Byron M. Eiseman Jr.

Byron M. Eiseman Jr., a former managing partner of the firm, concentrates his practice on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and on estate planning, probate and estate administration and taxation. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel and a Fellow in the American College of Tax Counsel.  Byron is listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, in The Best Lawyers in America and in Mid-South Super Lawyers. The Arkansas Times named him the “Top Tax Lawyer in Arkansas” and he was named in 2014 as “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America in Little Rock.

Chambers USA: Americas Leading Lawyers is particularly regarded for the quality and rigor of research it conducts on firms and lawyers before selecting the top-ranked among them. It said,

“Byron Eiseman is a leader in tax law. A well-regarded, dedicated expert in the field, he is commended for his commitment to his clients.”

• New York University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation, 1964
• University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 1960
• University of Tennessee, B.S. in Accounting, 1958
  • Beta Alpha Psi
• Carson-Newman College

• Adjunct Professor, Estate & Gift Taxation and Estate Planning, University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, 1968–2018
• Certified Public Accountant, Arkansas, 1965
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow
• American College of Tax Counsel, Fellow
• Basic Estate & Gift Taxation, American Law Institute-American Bar Association, 1992
• Frequent speaker on taxation at tax institutes
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® since 1983 for:
  • Tax Law
  • Trusts and Estates
  • Nonprofit/Charities Law
• Named The Best Lawyers in America® “Lawyer of the Year” for Tax Law in Little Rock, 2014
• Named “Top Tax Lawyer in Arkansas” by Arkansas Times
• Named one of the “Top 50 Lawyers in Arkansas” by Mid-South Super Lawyers
• Published in Workbook for Arkansas Estate Planners, Bobbs-Merrill, 1965
• Ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Corporate/Commercial: Tax
• Ranked in Chambers High Net Worth for Private Wealth Law – Arkansas since 2017
• Rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell
• Voted by readers of AY Magazine for inclusion in “Best Lawyers in Arkansas” for Tax Law and Trusts and Estates, 2018

• American Bar Association, Tax Section and Estate and Gift Tax Subcommittee
• Arkansas Bar Association; co-founder and past chair of tax section
• American Bar Foundation
• Arkansas Baptist Convention
• Arkansas Society of CPAs, President, 1987
• Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
• Baptist Health Foundation
• Beta Alpha Psi
• Phi Alpha Delta
• Pi Kappa Alpha
• Pulaski County Bar
• Quapaw Area Council Boy Scouts of America, President 2004-2006
• Rotary (LR Club 99), President 1993-1994

• Arkansas, 1964
• Tennessee, 1961
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• United States Tax Court