Areas of Practice:
Business Litigation & Regulation
Bar Admissions:
Arkansas, 1984
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas, 1984
U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas, 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1984
U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
Education:
University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, Little Rock, AR , 1984
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, 1978
B.A.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Published Works:
Co-Author, Proposed Arkansas Model Fraud Instructions, 20 UALR Law Journal (5) (1997)
Note, Property-Contingent Remainderman Not Yet in Existence 6 U. of Arkansas Little Rock Law J. 357, 1982
"The Development of Discount Rates for Use in Business Valuations and Commercial Damages Litigation", 42 Arkansas Lawyer 10, January, 2007
Representative Cases:
The Ruth R. Remmel Revocable Trust v. Regions Financial Corporation, 2007 Ark. LEXIS 255 ( 2007)
Baptist Health v. Haynes, 2006 Ark. LEXIS 488 (Arkansas Supreme Court 2006)
Dennis Lee v. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. of Ark., Inc., 335 Ark. 285 ( 1998)
Venture Properties, Inc. v. First Southern Bank, 79 F.3d. 90 (8th Cir. 1996)
South County, Inc. v. First Western Loan Company, 315 Ark. 722 ( 1994)
Klipsch, Inc. v. WWR Technology, Inc., 127 F.3d 729 (8th Cir. 1997)
Evans v. Harry Robinson Pontiac-Buick, 336 Ark. 155 ( 1999)
Fewell v. Pickens, 57 S.W.3d 144 (Arkansas Supreme Court 2001)
Technology Partners, Inc. v. Regions Bank, 2006 Ark. App. LEXIS 845 ( 2006)
Honors and Awards:
American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
Chambers & Partners, Business Litigation
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Business Litigation
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Pulaski County Bar Association Member
Arkansas Bar Association Member
American Bar Association Member
Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions-Civil, 2004 - Present Chair
Arkansas Bar Association, Uniform Laws Committee Member
United Methodist Church, Arkansas Conference, 1996 - Present Chancellor
United Methodist Church, Little Rock Conference, 1997 - 2001 Conference Lay Leader
International Association of Defense Counsel, 2005 - Present Member
Audit & Review Committee, General Council on Finance & Administration, United Methodist Church, January 1, 2007 - Present Member
Birth Information:
October 21, 1956, West Helena, Arkansas, United States of America.
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