Arkansas' Best Lawyers in America® 2009

Arkansas is home to some of the finest legal minds in the nation. In this special section, you will find a
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tribute to the Arkansas Bar Association and their 111th Annual Meeting.

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BEST LAWYERS

Do you need to find a lawyer? A good lawyer? Welcome

to this issue of AY that highlights the lawyers of the
Arkansas Bar Association. During the last 11 months,
as president of the Association, I have had the honor
and privilege of serving the more than 5,000 members
of the Association. As a first-hand witness, I can testify
that the legal profession in the state of Arkansas is in
hard-working, competent hands.
Now, back to the initial question. You can find
a good lawyer at arkansasfindalawyer.com. This is
the official database for the Bar Association. You
can search by city, county, the kind of case you have
(area of practice), and the last name of an attorney. Many of the best lawyers in
Arkansas can be contacted with a quick and convenient search.
You can also find a good lawyer during January and February at your local
high school, coaching senior high students in the Association’s statewide Mock
Trial Competition. Every senior high school in Arkansas has the opportunity to
be involved. The competition involves a high school teacher coach; an attorney
coach; students who act the roles of witnesses and attorneys; and parents who
support the entire process. Attorneys and judges from each locale judge the
competition. If you are interested in bringing this project to your local high
school, check out arkbar.com.
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Giving a Voice
to the Unheard
"We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to
understand." — Cecil Day Lewis
G Grif Stockley, author, his-
torian and attorney, experi-
enced a watershed moment
early in life.
He grew up in Marianna, Ark., “one of
the poorest counties in the United States,”
during a racially turbulent time in history.
“Our senior class was told to put on a minstrel
show. It’s embarrassing and shameful to think
I was in a minstrel, making fun of African
Americans,” Stockley said. He served as senior
class president, however, admits that he didn’t
challenge those in charge. “I look back on that
as a time I didn’t speak up. I wouldn’t have
been able to change the course, but I could
have spoken up.”
Stockley graduated, attended what is now
Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn., and in
1965 joined the Peace Corps. While in the
corps, he was part of a team that developed
local projects on the northern coast of
Columbia. In 1967, he was drafted into the
Army where he served two years. He then
attended law school at the University of
Arkansas at Fayetteville.
“My time in Columbia was a
transformational experience. While there I
was confronted intellectually and emotionally
by the poverty,” Stockley said. When he
returned to the United States, he was once
again confronted by the racial conflict of the
‘60s. “I felt it was important to contribute in
some way to justice. I thought the best way to
do that was through the law.”
He obtained his law degree and for 32
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By Angela E. Thomas
years, worked at the Legal Aid Bureau of
Pulaski County (now the Center for Arkansas
Legal Services) representing individuals
who otherwise may not have afforded legal
representation. “I handled cases such as
landlord-tenant disputes, cases involving
used cars, juvenile courts, class action suits,
issue of race in Arkansas. They are: Blood In
Their Eyes: The Elaine Race Massacres of 1919;
Race Relations in the Natural State; Daisy
Bates: Civil Rights Crusader from Arkansas;
Salted With Fire; and Ruled by Race: Black/
White Relations in Arkansas from Slavery to the
Present.
constitutional matters and your garden variety In these books, Stockley explores Jim
representation of indigent clients. I found it to Crow and its implications and “the effects of
be very meaningful work.” white supremacy in Arkansas. We must come
All along, Stockley wrote. “I started writing to terms with our racial past,” he said. In the
three or four years after I finished law school, Bates biography, he specifically explores what
but I didn’t get published for many years.” she went through. “We must look at this kind
Stockley used his experience and of history … we have to be honest about what
knowledge as an attorney to pen five hugely- race relations have cost us in Arkansas. So
popular novels – Expert Testimony, Probable much has been written about 1957, when in
“The audience is growing; it’s gratifying to know African
Americans are reading the book and recommending it to
others. Many people want to know what prompted me,
someone who [went along with the status quo], to become
someone who speaks out,” Stockley said.
Cause, Religious Conviction, Illegal Motion and fact, there are so many other stories. We must
Blind Judgment. The novels’ main characters look at history from slavery forward to change
are attorney Gideon Page and his daughter our future.”
Sarah. Page and Sarah enjoy a close-knit Stockley maintains his law license, but
relationship similar to Stockley’s with his three years ago, he was hired by the Central
daughter Erin, a corporate lawyer who lives Arkansas Library System as their first Dee
in Virginia. She has three daughters, ages 5, Brown Fellow. This move granted him time to
3, and 1; and Stockley visits the family, which complete Ruled by Race. He said he is indebted
includes Erin’s husband Dan, often. to other historians as their work allowed him
Stockley’s other five books deal with the to make the book a comprehensive look at
race issues in the Natural State.
“I’m most proud of this book because
of what I was willing to acknowledge as
the course of race relations in Arkansas. It’s
absolutely crucial to tell the truth.”
“I started the draft for Ruled by Race in the
1970s. I called it Race Relations in Arkansas:
Thank God for Mississippi,” Stockley said,
laughing. “Someone once said about writing ‘I
write not to be understood, but to understand.’
Writing really does that for you, I think. It
makes you think through, very carefully, what
you believe and what you care about.”
The publication of Ruled by Race has
opened many doors for Stockley. In the last
two months, he has had an average of one or
two speaking engagements weekly. The groups
he speaks to include high school and college
students, Bar Associations, Lyons Clubs and
other civic groups.
“The more I speak, the more people read
the book,” Stockley said. He recently spoke
at the Arkansas Literary Festival and on
the air on KABF. “The audience is growing;
it’s gratifying to know African Americans
are reading the book and recommending it
to others. Many people want to know what
prompted me, someone who [went along
with the status quo], to become someone who
speaks out,” Stockley said.
Stockley has also written two plays; the
latest “Truth! Reconciliation?” was recently
presented at The Weekend Theater in Little
Rock.
As a litigator, Stockley defended the civil
rights of individuals who otherwise may
not have had a legal voice; some of his most
meaningful cases involved youth.
“One of my toughest cases involved
challenging the constitutionality of the
juvenile system; it was Walker vs. Arkansas
Department of Human Services. We didn’t
really have judges who heard dependency and
neglect cases involving youth. As a result of the
case, the Legislature passed laws that created
a system of juvenile justice that provided due
process to youth and families,” Stockley said.
He feels it’s critical that society develop
foster care and rehabilitation services that
allow children to remain in their communities
and succeed.
Stockley said he has not quit being a
lawyer. “I’m no less busy now. I’m always
thinking about the next book.” 

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BEST LAWYERS

Fair, Just and

Approachable By Angela E. Thomas

Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice James R. Hannah has an enthusiasm for the law and
the people for Arkansas and works daily to ensure justice is served for each of its citizens.

J Judge Jim Hannah has served

the people of Arkansas for
more than three decades; ini-
tially as a juvenile judge, then as a chancery/
probate judge in what is now the Circuit
Court. In 2001, he joined the Arkansas Su-
preme Court and now serves as the chief jus-
“Children were treated like little adults.
The courts did no more than mete out
punishment, but they needed help with their
problems,” Hannah said. He established the
Juvenile Court in White County through a
federal grant and served as the White County
Juvenile Judge for two years. When Hannah
“I have a keen interest in children.” When
Hannah’s children were young, he served as a
coach for their various teams. “My wife Pat
says I’m going to be a coach when I grow
up,” he said, smiling. As a member of the
Kiwanis, Hannah serves as chairman of the
organization’s Little League Basketball.
tice.
Hannah graduated from high school
in Harrison, Ark., and earned degrees in
accounting and law from the University
of Arkansas at Fayetteville. “I started out
“I didn’t plan to run to be a judge,”
in college on an athletic scholarship. For a Hannah said. “I didn’t have any
time, I wanted to play baseball professionally, aspirations to serve on the Supreme Court
then become a coach,” Hannah said. He … I thought I could help and bring any
contemplated a career in business, but soon
talents I might have to the Court.”
became a husband and father. “I needed to
do something to better support my family.
My [then] father-in-law introduced me to
the legal community. I saw it as a way to help
speaks of his work with youth, his passion is Hannah has also helped serve Arkansas
others. I thought I’d do tax work, but because
obvious. He serves on a number of committees youth during his tenure on the Arkansas
I worked in a small-town practice, the practice
including the U.S. Supreme Court Committee Supreme Court. “Some of the toughest cases
was very broad. That’s typical in small towns.”
on Federal-State Jurisdiction — he was [judges] hear involve the termination of
Hannah later served as the Searcy City
appointed by U.S. Supreme Court Chief parental rights. Trial judges do a great job of
Attorney and also represented several other
Justice John G. Roberts — and the National hearing these cases,” Hannah said, explaining.
surrounding cities. As he served in these small
Judicial Leadership Summit on the Protection Termination of parental rights’ cases go to
towns, Hannah saw a flaw in the system:
of Children. the Court of Appeals; often two or three
county judges presided over juvenile matters.

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years would elapse before the Court reviewed
the cases. “This is a lifetime for a child. We
looked at this through the eyes of the children,
and that was simply intolerable. The Supreme
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As one can imagine, Hannah has had
several mentors during his 41-year career. He
named just a few: Ed Lightle; Cecil Tedder;
Charles Yingling, who served as a municipal
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Truth, Justice — a Scowl­—

and the American Way By Angela E. Thomas, Photograph by Jennifer Freeman

Judge Tim Fox works daily to make sure the Scales of Justice are
balanced and fair for each person in his court.

T The Honorable Timothy Fox,

Circuit Judge of the Sixth Ju-
dicial District, Sixth Division,
has a wonderful sense of hu-
mor.
“This ideal of the law and of justice
sparked my interest … maybe I read too many
custody cases.”
Fox has practiced law since 1981 and, for
a time, worked as the assistant for the North
Little Rock city attorney. He is currently
serving his second six-year term. He strongly
favors Arkansas’ system of electing judges
folks about my background, what the court
does … and, of course, they still asked about
traffic tickets.”
Fox pointed out that all cases involve
conflict, and domestic cases involving minors
can be tough. “But if lawyers do their job well,

Superman comics growing up. It was either

law school or the Ringling Brothers,” Fox said,
laughing. “I wasn’t limber enough for clown “This ideal of the law and of justice
college.”
sparked my interest … maybe I read too
He earned his bachelor’s degree in political
science from Hendrix University and his law many Superman comics growing up. It
degree from the University of Arkansas at was either law school or the Ringling
Fayetteville. Brothers,” Fox said, laughing. “I wasn’t
“I feel lawyers are good for society. It’s
limber enough for clown college.”
quite clear that society has to have rules and
mechanisms. A healthy judicial system is
extremely important to society.”
Fox began his law career as a general
and found his own election “a humbling it’s possible to move to a better place than
practice lawyer which, he said, is typical of
experience. Most people ask about traffic before.”
small law practices. “Every case presents a
tickets,” he said, with a smile. As a circuit court judge, Fox said his
challenge due to the organization aspect of it
“When you run for an office, the public case allocation involves roughly 25 percent
or the subject of the case. I did a lot of work
wants to know who you are, what you stand domestic cases and 75 percent civil cases.
involving domestic cases, such as divorce and
for and your philosophy,” he said. “I talked to Civil cases involve matters such as medical

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malpractice, accidents and car wrecks. These
cases involve juries; domestic cases do not.
“I enjoy working with juries,” Fox said.
“The dynamic of these 12 individuals … it’s
a different experience each time. Every four
months, we call hundreds of people out of
their daily lives and ask them to serve. The
overwhelming majority step up to the plate.
They understand that it is very important
that [the judicial system] has their voices. In
Arkansas, juries make the recommendations
on punishment, so [our juries] are truly the
voice of the community.”
The Judge Tim Fox I met is not the Judge
Tim Fox the average juror or lawyer has met
or will meet in the courtroom. This Judge Fox
was relaxed, personable and humorous. “Folks
who aren’t in court regularly assume I’m mad
or stern. Everyone has a default face. Mine is
a scowl. A judge cannot allow anything to be
read into [his facial expression] and cannot
communicate nonverbally. You must be
consistent. Everybody must be treated exactly
the same. It’s up to the jury to make decisions
and as a judge, you cannot weigh that decision
with a question or an expression.”
“I think one of my strengths, to be frank,
and not egotistical, is being able to make a
decision. Sometimes, the best thing you can
do for the litigants is make a decision, quickly,
but with thought and fairness.”
As one can imagine, Fox has heard and
hears the strange, comical and unspeakable,
but he maintains his scowl. “At the end of this
term, I still don’t think I’ll have heard it all. I’ll
still have my scowl, and I’ll always maintain
an open mind. Every day is a learning process.
Yes, there are some days when you wish
you could sandblast out everything you just
learned …” Fox said, smiling.
Given a do-over, Fox would become a judge
earlier. “You need more practice to become
the ‘best.’” His advice to lawyers aspiring to
become a judge? Have a good work ethic.
“The legal community and the community as
a whole respect a good work ethic.”
If he weren’t a judge and could be
financially sound, Fox would, perhaps, have
been an actor. He loves Mel Brooks movies;
“Blazing Saddles” is one of his favorites.
Another favorite is “Ironman.” As a Superman
fan, he’s also a Justice League buff, as well.
Fox also earned a master’s degree in judicial
studies and is the first judge in Arkansas to do
so. 
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Little Rock, AR 72207 (501) 371-0808 26 W. Center, Suite 203 Batesville
(501) 376-2121 P.O. Box 3456 H. David Blair
Roger D. Rowe Fayetteville, AR 72701 Blair & Stroud
Frank S. Hamlin Lax, Vaughan, Fortson, (479) 521-2621 Municipal Building, Suite 201
ADR, Inc. McKenzie & Rowe 500 E. Main St.
1501 N. University Ave., Suite 420 Cantrell West Building, Suite 201 Little Rock P.O. Box 2135
Little Rock, AR 72207 11300 Cantrell Road Charles W. Baker Batesville, AR 72501
(501) 376-2121 Little Rock, AR 72212 Rose Law Firm (870) 793-8350
(501) 376-6565 120 E. Fourth St.
Sidney H. McCollum Little Rock, AR 72201-2893 Fayetteville
ADR, Inc. Robert S. Shafer (501) 375-9131 John C. Everett
1501 N. University Ave., Suite 420 Friday, Eldredge & Clark Everett & Wales
Little Rock, AR 72207 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Charles T. Coleman 1944 E. Joyce Blvd., P.O. Box 8370
(501) 376-2121 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Wright, Lindsey & Jennings Fayetteville, AR 72703-8370
(501) 376-2011 200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300 (479) 443-0292
Antitrust Law Little Rock, AR 72201-3699
(501) 371-0808 Little Rock
Little Rock Banking Law William M. Griffin III
Philip S. Anderson James F. Dowden Friday, Eldredge & Clark
Williams & Anderson Jonesboro 212 Center St., 10th Floor 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Stephens Building, 22nd Floor Ralph W. Waddell Little Rock, AR 72201 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
111 Center St. Barrett & Deacon (501) 324-4700 (501) 376-2011
Little Rock, AR 72201 Mercantile Center, Third Floor
(501) 372-0800 300 S. Church St. Judy Simmons Henry Philip E. Kaplan
P.O. Box 1700 Wright, Lindsey & Jennings Williams & Anderson
Peter G. Kumpe Jonesboro, AR 72403 200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300 Stephens Building, 22nd Floor
Williams & Anderson (870) 931-1700 Little Rock, AR 72201-3699 111 Center St.
Stephens Building, 22nd Floor (501) 371-0808 Little Rock, AR 72201
111 Center St. (501) 372-0800
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 372-0800
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Commercial Litigation 19 E. Mountain St. P.O. Box 1700

P.O. Box 1688 Jonesboro, AR 72403 Gary D. Corum
Batesville Fayetteville, AR 72702-1688 (870) 931-1700 Wilson, Engstrom, Corum & Coulter
H. David Blair (479) 521-7600 200 S. Commerce, Suite 600
Blair & Stroud Little Rock P.O. Box 71
Municipal Building, Suite 201 John C. Everett H. William Allen Little Rock, AR 72203
500 E. Main St. Everett & Wales Allen Law Firm (501) 375-6453
P.O. Box 2135 1944 E. Joyce Blvd., P.O. Box 8370 Centre Place, Ninth Floor
Batesville, AR 72501 Fayetteville, AR 72703-8370 212 Center St. Nate Coulter
(870) 793-8350 (479) 443-0292 Little Rock, AR 72201-2416 Wilson, Engstrom, Corum & Coulter
(501) 374-7100 200 S. Commerce, Suite 600
El Dorado Robert Jones III P.O. Box 71
Brian H. Ratcliff Connor & Winters Philip S. Anderson Little Rock, AR 72203
Shackleford, Phillips, 211 E. Dickson St. Williams & Anderson (501) 375-6453
Wineland & Ratcliff Fayetteville, AR 72701 Stephens Building, 22nd Floor
100 E. Church St. (479) 582-5711 111 Center St. Kevin A. Crass
P.O. Box 1718 Little Rock, AR 72201 Friday, Eldredge & Clark
El Dorado, AR 71731-1718 Fort Smith (501) 372-0800 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
(870) 862-5523 C. Wayne Harris Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
Warner, Smith & Harris Jess L. Askew III (501) 376-2011
Dennis L. Shackleford 400 Rogers Ave. Williams & Anderson
Shackleford, Phillips, P.O. Box 1626 Stephens Building, 22nd Floor Richard T. Donovan
Wineland & Ratcliff Fort Smith, AR 72901 111 Center St. Rose Law Firm
100 E. Church St. (479) 782-6041 Little Rock, AR 72201 120 E. Fourth St.
P.O. Box 1718 (501) 372-0800 Little Rock, AR 72201-2893
El Dorado, AR 71731-1718 Charles R. Ledbetter (501) 375-9131
(870) 862-5523 Ledbetter, Cogbill, Arnold & Harrison John K. Baker
622 Parker Ave. Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Timothy O. Dudley
Floyd M. Thomas, Jr. P.O. Box 185 Gates & Woodyard 114 S. Pulaski St.
Compton, Prewett, Thomas & Hickey Fort Smith, AR 72902-0185 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 Little Rock, AR 72201-1924
423 N. Washington Ave. (479) 782-7294 Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 (501) 372-0080
El Dorado, AR 71730-5615 (501) 688-8800
(870) 862-3478 Helena Patrick J. Goss
David Solomon R. T. Beard III Rose Law Firm
Fayetteville 427 Cherry St. Mitchell, Williams, Selig, 120 E. Fourth St.
Constance G. Clark P.O. Box 490 Gates & Woodyard Little Rock, AR 72201-2893
Davis, Wright, Clark, Butt & Carithers Helena, AR 72342-3301 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 (501) 375-9131
19 E. Mountain St. (870) 338-7427 Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
P.O. Box 1688 (501) 688-8800 William M. Griffin III
Fayetteville, AR 72702-1688 Jonesboro Friday, Eldredge & Clark
(479) 521-7600 Barry Deacon Cathleen V. Compton 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Barrett & Deacon 114 S. Pulaski St. Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
Sidney P. Davis, Jr. Mercantile Center, Third Floor Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 376-2011
Davis, Wright, Clark, Butt & Carithers 300 S. Church St. (501) 372-0080

Arkansas Bar Association/Arkansas Bar Foundation 2008-2009 Joint Award Recipients

Kent J. Rubens, posthumously
Outstanding Lawyer Award
The Outstanding Lawyer
Award is given in recognition
of excellence in the practice
of law and outstanding
contributions to the
profession.
Senator James “Jim” C. Luker
Outstanding Lawyer-Citizen Award   C. E. Ransick Award of Excellence
The Outstanding Lawyer-
Citizen Award is given in rec-
ognition of outstanding par-
ticipation in and for excellent
performance of civic responsi-
bilities and for demonstrating
high standards of professional
competence and conduct.
H. William “Bill” Allen
The C. E. Ransick Award of
Excellence was created to
recognize outstanding contri-
butions to the profession.
Judge James M. Moody
James H. McKenzie
Professionalism Award   Service Award
The James H. McKenzie
Professionalism Award rec-
ognizes sustained excellence
through integrity, character
and leadership to the profes-
sion and the community,
which garners the highest
honor to the profession.
Don Hollingsworth
Equal Justice Distinguished
The Equal Justice Distin-
guished Service Award is
given to recognize commit-
ment to and participation
in equal justice programs
for the poor, including pro
bono efforts through legal
services programs.

Outstanding Local Bar Association Awards:

Craighead County Bar Association • Pulaski County Bar Association • Union County Bar Association

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Christopher J. Heller 111 Center St., Suite 1900 Cyril Hollingsworth (501) 372-0800
Friday, Eldredge & Clark Little Rock, AR 72201-4420 Dover Dixon Horne
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 (501) 379-1700 Metropolitan Tower, 37th Floor Donald T. Jack, Jr.
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 425 W. Capitol Ave. Jack, Nelson & Jones
(501) 376-2011 Michael N. Shannon Little Rock, AR 72201 The Metropolitan Tower, Suite 3400
Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow (501) 375-9151 425 W. Capitol Ave.
D. Michael Huckabay, Sr. 111 Center St., Suite 1900 Little Rock, AR 72201
Huckabay, Munson, Rowlett & Moore Little Rock, AR 72201-4420 Jeffrey H. Moore (501) 375-1122
Regions Center, Suite 1900 (501) 379-1700 Friday, Eldredge & Clark
400 W. Capitol Ave. 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Walter E. May
Little Rock, AR 72201 Steven T. Shults Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
(501) 374-6535 Shults Law Firm (501) 376-2011 Gates & Woodyard
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1600 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
M. Samuel Jones III Little Rock, AR 72201-3637 David M. Powell Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, (501) 375-2301 Williams & Anderson (501) 688-8800
Gates & Woodyard Stephens Building, 22nd Floor
425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 John E. Tull III 111 Center St. T. Ark Monroe III
Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow Little Rock, AR 72201 Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
(501) 688-8800 111 Center St., Suite 1900 (501) 372-0800 Gates & Woodyard
Little Rock, AR 72201-4420 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Philip E. Kaplan (501) 379-1700 John Dewey Watson Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
Williams & Anderson Friday, Eldredge & Clark (501) 688-8800
Stephens Building, 22nd Floor William A. Waddell 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
111 Center St. Friday, Eldredge & Clark Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 John S. Selig
Little Rock, AR 72201 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 (501) 376-2011 Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
(501) 372-0800 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Gates & Woodyard
(501) 376-2011 North Little Rock 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Peter G. Kumpe David A. Grace Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
Williams & Anderson Teresa M. Wineland Hardin & Grace (501) 688-8800
Stephens Building, 22nd Floor Williams & Anderson 500 Main St., Suite A
111 Center St. Stephens Building, 22nd Floor P.O. Box 5851 Robert Shults
Little Rock, AR 72201 111 Center St. North Little Rock, AR 72119 Shults Law Firm
(501) 372-0800 Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 378-7900 200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1600
(501) 372-0800 Little Rock, AR 72201-3637
John G. Lile Corporate Law (501) 375-2301
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings Pine Bluff
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300 Stephen A. Matthews Jonesboro Nicholas Thompson
Little Rock, AR 72201-3699 Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake Ralph W. Waddell Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
(501) 371-0808 315 E. Eighth Ave. Barrett & Deacon Gates & Woodyard
P.O. Box 7808 Mercantile Center, Third Floor 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Bruce E. Munson Pine Bluff, AR 71611 300 S. Church St. Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
Huckabay, Munson, Rowlett & Moore (870) 534-5532 P.O. Box 1700 (501) 688-8800
Regions Center, Suite 1900 Jonesboro, AR 72403
400 W. Capitol Ave. Rogers (870) 931-1700 Paragould
Little Rock, AR 72201 James G. Lingle Ray A. Goodwin
(501) 374-6535 Lingle Law Firm Little Rock Goodwin Moore
110 S. Dixieland Road Philip S. Anderson 511 S. Fourth St.
Elizabeth R. Murray Rogers, AR 72758 Williams & Anderson P.O. Box 726
Friday, Eldredge & Clark (479) 636-7899 Stephens Building, 22nd Floor Paragould, AR 72450
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 111 Center St. (870) 239-2225
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Marshall S. Ney Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 376-2011 Mitchell, Williams, Selig, (501) 372-0800 Criminal Defense:
Gates & Woodyard Non-White-Collar
David M. Powell 5414 Pinnacle Point Drive, Suite 500 Paul B. Benham III
Williams & Anderson Rogers, AR 72758-8131 Friday, Eldredge & Clark Fayetteville
Stephens Building, 22nd Floor (479) 464-5650 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 John C. Everett
111 Center St. Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Everett & Wales
Little Rock, AR 72201 Communications Law (501) 376-2011 1944 E. Joyce Blvd.
(501) 372-0800 P.O. Box 8370
Little Rock C. Douglas Buford, Jr. Fayetteville, AR 72703-8370
Steven W. Quattlebaum Jess L. Askew III Mitchell, Williams, Selig, (479) 443-0292
Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow Williams & Anderson Gates & Woodyard
111 Center St., Suite 1900 Stephens Building, 22nd Floor 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 Warner H. Taylor
Little Rock, AR 72201-4420 111 Center St. Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 Taylor Law Firm
(501) 379-1700 Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 688-8800 303 E. Millsap Road
(501) 372-0800 P.O. Box 8310
Gordon S. Rather, Jr. Walter M. Ebel III Fayetteville, AR 72703
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings Lawrence Chisenhall Friday, Eldredge & Clark (479) 443-5222
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300 Chisenhall, Nestrud & Julian 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3699 Regions Bank Building, Suite 2840 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Fort Smith
(501) 371-0808 400 W. Capitol Ave. (501) 376-2011 Eddie N. Christian, Sr.
Little Rock, AR 72201 Christian & Byars
Roger D. Rowe (501) 372-5800 Price C. Gardner 502 Garrison Ave.
Lax, Vaughan, Fortson, Friday, Eldredge & Clark Fort Smith, AR 72901
McKenzie & Rowe Construction Law 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 (479) 782-9147
Cantrell West Building, Suite 201 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
11300 Cantrell Road Little Rock (501) 376-2011 Jonesboro
Little Rock, AR 72212 Allen C. Dobson Bill W. Bristow
(501) 376-6565 Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus H. Watt Gregory III Bristow & Richardson
500 President Clinton Ave., Suite 200 Kutak Rock 216 E. Washington St.
Beverly A. Rowlett Little Rock, AR 72201 124 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Jonesboro, AR 72401-3102
Huckabay, Munson, Rowlett & Moore (501) 371-9999 Little Rock, AR 72201-3706 (870) 935-9000
Regions Center, Suite 1900 (501) 975-3000
400 W. Capitol Ave. Jack East III Bobby R. McDaniel
Little Rock, AR 72201 2725 Cantrell Road, Suite 202 Paul W. Hoover, Jr. McDaniel & Wells
(501) 374-6535 Little Rock, AR 72202 Williams & Anderson 400 S. Main St.
(501) 372-3278 Stephens Building, 22nd Floor Jonesboro, AR 72401
Charles L. Schlumberger 111 Center St. (870) 932-5950
Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow Little Rock, AR 72201

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Presidential Awards
Phillip Carroll of the
Rose Law Firm in Little
Rock, for his work as
chair of the Uniform Laws
Committee.
Gwen Rucker, Law Clerk
for U.S. Magistrate Henry
L. Jones, Jr., for her extraor-
dinary service and leader-
ship to the Association.
William A. Martin for his
many years of dedicated
service as secretary/trea-
surer of the Arkansas Bar
Association.
Jim Julian of Chisenhall,
Nestrud & Julian, P.A. in
Little Rock for his work
as chair of the Arkansas
Bar Political Action
Committee.
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Little Rock Little Rock, AR 72202-4843 (501) 376-2011
Cathleen V. Compton (501) 371-9131
114 S. Pulaski St. Thomas L. Overbey
Overbey, Graham, Strigel & Wesbrook
Little Rock, AR 72201 J. Blake Hendrix
(501) 372-0080 308 S. Louisiana St. Pavilion Centre, Suite 240
Little Rock, AR 72201 8315 Cantrell Road
Timothy O. Dudley (501) 376-0679 Little Rock, AR 72227-2355
114 S. Pulaski St. (501) 664-8105
Little Rock, AR 72201-1924 Richard E. Holiman
(501) 372-0080 Holiman Law Firm Craig H. Westbrook
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1700 Overbey, Graham, Strigel & Wesbrook
John Wesley Hall Little Rock, AR 72201 Pavilion Centre, Suite 240
1311 Broadway (501) 375-1170 8315 Cantrell Road
Little Rock, AR 72202-4843 Little Rock, AR 72227-2355
(501) 371-9131 Jack T. Lassiter (501) 664-8105
Lassiter & Couch
J. Blake Hendrix 813 W. Third St. Energy Law
308 S. Louisiana St. Little Rock, AR 72201
Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 370-9300 Little Rock
(501) 376-0679 Lawrence Chisenhall
William C. McArthur Chisenhall, Nestrud & Julian
Richard E. Holiman 300 Spring Building, Suite 620 Regions Bank Building, Suite 2840
400 W. Capitol Ave.
Holiman Law Firm Little Rock, AR 72201-2444
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1700 (501) 376-6173 Little Rock, AR 72201
Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 372-5800
(501) 375-1170 Jeff Rosenzweig
300 Spring Building, Suite 310 Stephen N. Joiner
Jack T. Lassiter Third and Spring St. Rose Law Firm
Lassiter & Couch Little Rock, AR 72201 120 E. Fourth St.
813 W. Third St. (501) 372-5247 Little Rock, AR 72201-2893
Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 375-9131
(501) 370-9300 DUI/DWI Defense
N. M. Norton
Jeff Rosenzweig Fayetteville Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
300 Spring Building, Suite 310 Christina D. Comstock 200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300
Third and Spring St. Everett & Wales Little Rock, AR 72201-3699
Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 372-5247 1944 E. Joyce Blvd. (501) 371-0808
P.O. Box 8370
Criminal Defense: Fayetteville, AR 72703-8370 Scott C. Trotter
White-Collar (479) 443-0292 Perkins & Trotter
One Information Way, Suite 200
P.O. Box 251618
Fayetteville Little Rock
John C. Everett David H. Williams Little Rock, AR 72225-1618
Everett & Wales The Law Office of David H. Williams (501) 603-9000
1944 E. Joyce Boulevard 212 Center St., Second Floor
P.O. Box 8370 Little Rock, AR 72201 Environmental Law
Fayetteville, AR 72703-8370 (501) 372-0038
(479) 443-0292 Fayetteville
Education Law Colene Gaston
Warner H. Taylor Gaston Law Office
Taylor Law Firm Little Rock 2949 North Point Circle, Suite Three
303 E. Millsap Road Christopher J. Heller Fayetteville, AR 72704
P.O. Box 8310 Friday, Eldredge & Clark (479) 521-3148
Fayetteville, AR 72703 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
(479) 443-5222 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Little Rock
(501) 376-2011 Sherry P. Bartley
Fort Smith Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
Eddie N. Christian, Sr. Employee Benefits Law Gates & Woodyard
Christian & Byars 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
502 Garrison Ave. Little Rock Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
Fort Smith, AR 72901 Bryant Cranford (501) 688-8800
(479) 782-9147 Rose Law Firm
120 E. Fourth St. Joseph Henry Bates III
Jonesboro Little Rock, AR 72201-2893 Cauley Bowman Carney & Williams
11311 Arcade Drive, Suite 200
Bill W. Bristow (501) 375-9131
P.O. Box 25438
Bristow & Richardson
216 E. Washington St. Gregory B. Graham Little Rock, AR 72212
Jonesboro, AR 72401-3102 Overbey, Graham, Strigel & Wesbrook (501) 312-8500
(870) 935-9000 Pavilion Centre, Suite 240
8315 Cantrell Road Ann P. Faitz
Bobby R. McDaniel Little Rock, AR 72227-2355 Chisenhall, Nestrud & Julian
McDaniel & Wells (501) 664-8105 Regions Bank Building, Suite 2840
400 S. Main St. 400 W. Capitol Ave.
Jonesboro, AR 72401 Joseph B. Hurst, Jr. Little Rock, AR 72201
(870) 932-5950 Friday, Eldredge & Clark (501) 372-5800
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Allan Gates
Cathleen V. Compton (501) 376-2011 Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
114 S. Pulaski St. Gates & Woodyard
Little Rock, AR 72201 Alexandra A. Ifrah 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
(501) 372-0080 Friday, Eldredge & Clark Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
(501) 688-8800
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Timothy O. Dudley Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
114 S. Pulaski St. (501) 376-2011 Samuel E. Ledbetter
Little Rock, AR 72201-1924 McMath Woods
(501) 372-0080 A. Wyckliff Nisbet, Jr. 711 W. Third St.
Friday, Eldredge & Clark Little Rock, AR 72201
John Wesley Hall 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 (501) 396-5400
1311 Broadway Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
Kelly M. McQueen 313 W. Second St. (501) 379-1700 Lee J. Muldrow
Perkins & Trotter Little Rock, AR 72201 Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
One Information Way, Suite 200 (501) 375-9901 North Little Rock 200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300
P.O. Box 251618 Morgan E. Welch Little Rock, AR 72201-3699
Little Rock, AR 72225-1618 W. Michael Reif Welch & Kitchens (501) 371-0808
(501) 603-9000 Dover Dixon Horne One Riverfront Place, Suite 413
Metropolitan Tower, 37th Floor North Little Rock, AR 72114 Immigration Law
Charles R. Nestrud 425 W. Capitol Ave. (501) 978-3030
Chisenhall, Nestrud & Julian Little Rock, AR 72201 Little Rock
Regions Bank Building, Suite 2840 (501) 375-9151 Franchise Law Melissa McJunkins Duke
400 W. Capitol Ave. Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus
Little Rock, AR 72201 Gary B. Rogers Little Rock 500 President Clinton Ave., Suite 200
(501) 372-5800 Dover Dixon Horne David M. Powell Little Rock, AR 72201
Metropolitan Tower, 37th Floor Williams & Anderson (501) 371-9999
G. Alan Perkins 425 W. Capitol Ave. Stephens Building, 22nd Floor
Perkins & Trotter Little Rock, AR 72201 111 Center St. Donna Smith Galchus
One Information Way, Suite 200 (501) 375-9151 Little Rock, AR 72201 Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus
P.O. Box 251618 (501) 372-0800 500 President Clinton Ave., Suite 200
Little Rock, AR 72225-1618 Jack Wagoner III Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 603-9000 Mitchell, Blackstock, Barnes, Wagoner, Roger D. Rowe (501) 371-9999
Ivers & Sneddon Lax, Vaughan, Fortson,
Brian Rosenthal 1010 W. Third St. McKenzie & Rowe Lonoke
Rose Law Firm P.O. Box 1510 Cantrell West Building, Suite 201 Kathy Woodward Goss
120 E. Fourth St. Little Rock, AR 72203-1510 11300 Cantrell Road 604 S. Center St.
Little Rock, AR 72201-2893 (501) 378-7870 Little Rock, AR 72212 P.O. Box 448
(501) 375-9131 (501) 376-6565 Lonoke, AR 72086-0448
Paragould (501) 676-6522
Marcella J. Taylor Harry Truman Moore William A. Waddell
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Goodwin Moore Friday, Eldredge & Clark Insurance Law
Gates & Woodyard 511 S. Fourth St. 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 P.O. Box 726 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Little Rock
Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 Paragould, AR 72450 (501) 376-2011 Frederick K. Campbell
(501) 688-8800 (870) 239-2225 Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
Government Relations Law Gates & Woodyard
Walter G. Wright, Jr. Rogers 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard David R. Matthews Little Rock Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 Matthews, Campbell, Rhoads, McClure, T. Ark Monroe III (501) 688-8800
Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 Thompson & Fryauf Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
(501) 688-8800 119 S. Second St. Gates & Woodyard Charles B. Cliett, Jr.
Rogers, AR 72756 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
Family Law (479) 636-0875 Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 Gates & Woodyard
(501) 688-8800 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Hot Springs National Park First Amendment Law Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
Bryan J. Reis Nicholas Thompson (501) 688-8800
The Farrar Firm Little Rock Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
First National Bank Building, Philip S. Anderson Gates & Woodyard Doak Foster
Third Floor, Suite Five Williams & Anderson 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
135 Section Line Road Stephens Building, 22nd Floor Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 Gates & Woodyard
Hot Springs National Park, AR 71913 111 Center St. (501) 688-8800 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
(501) 525-3130 Little Rock, AR 72201 Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
(501) 372-0800 Health Care Law (501) 688-8800
Little Rock
Marcia Barnes Jess L. Askew III Fort Smith Allan W. Horne
Mitchell, Blackstock, Barnes, Wagoner, Williams & Anderson Elizabeth Andreoli Dover Dixon Horne
Ivers & Sneddon Stephens Building, 22nd Floor Hardin, Jesson & Terry Metropolitan Tower, 37th Floor
1010 W. Third St. 111 Center St. Arvest Bank Building, Suite 500 425 W. Capitol Ave.
P.O. Box 1510 Little Rock, AR 72201 5000 Rogers Ave. Little Rock, AR 72201
Little Rock, AR 72203-1510 (501) 372-0800 P.O. Box 10127 (501) 375-9151
(501) 378-7870 Fort Smith, AR 72917-0127
Kristine G. Baker (479) 452-2200 T. Ark Monroe III
Barry E. Coplin Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
Coplin & Heuer 111 Center St., Suite 1900 Little Rock Gates & Woodyard
124 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1650 Little Rock, AR 72201-4420 Charles B. Cliett, Jr. 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 379-1700 Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
(501) 707-0300 Gates & Woodyard (501) 688-8800
Philip E. Kaplan 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Stephen C. Engstrom Williams & Anderson Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 Jeffrey Thomas
Wilson, Engstrom, Corum & Coulter Stephens Building, 22nd Floor (501) 688-8800 Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
200 S. Commerce, Suite 600 111 Center St. Gates & Woodyard
P.O. Box 71 Little Rock, AR 72201 David L. Ivers 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Little Rock, AR 72203 (501) 372-0800 Mitchell, Blackstock, Barnes, Wagoner, Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
(501) 375-6453 Ivers & Sneddon (501) 688-8800
John T. Lavey 1010 W. Third St., P.O. Box 1510
Sam Hilburn Lavey & Burnett Little Rock, AR 72203-1510 Nicholas Thompson
Hilburn, Calhoon, Harper, 904 W. Second St. (501) 378-7870 Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
Pruniski & Calhoun P.O. Box 2657 Gates & Woodyard
U.S. Bank Building North, Suite 800 Little Rock, AR 72201 Donald T. Jack, Jr. 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
One Riverfront Place (501) 376-2269 Jack, Nelson & Jones Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
Little Rock, AR 72114 The Metropolitan Tower, Suite 3400 01) 688-8800
(501) 372-0110 Troy A. Price 425 W. Capitol Ave.
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings Little Rock, AR 72201 Intellectual Property Law
Henry Hodges 200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300 (501) 375-1122
Hodges Law Firm Little Rock, AR 72201-3699 Little Rock
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1722 (501) 371-0808 Michael W. Mitchell Ray F. Cox, Jr.
Little Rock, AR 72201-3402 Mitchell, Blackstock, Barnes, Wagoner, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
(501) 375-0400 John E. Tull III Ivers & Sneddon 200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300
Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow 1010 W. Third St., P.O. Box 1510 Little Rock, AR 72201-3699
Judson C. Kidd 111 Center St., Suite 1900 Little Rock, AR 72203-1510 (501) 371-0808
Dodds, Kidd & Ryan Little Rock, AR 72201-4420 (501) 378-7870

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Allen C. Dobson Elizabeth R. Murray Mass Tort Litigation

J. Charles Dougherty Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus Friday, Eldredge & Clark
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings 500 President Clinton Ave., Suite 200 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Little Rock
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300 Little Rock, AR 72201 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Sherry P. Bartley
Little Rock, AR 72201-3699 (501) 371-9999 (501) 376-2011 Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
(501) 371-0808 Gates & Woodyard
Byron L. Freeland Janet Pulliam 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Harold J. Evans Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Williams & Anderson Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
Williams & Anderson Gates & Woodyard Stephens Building, 22nd Floor (501) 688-8800
Stephens Building, 22nd Floor 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 111 Center St.
111 Center St. Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 Little Rock, AR 72201 Steven W. Quattlebaum
Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 688-8800 (501) 372-0800 Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow
(501) 372-0800 111 Center St., Suite 1900
Kathlyn Graves Richard A. Roderick Little Rock, AR 72201-4420
Hermann Ivester Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus (501) 379-1700
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 500 President Clinton Ave., Suite 200
Gates & Woodyard 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 Little Rock, AR 72201
425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 (501) 371-9999 Gordon S. Rather, Jr.
Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 (501) 688-8800 Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
(501) 688-8800 Scotty M. Shively 200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300
Russell A. Gunter Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus Little Rock, AR 72201-3699
Kathryn Bennett Perkins Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus 500 President Clinton Ave., Suite 200 (501) 371-0808
Rose Law Firm 500 President Clinton Ave., Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201
120 E. Fourth St. Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 371-9999 Media Law
Little Rock, AR 72201-2893 (501) 371-9999
(501) 375-9131 Frederick S. Ursery Little Rock
Regina Haralson Friday, Eldredge & Clark Jess L. Askew III
International Arbitration Kaplan, Brewer, Maxey & Haralson 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Williams & Anderson
111 Center St., Suite 2200 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Stephens Building, 22nd Floor
Little Rock Little Rock, AR 72201-4424 (501) 376-2011 111 Center St.
David M. Powell (501) 372-0400 Little Rock, AR 72201
Williams & Anderson Brian A. Vandiver (501) 372-0800
Stephens Building, 22nd Floor Melva Harmon Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus
111 Center St. Stephens Building, Suite 1200 500 President Clinton Ave., Suite 200 John E. Tull III
Little Rock, AR 72201 111 Center St. Little Rock, AR 72201 Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow
(501) 372-0800 Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 371-9999 111 Center St., Suite 1900
(501) 372-1133 Little Rock, AR 72201-4420
Labor and Carolyn B. Witherspoon (501) 379-1700
Employment Law Christopher J. Heller Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus
Friday, Eldredge & Clark 500 President Clinton Ave., Suite 200 Medical Malpractice Law
Fort Smith 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Little Rock, AR 72201
Benjamin H. Shipley III Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 (501) 371-9999 Batesville
Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus (501) 376-2011 H. David Blair
5401 Rogers Ave., Suite 200 Leigh Anne Yeargan Blair & Stroud
Fort Smith, AR 72903 Dan L. Herrington Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Municipal Building, Suite 201
(479) 783-8200 Friday, Eldredge & Clark Gates & Woodyard 500 E. Main St., P.O. Box 2135
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 Batesville, AR 72501
Jonesboro Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 (870) 793-8350
Paul D. Waddell (501) 376-2011 (501) 688-8800
Barrett & Deacon Fayetteville
Mercantile Center, Third Floor Denise Hoggard Mountainburg Kelly Carithers
300 S. Church St. Chisenhall, Nestrud & Julian Michael R. Jones Davis, Wright, Clark, Butt & Carithers
P.O. Box 1700 400 W. Capitol Ave. Gilker and Jones 19 E. Mountain St., P.O. Box 1688
Jonesboro, AR 72403 Little Rock, AR 72201 9222 N. Highway 71 Fayetteville, AR 72702-1688
(870) 931-1700 (501) 372-5800 Mountainburg, AR 72946 (479) 521-7600
(479) 783-3109
Little Rock Philip E. Kaplan Walter B. Cox
Tim Boe Williams & Anderson Pine Bluff Cox, Cox & Estes
Rose Law Firm Stephens Building, 22nd Floor Spencer F. Robinson Arvest Square, Suite 302
120 E. Fourth St. 111 Center St. Ramsay, Bridgforth, 75 Northeast Ave., P.O. Box 878
Little Rock, AR 72201-2893 Little Rock, AR 72201 Harrelson, and Starling Fayetteville, AR 72702
(501) 375-9131 (501) 372-0800 501 Main St., P.O. Box 8509 (479) 251-7900
Pine Bluff, AR 71611-8509
John L. Burnett John T. Lavey (870) 535-9000 Sidney P. Davis, Jr.
Lavey & Burnett Lavey & Burnett Davis, Wright, Clark, Butt & Carithers
904 W. Second St. 904 W. Second St., P.O. Box 2657 Land Use & Zoning Law 19 E. Mountain St., P.O. Box 1688
P.O. Box 2657 Little Rock, AR 72201 Fayetteville, AR 72702-1688
Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 376-2269 Little Rock (479) 521-7600
(501) 376-2269 W. Christopher Barrier
David P. Martin Mitchell, Williams, Selig, James R. Estes
J. Bruce Cross Rose Law Firm Gates & Woodyard Cox, Cox & Estes
Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus 120 E. Fourth St. 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 Arvest Square, Suite 302
500 President Clinton Ave., Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201-2893 Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 75 Northeast Ave., P.O. Box 878
Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 375-9131 (501) 688-8800 Fayetteville, AR 72702
(501) 371-9999 (479) 251-7900
JoAnn C. Maxey Legal Malpractice Law
John D. Davis Williams & Anderson Walker Dale Garrett
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings Stephens Building, 22nd Floor Little Rock Bassett Law Firm
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300 111 Center St. Donald H. Bacon 221 N. College Ave., P.O. Box 3618
Little Rock, AR 72201-3699 Little Rock, AR 72201 Friday, Eldredge & Clark Fayetteville, AR 72702-3618
(501) 371-0808 (501) 372-0800 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 (479) 521-9996
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
Oscar E. Davis, Jr. Michael S. Moore (501) 376-2011 Fort Smith
Friday, Eldredge & Clark Friday, Eldredge & Clark Charles R. Ledbetter
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Edwin L. Lowther, Jr. Ledbetter, Cogbill, Arnold & Harrison
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Wright, Lindsey & Jennings 622 Parker Ave., P.O. Box 185
(501) 376-2011 (501) 376-2011 200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300 Fort Smith, AR 72902-0185
Little Rock, AR 72201-3699 (479) 782-7294
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Jonesboro James W. Smith Sarah Cotton 100 E. Church St., P.O. Box 1718
Bobby R. McDaniel Friday, Eldredge & Clark Friday, Eldredge & Clark El Dorado, AR 71731-1718
McDaniel & Wells 3425 N. Futrall Drive, Suite 103 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 (870) 862-5523
400 S. Main St. Fayetteville, AR 72703-6252 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
Jonesboro, AR 72401 (479) 695-2011 (501) 376-2011 Dennis L. Shackleford
(870) 932-5950 Shackleford, Phillips, Wineland & Ratcliff
Little Rock Byron M. Eiseman, Jr. 100 E. Church St., P.O. Box 1718
Paul D. McNeill Paul B. Benham III Friday, Eldredge & Clark El Dorado, AR 71731-1718
Womack, Landis, Phelps & McNeill Friday, Eldredge & Clark 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 (870) 862-5523
301 W. Washington, P.O. Box 3077 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
Jonesboro, AR 72401 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 (501) 376-2011 Floyd M. Thomas, Jr.
(870) 932-0900 (501) 376-2011 Compton, Prewett, Thomas & Hickey
James E. Harris 423 N. Washington Ave.
Paul D. Waddell C. Douglas Buford, Jr. Friday, Eldredge & Clark El Dorado, AR 71730-5615
Barrett & Deacon Mitchell, Williams, Selig, 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 (870) 862-3478
Mercantile Center, Third Floor Gates & Woodyard Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
300 S. Church St., P.O. Box 1700 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 (501) 376-2011 Fayetteville
Jonesboro, AR 72403 Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 Kelly Carithers
(870) 931-1700 (501) 688-8800 W. Wilson Jones Davis, Wright, Clark, Butt & Carithers
Rose Law Firm 19 E. Mountain St., P.O. Box 1688
Little Rock Kevin R. Burns 120 E. Fourth St. Fayetteville, AR 72702-1688
Overton S. Anderson Rose Law Firm Little Rock, AR 72201-2893 (479) 521-7600
Anderson, Murphy & Hopkins 120 E. Fourth St. (501) 375-9131
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2470 Little Rock, AR 72201-2893 Walter B. Cox
Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 375-9131 K. Coleman Westbrook, Jr. Cox, Cox & Estes
(501) 372-1887 Friday, Eldredge & Clark Arvest Square, Suite 302
Walter M. Ebel III 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 75 Northeast Ave., P.O. Box 878
T. Michelle Ator Friday, Eldredge & Clark Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Fayetteville, AR 72702
Friday, Eldredge & Clark 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 (501) 376-2011 (479) 251-7900
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 (501) 376-2011 Oil & Gas Law Sidney P. Davis, Jr.
(501) 376-2011 Davis, Wright, Clark, Butt & Carithers
Gregory B. Graham Fort Smith 19 E. Mountain St., P.O. Box 1688
Donald H. Bacon Overbey, Graham, Strigel & Wesbrook Thomas A. Daily Fayetteville, AR 72702-1688
Friday, Eldredge & Clark Pavilion Centre, Suite 240 Daily & Woods (479) 521-7600
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 8315 Cantrell Road 58 S. Sixth Ave., P.O. Box 1446
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Little Rock, AR 72227-2355 Fort Smith, AR 72902 James R. Estes
(501) 376-2011 (501) 664-8105 (479) 782-0361 Cox, Cox & Estes
Arvest Square, Suite 302
Timothy L. Boone H. Watt Gregory III Robert M. Honea 75 Northeast Ave., P.O. Box 878
Huckabay, Munson, Rowlett & Moore Kutak Rock Hardin, Jesson & Terry Fayetteville, AR 72702
Regions Center, Suite 1900 124 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Arvest Bank Building, Suite 500 (479) 251-7900
400 W. Capitol Ave. Little Rock, AR 72201-3706 5000 Rogers Ave., P.O. Box 10127
Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 975-3000 Fort Smith, AR 72917-0127 Walker Dale Garrett
(501) 374-6535 (479) 452-2200 Bassett Law Firm
Municipal Law 221 N. College Ave., P.O. Box 3618
Ken Cook Little Rock Fayetteville, AR 72702-3618
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Little Rock G. Alan Perkins (479) 521-9996
Gates & Woodyard M. Jane Dickey Perkins & Trotter
425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 Rose Law Firm One Information Way, Suite 200 Robert L. Jones III
Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 120 E. Fourth St. P.O. Box 251618 Conner & Winters
(501) 688-8800 Little Rock, AR 72201-2893 Little Rock, AR 72225-1618 211 E. Dickson St.
(501) 375-9131 (501) 603-9000 Fayetteville, AR 72701
Mariam T. Hopkins (479) 582-5711
Anderson, Murphy & Hopkins Hal Joseph Kemp Magnolia
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2470 Kemp Duckett Spradley & Curry Carolyn J. Clegg Don A. Taylor
Little Rock, AR 72201 111 Center St. Keith, Clegg & Epley Davis, Wright, Clark, Butt & Carithers
(501) 372-1887 Suite 1300 McAlester Building, Suite 205 19 E. Mountain St., P.O. Box 1688
Little Rock, AR 72201 124 S. Jackson, P.O. Drawer 1029 Fayetteville, AR 72702-1688
D. Michael Huckabay, Sr. (501) 372-7243 Magnolia, AR 71754-1029 (479) 521-7600
Huckabay, Munson, Rowlett & Moore (870) 234-3550
Regions Center, Suite 1900 David F. Menz Forrest City
400 W. Capitol Ave. Williams & Anderson Personal Injury Litigation B. Michael Easley
Little Rock, AR 72201 Stephens Building, 22nd Floor Easley & Houseal
(501) 374-6535 111 Center St. Arkadelphia 510 E. Cross St., P.O. Box 1115
Little Rock, AR 72201 Rodney P. Moore Forrest City, AR 72335
Bruce E. Munson (501) 372-0800 Wright, Berry, Hughes & Moore (870) 633-1447
Huckabay, Munson, Rowlett & Moore 303 Professional Park Drive, P.O. Drawer 947
Regions Center, Suite 1900 J. Shepherd Russell III Arkadelphia, AR 71923 Fort Smith
400 W. Capitol Ave. Friday, Eldredge & Clark (870) 246-6796 Charles R. Ledbetter
Little Rock, AR 72201 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Ledbetter, Cogbill, Arnold & Harrison
(501) 374-6535 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Batesville 622 Parker Ave., P.O. Box 185
(501) 376-2011 H. David Blair Fort Smith, AR 72902-0185
Laura Hensley Smith Blair & Stroud (479) 782-7294
Friday, Eldredge & Clark John William Spivey III Municipal Building, Suite 201
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Wright, Lindsey & Jennings 500 E. Main St., P.O. Box 2135 Douglas O. Smith, Jr.
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300 Batesville, AR 72501 Warner, Smith & Harris
(501) 376-2011 Little Rock, AR 72201-3699 (870) 793-8350 400 Rogers Ave., P.O. Box 1626
(501) 371-0808 Fort Smith, AR 72901
Springdale Bryant (479) 782-6041
Robert J. Lambert Gordon M. Wilbourn Ted Boswell
Roy, Lambert & Lovelace Kutak Rock The Boswell Law Firm G. Alan Wooten
2706 S. Dividend Drive, P.O. Drawer 7030 124 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 408 N. Reynolds Road, P.O. Box 798 Warner, Smith & Harris
Springdale, AR 72766-7030 Little Rock, AR 72201-3706 Bryant, AR 72089-0798 400 Rogers Ave., P.O. Box 1626
(479) 756-8510 (501) 975-3000 (501) 847-3031 Fort Smith, AR 72901
(479) 782-6041
Mergers & Acquisitions Law Non-Profit/Charities Law El Dorado
Brian H. Ratcliff Jonesboro
Fayetteville Little Rock Shackleford, Phillips, Wineland & Ratcliff Alfred F. Angulo

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 BEST LAWYERS
Arkansas Bar Association President Rosalind M. Mouser selected the following active members as
Golden Gavel Award recipients for their outstanding work and service to the Association.
Howard W. Brill,
Vincent Foster University
Professor of Legal Ethics &
Professional Responsibility his service as chair of the
at the University of
Arkansas School of Law,
for his service as chair of
the Task Force on the Code
of Judicial Conduct.
Nick Rogers
of Chisenhall, Nestrud &
of the Crawford Law Firm
Julian, P.A. in Little Rock, in Hot Springs, for his work
for creating the DVD “A as chair of the Organization
Level Playing Field: Why
the American Legal System
Matters to You” for the
Law Related Education
Committee.
John A. (Jack) Davis, III
of ADR Inc. in Little Rock, for her work as chair of the
for his work as chair of the
Legislation Committee.
Joyce Bradley Babin,
Chapter 13 Standing
Trustee, Eastern & Western
Districts of Arkansas, for
her work as chair of the
Arkansas Bankruptcy
Handbook Subcommittee.
4 4 . J u ne 2009
Harry Light Sam Gibson
of Friday, Eldredge & of Gibson & Gibson, P.A.
Clark in Little Rock, for in Benton, for his work
as co-chair of the IT
2009 Annual Meeting. Infrastructure Committee.
Mike Crawford Don Hollingsworth
for his work on
the Organization
and Redistricting
and Redistricting SubCommittee.
SubCommittee.
Jeffrey E. McKinley John Vines,
of Wood, Smith, Schnipper,
Underwriting Committee. Clay & Vines in Hot Springs
for his work as chair of
the Member Benefits
Committee.
The Honorable D. Price Robert S. Shafer
Marshall, Arkansas of Friday, Eldredge & Clark
Court of Appeals Judge, in Little Rock, for his work
for his work as chair of as chair of the Handling
the Handling Appeals Appeals in Arkansas
in Arkansas Handbook Handbook Subcommittee.
Subcommittee.
Pam Gibson Mark Hodge
of Gibson & Gibson, P.A. of Chisenhall, Nestrud &
in Benton, for her work Julian, P.A. in Little Rock,
as co-chair of the IT for his work as chair of
Infrastructure Committee. the Law Related Education
Committee.
Frank Sewall, William A. Martin
of Arkansas Blue Cross for his work on
and Blue Shield, for his the Organization
work on the Organization and Redistricting
and Redistricting SubCommittee.
SubCommittee.
Win Trafford Brian Rosenthal
for his work as chair of the Rose Law firm in
of the Group Insurance Little Rock, for his work as
Committee. chair of the Membership
Development Committee.
Stephen Engstrom Pamela Osment
of Wilson, Engstrom, Corum of the Osment Law Firm
& Coulter in Little Rock, in Conway, for her work
for his work as co-chair as chair of the Domestic
of the Domestic Relations Relations Handbook
Handbook Subcommittee. Subcommittee.
Barrett & Deacon
Mercantile Center, Third Floor
300 S. Church St., P.O. Box 1700
Jonesboro, AR 72403
(870) 931-1700
Bill W. Bristow
Bristow & Richardson
216 E. Washington St.
Jonesboro, AR 72401-3102
(870) 935-9000
John C. Deacon
Barrett & Deacon
Mercantile Center, Third Floor
300 S. Church St., P.O. Box 1700
Jonesboro, AR 72403
(870) 931-1700
Bobby R. McDaniel
McDaniel & Wells
400 S. Main St.
Jonesboro, AR 72401
(870) 932-5950
Paul D. McNeill
Womack, Landis, Phelps & McNeill
301 W. Washington, P.O. Box 3077
Jonesboro, AR 72401
(870) 932-0900
John V. Phelps
Womack, Landis, Phelps & McNeill
301 W. Washington, P.O. Box 3077
Jonesboro, AR 72401
(870) 932-0900
Phillip J. Wells
McDaniel & Wells
400 S. Main St.
Jonesboro, AR 72401
(870) 932-5950
Little Rock
Overton S. Anderson
Anderson, Murphy & Hopkins
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2470
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 372-1887
Donald H. Bacon
Friday, Eldredge & Clark
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
(501) 376-2011
Michael D. Barnes
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300
Little Rock, AR 72201-3699
(501) 371-0808
Sherry P. Bartley
Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
Gates & Woodyard
425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
(501) 688-8800
R. T. Beard III
Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
Gates & Woodyard
425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
(501) 688-8800
Timothy L. Boone
Huckabay, Munson, Rowlett & Moore
Regions Center, Suite 1900
400 W. Capitol Ave.
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 374-6535
Dan F. Bufford
Laser Law Firm
101 S. Spring St., Suite 300
Little Rock, AR 72201-2488
(501) 376-2981
Michelle H. Cauley Robert M. McHenry
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, McHenry, McHenry & Taylor
Gates & Woodyard 8210 Henderson Road
425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 Little Rock, AR 72210
Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 (501) 372-3425
(501) 688-8800
James Bruce McMath
Robert M. Cearley, Jr. McMath Woods
Cearley Law Firm 711 W. Third St.
Centre Place, Second Floor Little Rock, AR 72201
212 Center St. (501) 396-5400
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 372-5600 Stuart P. Miller
Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
Cathleen V. Compton Gates & Woodyard
114 S. Pulaski St. 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Little Rock, AR 72201 Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
(501) 372-0080 (501) 688-8800
Kevin A. Crass John E. Moore
Friday, Eldredge & Clark Huckabay, Munson, Rowlett & Moore
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Regions Center, Suite 1900
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 400 W. Capitol Ave.
(501) 376-2011 Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 374-6535
David M. Donovan
Watts, Donovan & Tilley Bruce E. Munson
Arkansas Capital Commerce Center, Suite 200 Huckabay, Munson, Rowlett & Moore
200 S. Commerce St. Regions Center, Suite 1900
Little Rock, AR 72201-1769 400 W. Capitol Ave.
(501) 372-1406 Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 374-6535
Timothy O. Dudley
114 S. Pulaski St. Lyn P. Pruitt
Little Rock, AR 72201-1924 Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
(501) 372-0080 Gates & Woodyard
425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Roger A. Glasgow Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings (501) 688-8800
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300
Little Rock, AR 72201-3699 Gordon S. Rather, Jr.
(501) 371-0808 Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300
William M. Griffin III Little Rock, AR 72201-3699
Friday, Eldredge & Clark (501) 371-0808
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Beverly A. Rowlett
(501) 376-2011 Huckabay, Munson, Rowlett & Moore
Regions Center, Suite 1900
Robert L. Henry III 400 W. Capitol Ave.
Barber, McCaskill, Jones & Hale Little Rock, AR 72201
Regions Center, Suite 2700 (501) 374-6535
400 W. Capitol Ave.
Little Rock, AR 72201-3414 Donald S. Ryan
(501) 372-6175 Dodds, Kidd & Ryan
313 W. Second St.
Mariam T. Hopkins Little Rock, AR 72201
Anderson, Murphy & Hopkins (501) 375-9901
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2470
Little Rock, AR 72201 Michael N. Shannon
(501) 372-1887 Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow
111 Center St., Suite 1900
D. Michael Huckabay, Sr. Little Rock, AR 72201-4420
Huckabay, Munson, Rowlett & Moore (501) 379-1700
Regions Center, Suite 1900
400 W. Capitol Ave. James M. Simpson
Little Rock, AR 72201 Friday, Eldredge & Clark
(501) 374-6535 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
Don Michael Huckabay, Jr. (501) 376-2011
Huckabay, Munson, Rowlett & Moore
Regions Center, Suite 1900 Jeff Singleton
400 W. Capitol Ave. Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
Little Rock, AR 72201 Gates & Woodyard
(501) 374-6535 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
Jim L. Julian (501) 688-8800
Chisenhall, Nestrud & Julian
Regions Bank Building, Suite 2840 Laura Hensley Smith
400 W. Capitol Ave. Friday, Eldredge & Clark
Little Rock, AR 72201 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
(501) 372-5800 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
(501) 376-2011
Edwin L. Lowther, Jr.
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings James F. Swindoll
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300 Law Offices of James Swindoll
Little Rock, AR 72201-3699 212 Center St., Suite 300
(501) 371-0808 Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 374-1290
Edwin L. Lowther, Jr.
James W. Tilley Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
Watts, Donovan & Tilley 200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300
Arkansas Capital Commerce Center, Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72201-3699
200 S. Commerce St. (501) 371-0808
Little Rock, AR 72201-1769
(501) 372-1406 Bruce E. Munson
Huckabay, Munson, Rowlett & Moore
Frederick S. Ursery Regions Center, Suite 1900
Friday, Eldredge & Clark 400 W. Capitol Ave.
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Little Rock, AR 72201
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 (501) 374-6535
(501) 376-2011
Lyn P. Pruitt
Richard N. Watts Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard
Watts, Donovan & Tilley 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Arkansas Capital Commerce Center, Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
200 S. Commerce St., Suite 200 (501) 688-8800
Little Rock, AR 72201-1769
(501) 372-1406 Gordon S. Rather, Jr.
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
Teresa M. Wineland 200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300
Williams & Anderson Little Rock, AR 72201-3699
Stephens Building, 22nd Floor (501) 371-0808
111 Center St.
Little Rock, AR 72201 Richard N. Watts
(501) 372-0800 Watts, Donovan & Tilley
Arkansas Capital Commerce Center, Suite 200
Mountain Home 200 S. Commerce St.
Frank Bailey Little Rock, AR 72201-1769
Bailey & Oliver (501) 372-1406
506 Hospital Drive
Mountain Home, AR 72653 North Little Rock
(870) 425-6041 Clyde Tab Turner
Turner & Associates
North Little Rock 4705 Somers Ave., Suite 100
Clyde Tab Turner North Little Rock, AR 72116
Turner & Associates (501) 791-2277
4705 Somers Ave., Suite 100
North Little Rock, AR 72116 Professional Malpractice Law
(501) 791-2277
Batesville
Pine Bluff H. David Blair
Stephen A. Matthews Blair & Stroud
Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake Municipal Building, Suite 201
315 E. Eighth Ave. P.O. Box 7808 500 E. Main St., P.O. Box 2135
Pine Bluff, AR 71611 Batesville, AR 72501
(870) 534-5532 (870) 793-8350
West Memphis Little Rock
Elton A. Rieves III Timothy O. Dudley
Rieves, Rubens & Mayton 114 S. Pulaski St.
304 E. Broadway, P.O. Box 1359 Little Rock, AR 72201-1924
West Memphis, AR 72301-3174 (501) 372-0080
(870) 735-3420
David A. Littleton
Product Liability Litigation Anderson, Murphy & Hopkins
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2470
Batesville Little Rock, AR 72201
H. David Blair (501) 372-1887
Blair & Stroud
Municipal Building, Suite 201 David M. Powell
500 E. Main St. P.O. Box 2135 Williams & Anderson
Batesville, AR 72501 Stephens Building, 22nd Floor
(870) 793-8350 111 Center St.
Little Rock, AR 72201
Jonesboro (501) 372-0800
Barry Deacon
Barrett & Deacon Project Finance Law
Mercantile Center, Third Floor
300 S. Church St., P.O. Box 1700 Little Rock
Jonesboro, AR 72403 Harold W. Hamlin
(870) 931-1700 Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard
425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Little Rock Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
Michael D. Barnes (501) 688-8800
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300 David F. Menz
Little Rock, AR 72201-3699 Williams & Anderson
(501) 371-0808 Stephens Building, 22nd Floor
111 Center St.
Robert M. Cearley, Jr. Little Rock, AR 72201
Cearley Law Firm (501) 372-0800
Centre Place, Second Floor
212 Center St. J. Shepherd Russell III
Little Rock, AR 72201 Friday, Eldredge & Clark
(501) 372-5600 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
(501) 376-2011
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W. Jackson Williams
Williams & Anderson
Stephens Building, 22nd Floor
111 Center St.
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 372-0800
Public Finance Law
Little Rock
Robert B. Beach, Jr.
Friday, Eldredge & Clark
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
(501) 376-2011
James A. Buttry
Friday, Eldredge & Clark
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
(501) 376-2011
M. Jane Dickey
Rose Law Firm
120 E. Fourth St.
Little Rock, AR 72201-2893
(501) 375-9131
James E. Hathaway III
Kutak Rock
124 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3706
(501) 975-3000
Thomas P. Leggett
Friday, Eldredge & Clark
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
(501) 376-2011
David F. Menz
Williams & Anderson
Stephens Building, 22nd Floor
111 Center St.
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 372-0800
J. Shepherd Russell III
Friday, Eldredge & Clark
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
(501) 376-2011
John William Spivey III
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300
Little Rock, AR 72201-3699
(501) 371-0808
Gordon M. Wilbourn
Kutak Rock
124 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3706
(501) 975-3000
W. Jackson Williams
Williams & Anderson
Stephens Building, 22nd Floor
111 Center St.
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 372-0800
Railroad Law
Jonesboro
Barry Deacon
Barrett & Deacon
Mercantile Center, Third Floor
300 S. Church St.
P.O. Box 1700
Jonesboro, AR 72403
(870) 931-1700
John C. Deacon
Barrett & Deacon
Mercantile Center, Third Floor
300 S. Church St.
P.O. Box 1700
Jonesboro, AR 72403
(870) 931-1700
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Little Rock (501) 376-2011 Friday, Eldredge & Clark
Scott H. Tucker 3425 N. Futrall Drive, Suite 103
Friday, Eldredge & Clark North Little Rock Fayetteville, AR 72703-6252
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Stuart W. Hankins (479) 695-2011
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Hankins Law Firm
(501) 376-2011 800 W. Fourth St. Jonesboro
P.O. Box 5151 Robert S. Jones
Frederick S. Ursery North Little Rock, AR 72119 Barrett & Deacon
Friday, Eldredge & Clark (501) 371-9226 Mercantile Center, Third Floor
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 300 S. Church St.
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Securities Law P.O. Box 1700
(501) 376-2011 Jonesboro, AR 72403
Little Rock (870) 931-1700
Real Estate Law Paul B. Benham III
Friday, Eldredge & Clark Tom D. Womack
Fort Smith 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Womack, Landis, Phelps & McNeill
Thomas A. Daily Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 301 W. Washington
Daily & Woods (501) 376-2011 P.O. Box 3077
58 S. Sixth Ave., P.O. Box 1446 Jonesboro, AR 72401
Fort Smith, AR 72902 Garland W. Binns, Jr. (870) 932-0900
(479) 782-0361 Dover Dixon Horne
Metropolitan Tower, 37th Floor Little Rock
L. Cody Hayes 425 W. Capitol Ave. Samuel R. Baxter
Pryor, Robertson & Barry Little Rock, AR 72201 Baxter & Jewell
315 N. Seventh St., P.O. Drawer 848 (501) 375-9151 One Information Way, Suite 210
Fort Smith, AR 72902-0848 Little Rock, AR 72202-2289
(479) 782-8813 C. Douglas Buford, Jr. (501) 664-9555
Mitchell, Williams, Selig,
Little Rock Gates & Woodyard J. Lee Brown
W. Christopher Barrier 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 Friday, Eldredge & Clark
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Gates & Woodyard (501) 688-8800 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 (501) 376-2011
Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 Walter M. Ebel III
(501) 688-8800 Friday, Eldredge & Clark C. Brantly Buck
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Rose Law Firm
C. Tad Bohannon Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 120 E. Fourth St.
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings (501) 376-2011 Little Rock, AR 72201-2893
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300 (501) 375-9131
Little Rock, AR 72201-3699 M. Sean Hatch
(501) 371-0808 Wright, Lindsey & Jennings Bryant Cranford
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300 Rose Law Firm
Timothy W. Grooms Little Rock, AR 72201-3699 120 E. Fourth St.
Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow (501) 371-0808 Little Rock, AR 72201-2893
111 Center St., Suite 1900 (501) 375-9131
Little Rock, AR 72201-4420 Charles C. Price
(501) 379-1700 Wright, Lindsey & Jennings Walter M. Ebel III
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300 Friday, Eldredge & Clark
Harold W. Hamlin Little Rock, AR 72201-3699 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, (501) 371-0808 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
Gates & Woodyard (501) 376-2011
425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 John S. Selig
Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Byron M. Eiseman, Jr.
(501) 688-8800 Gates & Woodyard Friday, Eldredge & Clark
425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Paul W. Hoover, Jr. Little Rock, AR 72201-3525 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
Williams & Anderson (501) 688-8800 (501) 376-2011
Stephens Building, 22nd Floor
111 Center St. Structured Finance Law Price C. Gardner
Little Rock, AR 72201 Friday, Eldredge & Clark
(501) 372-0800 Little Rock 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
J. Shepherd Russell III Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
Hal Joseph Kemp Friday, Eldredge & Clark (501) 376-2011
Kemp Duckett Spradley & Curry 400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
111 Center St., Suite 1300 Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Gregory B. Graham
Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 376-2011 Overbey, Graham, Strigel & Wesbrook
(501) 372-7243 Pavilion Centre, Suite 240
W. Jackson Williams 8315 Cantrell Road
David F. Menz Williams & Anderson Little Rock, AR 72227-2355
Williams & Anderson Stephens Building, 22nd Floor (501) 664-8105
Stephens Building, 22nd Floor 111 Center St.
111 Center St. Little Rock, AR 72201 W. Wilson Jones
Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 372-0800 Rose Law Firm
(501) 372-0800 120 E. Fourth St.
Tax Law Little Rock, AR 72201-2893
James M. Saxton (501) 375-9131
Friday, Eldredge & Clark El Dorado
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Joseph Hickey John C. Lessel
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 Compton, Prewett, Thomas & Hickey 11601 Pleasant Ridge Road, Suite 301
(501) 376-2011 423 N. Washington Ave. Little Rock, AR 72212
El Dorado, AR 71730-5615 (501) 954-9000
John William Spivey III (870) 862-3478
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings Thomas L. Overbey
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300 Fayetteville Overbey, Graham, Strigel & Wesbrook
Little Rock, AR 72201-3699 James Lee Moore III Pavilion Centre, Suite 240
(501) 371-0808 Reece, Moore, Pendergraft 8315 Cantrell Road
75 N. E. Ave., Suite 500, P.O. Box 1788 Little Rock, AR 72227-2355
Jay T. Taylor Fayetteville, AR 72702 (501) 664-8105
Friday, Eldredge & Clark (479) 443-2705
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 Michael O. Parker
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522 James W. Smith Dover Dixon Horne
Metropolitan Tower, 37th Floor
425 W. Capitol Ave.
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 375-9151

John B. Peace
Dover Dixon Horne
Metropolitan Tower, 37th Floor
425 W. Capitol Ave.
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 375-9151

John R. Tisdale
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300
Little Rock, AR 72201-3699
(501) 371-0808

Thomas C. Vaughan, Jr.

Lax, Vaughan, Fortson,
McKenzie & Rowe
Cantrell West Building, Suite 201
11300 Cantrell Road
Little Rock, AR 72212
(501) 376-6565

Craig H. Westbrook
Overbey, Graham, Strigel & Wesbrook
Pavilion Centre, Suite 240
8315 Cantrell Road
Little Rock, AR 72227-2355
(501) 664-8105

Pine Bluff Everyone at

Ted N. Drake
Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake
315 E. Eighth Ave., P.O. Box 7808 the boswell law firm
Pine Bluff, AR 71611
(870) 534-5532

Anthony A. Hilliard W. Lee Tucker Clark S. Brewster

Ramsay, Bridgforth, Gary K. Morrell Dennis J. Davis
Harrelson and Starling John Andrew Ellis Drew Rogers
Simmons First National Building
11th Floor Donna Holloway, PLS Martha Cox, PP, PLS
501 Main St., P.O. Box 8509 Jeannie Ottens Kathy Crank
Pine Bluff, AR 71611-8509 Renee Donnelly Georgia Childers
(870) 535-9000

Technology Law
congratulates Ted Boswell on
Little Rock
Ray F. Cox, Jr.
being honored at “The Best Lawyers in America”
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings 25th Anniversary Event in Atlanta, GA
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300
Little Rock, AR 72201-3699
(501) 371-0808 listed for 25 continuous years
J. Charles Dougherty by vote of his peers
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300
Little Rock, AR 72201-3699
(501) 371-0808
Bryant Center, P.O. Box 798, Bryant, AR 72089-0798
(501) 847-3031
Harold J. Evans 45 N. Third Street - 2nd Floor, Memphis, TN 38103
Williams & Anderson (901) 522-0050
Stephens Building, 22nd Floor www.boswellaw.com
111 Center St.
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 372-0800

Trusts and Estates

recognized again
El Dorado
Joseph Hickey
Compton, Prewett, Thomas & Hickey
423 N. Washington Ave.
El Dorado, AR 71730-5615
JOHN WESLEY HALL
(870) 862-3478
BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA,
Fayetteville CRIMINAL DEFENSE
William Jackson Butt II
Davis, Wright, Clark, Butt & Carithers President, National Association of “crimes
From street
to war
19 E. Mountain St. Criminal Defense Lawyers crimes, he
P.O. Box 1688 has tried
Fayetteville, AR 72702-1688 them
1311 Broadway
”
(479) 521-7600 all.
James Lee Moore III
Little Rock, AR 72202
Reece, Moore, Pendergraft 501-371-9131

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75 N. East Ave., Suite 500

P.O. Box 1788
Fayetteville, AR 72702
(479) 443-2705

James W. Smith
Friday, Eldredge & Clark
3425 N. Futrall Drive, Suite 103
Fayetteville, AR 72703-6252
(479) 695-2011

Fort Smith
Patrick Neill Moore
Warner, Smith & Harris
400 Rogers Ave.
P.O. Box 1626
Fort Smith, AR 72901
(479) 782-6041

Jonesboro
Robert S. Jones
Barrett & Deacon
Mercantile Center, Third Floor
300 S. Church St.
P.O. Box 1700
Jonesboro, AR 72403
(870) 931-1700

Tom D. Womack
Womack, Landis, Phelps & McNeill
301 W. Washington, P.O. Box 3077
Jonesboro, AR 72401
(870) 932-0900

Little Rock
Steve Bauman
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard
425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
(501) 688-8800

William Thomas Baxter

Friday, Eldredge & Clark
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
(501) 376-2011

J. Lee Brown
Friday, Eldredge & Clark
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
(501) 376-2011

C. Brantly Buck
Rose Law Firm
120 E. Fourth St.
Little Rock, AR 72201-2893
(501) 375-9131

Jeffrey H. Dixon
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard
425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
(501) 688-8800

Byron M. Eiseman, Jr.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
(501) 376-2011

James E. Harris
Friday, Eldredge & Clark
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
(501) 376-2011

Richard F. Hatfield
Hatfield & Sayre
401 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 502
Little Rock, AR 72201-3437
(501) 374-9010

William Dixon Haught

Haught & Wade
111 Center St., Suite 1320
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 375-5257

W. Wilson Jones
Rose Law Firm

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120 E. Fourth St.
Little Rock, AR 72201-2893
(501) 375-9131
Congratulations Chip!
The lawyers and staff of Welch and Kitchens, LLC are proud to congratulate our senior
John C. Lessel
11601 Pleasant Ridge Road, Suite 301 partner, Morgan “Chip” Welch, for being named one of Arkansas’ Best Lawyers
Little Rock, AR 72212
(501) 954-9000

Thomas L. Overbey
Overbey, Graham, Strigel & Wesbrook
Pavilion Centre, Suite 240
8315 Cantrell Road
Little Rock, AR 72227-2355
(501) 664-8105

George N. Plastiras
Plastiras Law Firm
Gans House
1010 W. Third St.
P.O. Box 1510
Little Rock, AR 72203-1510
(501) 376-7410

Jean D. Stockburger
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard
425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 1800
Little Rock, AR 72201-3525
(501) 688-8800

John Cogan Wade

Haught & Wade
111 Center St., Suite 1320
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 375-5257 Morgan “Chip” Welch
K. Coleman Westbrook, Jr. This isn’t Chip’s first time in the “Best Lawyers” issue, but like every other year, it is well deserved. In a diverse practice
Friday, Eldredge & Clark including personal injury and constitutional law, medical malpractice, employment discrimination, & public and commercial
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000 litigation, Chip has earned the respect and admiration of clients and peers by bringing a singular focus to each case.
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
(501) 376-2011
Welch and Kitchens, LLC
Pine Bluff One Riverfront Place, Suite 413 | North Little Rock, AR 72114
Ted N. Drake 501.978.3030 | Fax 501.978.3050 | www.welchandkitchens.com
Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake
315 E. Eighth Ave.
P.O. Box 7808
Pine Bluff, AR 71611
(870) 534-5532

Anthony A. Hilliard
Richard F. Hatfield
Ramsay, Bridgforth, Harrelson and Starling
Simmons First National Building, 11th Floor
Estate & Trust Litigation
501 Main St. and Disputes
P.O. Box 8509
Pine Bluff, AR 71611-8509
(870) 535-9000

Rogers
Christopher T. Rogers
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard
5414 Pinnacle Point Drive, Suite 500
Rogers, AR 72758-8131
(479) 464-5650

Workers’ Compensation Law

El Dorado
Brian H. Ratcliff

hat & Sat

Shackleford, Phillips, Wineland & Ratcliff
100 E. Church St.
P.O. Box 1718
El Dorado, AR 71731-1718
(870) 862-5523

Fayetteville
Constance G. Clark
Davis, Wright, Clark, Butt & Carithers
19 E. Mountain St.
P.O. Box 1688
Fayetteville, AR 72702-1688
(479) 521-7600

Fort Smith
Eddie H. Walker, Jr. 5001 Central Ave, Ste. G/H
Hatfield & Sayre
Walker, Shock, Cox & Harp Hot Springs, AR 71913 Attorneys at Law
400 N. Sixth St.
P.O. Box 998 501.525.9510 401 West Capitol, Suite 502
Fort Smith, AR 72902-0998 Little Rock, AR 72201
(479) 783-7600 Summer Hours: Mon-Sat 11-5:30
501-374-9010

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Jonesboro
Phillip J. Wells
The partners, associates and staff of McDaniel & Wells

LASER LAW FIRM, P.A.

congratulate our partners on being named Best Lawyers in America®
400 S. Main St.
Jonesboro, AR 72401
(870) 932-5950

Little Rock
Silas H. Brewer, Jr.
Kaplan, Brewer, Maxey & Haralson
111 Center St., Suite 2200
Little Rock, AR 72201-4424
(501) 372-0400

John D. Davis
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300
Little Rock, AR 72201-3699
(501) 371-0808

William M. Griffin III

Friday, Eldredge & Clark
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
(501) 376-2011

Betty J. Hardy
Friday, Eldredge & Clark
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
(501) 376-2011

Michael R. Mayton
Rieves, Rubens & Mayton
The Lyon Building, Suite 345
401 W. Capitol Ave.
Little Rock, AR 72201-4823
(501) 376-0504
Left to Right: Frank B. Newell, Dan F. Bufford, Sam Laser Lee J. Muldrow
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
101 S. Spring Street, Suite 300 • Little Rock, AR 72201-2488 200 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2300
Little Rock, AR 72201-3699
(501) 376-2981 • Fax: (501) 376-2417 (501) 371-0808

Randy P. Murphy
Anderson, Murphy & Hopkins
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2470
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 372-1887

Frank B. Newell
Laser Law Firm
101 S. Spring St., Suite 300
Little Rock, AR 72201-2488
(501) 376-2981

Eric Newkirk
Rieves, Rubens & Mayton
The Lyon Building, Suite 345
401 W. Capitol Ave.
Little Rock, AR 72201-4823
(501) 376-0504

Guy Alton Wade

Friday, Eldredge & Clark
400 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522
(501) 376-2011

Carol Worley
Worley Wood & Parrish
One Financial Centre Parkway, Suite 411
650 S. Shackleford Road
Little Rock, AR 72211
(501) 225-3535

Pine Bluff
Michael Dennis
Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake
315 E. Eighth Ave.
P.O. Box 7808
Pine Bluff, AR 71611
Anderson, Murphy & Hopkins, L.L.P. (870) 534-5532

Congratulates our partners on being named Best Lawyers in America ® Texarkana

Gregory Giles
Harrelson, Moore & Giles
1206 State Line Ave.
400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2470 | Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 P.O. Box 2631
Texarkana, AR 71854
Phone: 501-372-1887 | Fax: 501-372-7706 (870) 774-5191

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From ABA 50 + Year Members
‣reflections
Pres. John Kennedy, (seated center)
during the 1957 meeting with ABA members
erhaps the most memorable Arkansas Bar
Association meeting for me was the first
one I attended in early June, 1957. Pres. John
Kennedy, then a senator addressed the Bar
His speech was generally lighthearted and
well constructed; his appearance, the delivery
of his address and the energy he created was
something else. This was a time when the word
“celebrity” carried little meaning, but he was
certainly that. He presented an aura of youth,
vigor and a sense of the changing of the guard,
the entry into leadership of a new generation.
There was an air of gaiety about him and love of
life and the world around him. In all, he had the
look, appearance and projection of a winner.
Three years later, he was president, three years
after that, he was dead — killed by an assassin’s
bullet. The day of his death, I was a young lawyer
working in Little Rock. I remember where I was
when he was killed. To this day, his death is a scar
on the nation’s psyche. We recovered, in time, as
best we could, as we must in such circumstances.
But we have our memories, those of us who
shared this time with him, and remember him
and his service to the nation fondly.
W. Jackson Williams
Williams & Anderson PLC
Founding Partner, Senior Counsel
I joined the firm of Wright, Lindsey &
Jennings LLP as an associate in October
1965. My wife Elaine and I attended the 1966
Annual Meeting at the firm’s expense. We were
at the Vapors late one night, and Elaine wanted
to order a shrimp cocktail. The price was $3.25.
I told her that was too expensive, and she would
have to find something else to eat. I am sure my
future partners appreciated this gesture. Elaine
did not. To this day, she has neither forgiven nor
forgot. There are occasions when standing on
principles are not worth the effort … this is one
example.
Isaac A. Scott, Jr.
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP
 Photo by jason masters

Legal Legends
Reminisce
Three of Arkansas’ legal heavy hitters share some of their most
memorable moments in the court room.

the University of fine lawyer, and I represented co-defendants,

Arkansas at Little the manufacturer and retailer of a cow feed
Rock’s School of product, which allegedly caused the death of
Law, which is now a large herd of cows. When the time came
the William H. for Ed to make his closing argument, he
Bowen School of handed me a scrap of paper with a note on
Law. The following it. He also opened a box of the cow feed and
is an excerpt from began eating it, while talking to the jury. The
his book The Boy jurors were obviously fascinated by Ed’s tactic.
From Altheimer: From Both of our clients were found not guilty of
the Depression to the negligence in the manufacture of the alleged
Boardroom. defective product. Ed’s note to me read: “Sam,
[In 1954], I in the event this stuff kills me, sue the bastards
(from left) H. Maurice Mitchell, Sam Laser and William H. Bowen was employed to for Mary Ellen and Jimmy!”

A
represent the Reuben I [once] tried a case in which I defended
Bredlow estate. The decedent owned a large a young lady driver of an automobile that
Attorney H. Maurice Mitchell of
farm in Scott, Ark., and was found dead in his collided with a motorcycle, causing personal
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,
office with his head almost blown off. It was a injuries to the plaintiff cyclist. The motorcycle
P.L.L.C., has been a part of many significant
day or two before duck season and his shotgun was a large, red, powerful machine known as
pieces of legislation, including: The Discovery
was just under his chin. The case involved a a “Ninja.” One of the perspective jurors was a
Act, which was enacted by the Arkansas
claim of double indemnity (for accidental young man about the age of my very attractive,
Legislature in 1953. This act provided that
death) against New York Life Insurance shapely client. He owned the same make and
parties to litigation could obtain information
Company, which raised the defense of suicide. model motorcycle as the plaintiff. At the first
from other parties and witnesses by requiring
The insurance company argued that if you recess, the judge called me into chambers and
depositions. It also provided that a party could
are found dead with a shotgun across your inquired, “Sam, why did you leave that young
send a request for admission, which would
body; and you have been depressed; and the man on the jury? He will probably be a leader
require another party to either admit the facts
Bible is open on the desk to the 23rd Psalm, against your client.” I responded, “Judge, did
set forth in the request or deny them under
then it is suicide. I argued that his Bible was you notice how good-looking my client is?
oath. Prior to the enactment of this law, trials
always open to the 23rd Psalm because it was I have told her to work on that young man
in Arkansas were referred to as being “trials
his favorite passage; and that his gun was out throughout the trial ... I predict after two
by ambush.”
because duck season was about to start, and he days, he will fall in love with her!” The second
He also was a part of work that resulted
was an avid hunter. I told the jury that even day of trial, that young juror came into the
in the enactment of Amendment 43 to the
if he had been depressed, he would not have courtroom dressed in a dark blue suit. My
Arkansas Constitution, which became law in
taken his own life, because he was looking beautiful young client assured me that she had
1956. Prior to that time, the salaries of state
forward to duck season. I also argued that the done as I suggested the first day … not only
judges had been subject to a constitutional
strongest presumption of the law is that one did the young juror vote for my client, but he
limit of $5,000 per year. This amendment
would never take one’s own life, unless proven came out as foreman of the jury, and I learned
provided that the General Assembly shall
otherwise. After two days of trial, the jury held later, had led the campaign for the defendant’s
determine the amount of the salary of state
that the death was accidental … verdict! The last word the judge spoke to me
judges.
Sam Laser, founder of Laser Law Firm as we left the courtroom was: “Sam, you’re
William H. Bowen served many years as
shares the following: Several years ago, the not nearly as smart as you think you are right
a tax attorney and as chief of staff for former
late Edward Lester of Little Rock, Ark., a now!” 
Gov. Bill Clinton. He also served as dean of
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