Each year, Super Lawyers recognizes the top lawyers in Arkansas. These attorneys are selected via peer nomination, independent research and peer evaluation. Those Arkansas lawyers who receive the highest point totals during the nomination, research and peer review process are recognized in Arkansas Super Lawyers Top Lists. Following are the lawyers recognized, the list to which they were named, and the practice area for which they were recognized (where applicable):
TOP 50 LAWYERS IN ARKANSAS
Donald H. Bacon Kevin A. Crass Byron M. Eiseman, Jr. William Mell Griffin III Laura Hensley Smith Frederick S. Ursery William A. Waddell, Jr.
TOP 50 WOMEN LAWYERS IN ARKANSAS
Laura Hensley Smith
MID-SOUTH SUPER LAWYERS
LITTLE ROCK
Michelle Ator - Personal Injury Defense Donald H. Bacon - Professional Liability: Defense W. Thomas Baxter - Estate Planning & Probate Paul B. Benham III - Securities & Corporate Finance J. Lee Brown - Estate Planning & Probate James A. Buttry - Bonds/Government Finance Kevin A. Crass - Business Litigation Walter (Skip) M. Ebel III - Mergers & Acquisitions Byron M. Eiseman, Jr. - Estate Planning & Probate Price C. Gardner - Mergers & Acquisitions William Mell Griffin III - Personal Injury Defense Christopher Heller - General Litigation Daniel L. Herrington - Employment Litigation: Defense Joseph B. Hurst, Jr. - Employee Benefits/ERISA Harry A. Light - Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Joseph P. McKay - Civil Litigation Defense Michael S. Moore - Employment & Labor Elizabeth Robben Murray - Civil Litigation Defense J. Shepherd Russell III - Bonds/Government Finance James M. Saxton - Real Estate James M. Simpson, Jr. - Civil Litigation Defense Laura Hensley Smith - Personal Injury Defense Jay T. Taylor - Real Estate Frederick S. Ursery - General Litigation William A. Waddell, Jr. - Business Litigation K. Coleman Westbrook, Jr. - Estate Planning & Probate
FAYETTEVILLE
Clifford W. Plunkett -Business Litigation
ROGERS
Jason B. Hendren - Personal Injury Defense
RISING STARS
LITTLE ROCK
Phillip M. Brick, Jr. - General Litigation Bryan W. Duke - Mergers & Acquisitions Jamie Huffman Jones - Class Action/Mass Torts Martin A. Kasten - General Litigation D. Michael Moyers - Bonds/Government Finance Sarah Cotton Patterson - Estate Planning & Probate Bradley S. Runyon - Personal Injury Defense J. Adam Wells - Personal Injury Defense Kimberly Dickerson Young - Personal Injury Defense
FAYETTEVILLE
Seth M. Haines - Banking