31 Dec 2024 Five-Oh-Ones to Watch 2025: Brooklyn Parker
By Carol Rolf
Conway attorney Brooklyn Parker believes she’s an example of the old adage, “Love what you do and you’ll never work a day in your life.”
Parker said she loves her job and cannot imagine doing anything else. “I am licensed to practice in multiple areas of law, but I especially love anything relating to business and entrepreneurs,” she said. “I love to help business owners and those wanting to start a business with their needs … organization, estate planning, employment law, real estate … anything they need.”
She grew up as an “Army brat,” living all over the country but settling down in Conway when her family moved here and she started ninth grade at Carl Stuart Middle School. It was during that time she would decide to become a lawyer; it was also during that time she would meet her future husband, Zachary Parker.
She said she was introduced to law in ninth grade. “Coach Jeff Prince had a lawyer come speak to us,” Parker said.
“I don’t remember much about what that lawyer said, but I thought he was confident, well-spoken and assertive. I told myself, ‘I can do that and maybe do it better.’ I knew then I wanted to be a lawyer.”
Parker graduated from Conway High School in 2010 and the Honors Program at the University of Central Arkansas in 2012. She graduated magna cum laude from the William H. Bowen School of Law in 2016, where she was managing editor of the UALR Law Review Editorial Board. She worked for various law offices before becoming part of the Jason Owens Law Firm in Conway in 2019. She has received numerous awards, including Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch (2021–2024), Women in the Law: Ones to Watch (2022), and Super Lawyers Mid-South Rising Star (2022–2024).
Parker is committed to her community as well. She is vice president of the United Way of Central Arkansas and of the Kiwanis Club of Conway; secretary of the Woodrow Cummins Parent-Teacher Organization; a board member of the Conway Symphony Orchestra; and an active member of the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce, which honored her with the Member of the Year distinction in 2023. Additionally, she is a member of the Arkansas Bar Association and president of the Faulkner County Bar Association, which she helped reorganize several years ago.
The Parkers were married in 2013, “two weeks before I started law school,” she said, laughing. “I graduated from law school in May 2016, took the bar in September 2016, and one month later found out I was pregnant with our first daughter, Scarlett. We also have a second daughter, Juliette.
“Scarlett does competitive dance, so we travel a lot,” she said. “And Juliette seems to be super athletic, so we are anxious to see what she might be interested in within a few years.
“I cannot imagine what my future might bring,” Parker said. “I feel I have met my life goals. When I was 14, I said I wanted to become a lawyer and marry Zach. I’ve had those goals for such a long time, I’m not sure I know how to set goals anymore. I feel God has put me right where I belong.”
