Ryan A. Bowman

Ryan A. Bowman heads up the firm’s Public Finance Practice Group and is a member of the Management Committee. He has practiced exclusively in the area of public finance since 2000. His practice encompasses bond offerings issued by or on behalf of the various public instrumentalities in Arkansas.

Ryan’s work is focused on the financing of public and nonprofit projects throughout Arkansas, including bonds sold by underwriters, bonds placed with local banks and governmental agencies, such as the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission and the Arkansas Development Finance Authority and bonds sold at public sale.

The bond issues have been structured as new money issues, refunding issues, and a combination of new money and refunding. He has performed the role of bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel and trustee’s counsel in these transactions.

Ryan is recognized by being listed by The Best Lawyers in America for his work in public finance and municipal law. He is also listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for municipal bonds. According to the publication, a client stated this about Ryan:

 “He is excellent, pays very good attention to details and always meets his deadlines.”

• University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2000
  • Executive Editor, Law Review
• Harding University, B.S., Public Administration, summa cum laude, 1997

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, since 2017
  • Public Finance Law
  • Municipal Law
  • Named “Lawyer of the Year,” Little Rock, Municipal Law, 2021
• Publication: Grayson v. Bank of Little Rock: The Battle Between an Attorney’s Lien and a Security Interest, 52 Ark. L. Rev. 827 (1999)
• Ranked by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/Commercial: Municipal Bonds
• Rated AV Distinguished by Martindale-Hubbell
• Selected as a Super Lawyer by Mid-South Super Lawyers

• $268,135,000 State of Arkansas General Obligation Four-Lane Highway Construction and Improvement Bonds, Refunding Series 2021
• $37,000,000 City of Mountain Home, Arkansas Sales and Use Tax Bonds, Taxable Series 2021A and Series 2021B
• $29,305,000 City of West Memphis, Arkansas Public Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2021
• $13,015,000 Board of Trustees of the Arkansas State University System Student Fee Revenue Refunding Bonds (Jonesboro Campus), Taxable Series 2022
• $33,360,000 City Water and Light Plant of the City of Jonesboro Public Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2022
• $47,930,000 City of Hot Springs, Arkansas Waterworks Revenue Refunding and Construction Bonds, Series 2023
• $43,000,000 State of Arkansas Water, Waste Disposal and Pollution Abatement Facilities General Obligation Bonds, Taxable Series 2023
• $109,235,000 Arkansas Development Finance Authority Revolving Loan Fund Revenue Bonds, Series 2023
• $16,380,000 Madison County, Arkansas Sales and Use Tax Bonds, Series 2023
• $37,075,000 City of Batesville, Arkansas Sales and Use Tax Bonds, Taxable Refunding Series 2024A and Improvement Series 2024B

• Arkansas Bar Association
• Pulaski County Bar Association
• National Association of Bond Lawyers

• Arkansas, 2000