Cristy Park - Little Rock Civil Rights Lawyer Reviews & Ratings

After thirteen years working in mental health and substance use disorders, Cristy Park began her legal career protecting the civil rights of Arkansans with disabilities as a staff attorney with Disability Rights Arkansas. At Disability Rights Arkansas, Cristy handled a variety of issues, including ensuring school districts provided proper services to students who qualified for special education, restoring dignity and autonomy of individuals with disabilities by removing unnecessary guardianships, and collaborating with state and national civil rights organizations to file a federal class action lawsuit to ensure protections for individuals incarcerated in Arkansas state prisons through the COVID-19 pandemic.. Cristy later began working for Arkansas’s Department of Education, serving as the primary legal counsel for the Office of Special Education, the Arkansas School for the Deaf, the Arkansas School for the Blind, and the Child Nutrition Unit. Through this position, Cristy continued to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities, while developing skills in labor and employment law, policy drafting, drafting and negotiating contracts, and state and federal government procurement.. Building on her experience with contracts and procurement, Cristy went on to join the United States Army Corps of Engineers as the primary litigation attorney for the contracts team. In this role, Cristy ensured compliance with federal law throughout the procurement of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal contracts, including construction and international military projects, defended the Government against bid protests, handled contract disputes, represented the Government in administrative appeals, and worked with the Department of Justice to prosecute trespasses and encroachments on public lands. Additionally, Cristy served as an ethics officer, providing training and real-time advice on ethical matters.. At Prestige Legal, Cristy combines her experience to provide a variety of legal services, including representing students in special education issues, representing employees in employment discrimination, handling a wide range of contract disputes, providing procurement consultation to state and federal contractors, representing state and federal contractors in bid protests, requests for equitable relief, and contract appeals, providing general counsel to small businesses, and business and nonprofit formation and consultation.