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Areas of Practice:
Business and Class Action Litigation
Kevin A. Crass is a partner at Friday, Eldredge & Clark where he serves as head of the firm's Class Action practice group. His practice primarily focuses on business litigation in federal and state courts including the defense of claims involving, among others, class actions, securities fraud, ERISA, business torts, trade secrets, products liability, toxic torts and breach of contract. He represents clients before alternative dispute resolution bodies such as the National Association of Securities Dealers and the American Arbitration Association. From 1997-2007, he served as personal counsel to the then Governor of Arkansas.
Year Joined Organization:
1984
Bar Admissions:
Arkansas, 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas
U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas
U.S. Supreme Court, 1988
Education:
University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, Little Rock, AR , 1984
J.D.
Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR, 1981
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: With Honors
Representative Clients:
Stephens Inc.
ALLTEL Corporation
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company
Governor Mike Huckabee, Arkansas
Ernst & Young, LLP
Cargill, Inc.
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Best Lawyers in America, 2006-2007
Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation
Listed in Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers 2003 -2007
American. Arkansas and Pulaski County Bar Associations Member
Arkansas Bar Foundation
Fellow
Arkansas Supreme Court Special Justice (1997 and 2004)
International Association of Defense Counsel
Defense Research Institute
Member and State Liaison to Business Littigation Committee
Henry Woods Inn of Court
Master of the Bench
Little Rock Boys and Girls Club
Board Member and President (2005-2006)
President's Advisory Committee on the Arts to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (appointed by President Bush)
Arkansans for Drug Free Youth
Former Board Member and President
Second Presbyterian Church-Little Rock
Member and Deacon
Presbyterian Village
Board Member and President (2006)
Little Rock Club
President (2005) and Board Member
Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Arkansas War Memorial Stadium Commission (appointed by Governor Huckabee)
Birth Information:
April 11, 1959, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America.
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