. She and her husband Chris live in Little Rock with their six-year-old son Thomas and four-year-old daughter Mary Carter. They are members of Christ Episcopal Church.
Professional Experience:
● Law Clerk to the Honorable Raymond Abramson (Arkansas Court of Appeals)
● Adjunct Professor at the University of Arkansas Bowen School of Law
● Law Clerk to the Honorable Joe Volpe (U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas)
● Chambers Extern to the Honorable Bill Wilson (U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas)
● Law Clerk to Attorney General Dustin McDaniel
● Law Clerk at Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard, PLLC
● Law Clerk at Wright Lindsey & Jennings, LLP
● Fundraiser and Event Planner at CDP Strategies, LLC
● Executive Assistant to United States Senator Blanche L. Lincoln
● Government Relations Assistant at Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP
Community Involvement:
● Member, The Rotary Club of Little Rock (Club 99)
Secretary of the Board 2023-2024
Rotarian of the Year 2022-2023
Membership Recruitment Chair 2022-2023
Chair of the Police and Fire Awards 2021
● Arkansas Bar Association Board of Trustees, 2020 – Present
● Co-Chair of the Arkansas Bar Association Annual Meeting 2023
● Arkansas Repertory Theatre Board of Directors and member of StageDoor Social
● Leadership Greater Little Rock, Class XXXII
● Chair of the Leadership Greater Little Rock Alumni Advisory Board 2023-2024
● Graduate of the Inaugural Public Service Academy 2019-2020
● Junior League of Little Rock Sustainer Board, 2021-Present; Secretary 2021-2022
● Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Board of Advisors
● Camp Aldersgate Board of Directors
● Historic Arkansas Museum Foundation Board of Directors
● Episcopal Collegiate School 2023 ONE Auction Committee Member
● Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Opus Ball 2022 Committee Member
● ACCESS Starry, Starry Night 2022 Committee Member
● 2021 Davidson College Alumni Service Award
● Davidson College Alumni Class Secretary, Ambassador and Davidson Volunteer Week Little Rock Chair
● Arkansas Civil Rights History Tour Mobile Audio App, Program Manager
● Co-Chair of The Centers for Youth & Families (CFYF) EVOLVE 2016 Gala
● Gridiron Cast Member (2004, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
● Arkansas Association of Women Lawyers Social Chair 2015-2016
● Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families Soup Sunday 2015 Chair and committee member (2013-2018)
● 2014 Women’s Foundation of Arkansas’s Power of the Purse Co-Chair
● Former President of the Quapaw Quarter Association Board of Directors and Board Member (2015-2021)
● Former Chair, University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service Alumni Board, 2017-2018
● Former Board Member of the Arkansas Arts Center’s Contemporaries Group
● Former Board Member of Ballet Arkansas (2011 – 2017) and past Secretary of the Board
● Member, Christ Episcopal Church, Little Rock