Friday, Eldredge & Clark LLP has been recognized in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
The firm earned top Band 1 rankings in Corporate/Commercial, Real Estate, Litigation: General Commercial, Public Finance, and Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, and was also ranked Band 2 in Labor & Employment.
In total, six practice groups and 26 firm lawyers were ranked in this year’s edition.
Recognition by Chambers USA not only affirms our longstanding influence within Arkansas, but also strengthens our national visibility and credibility, highlighting the depth of experience we bring to clients across both regional and national markets.
Individual Attorney Rankings:
Corporate/Commercial
- Price C. Gardner – Corporate/Commercial (Band 1)
- Walter Ebel – Corporate/Commercial (Band 2)
- Bryan W. Duke – Corporate/Commercial (Band 3)
- Robert Smith – Corporate/Commercial (Band 3)
Corporate/Commercial: Tax
- Price C. Gardner – Corporate/Commercial (Band 1)
- Walter Ebel – Corporate/Commercial (Band 2)
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- A. Wyckliff Nisbet Jr. – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Senior Statespeople)
- Alexandra Ifrah – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Band 1)
- Joseph B. Hurst Jr. – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Band 1)
- Joshua M. Osborne – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Band 2)*
Litigation: General Commercial
- William A. Waddell Jr. – Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
- Kevin Crass – Litigation: General Commercial (Band 2)
- David D. Wilson – Litigation: General Commercial (Band 3)
- William Mell Griffin III – Litigation: General Commercial (Band 3)
- Donald H. Bacon – Litigation: General Commercial (Band 4)
Public Finance
- J. Shepherd Russell – Star Individuals
- Robert Beach Jr – Band 1
- D. Michael Moyers – Band 2
- Ryan Bowman – Public Finance (Band 2)
- W. Taylor Marshall – Public Finance (Band 2)
Real Estate
- James Saxton – Real Estate (Senior Statespeople)
- Price Gardner – Real Estate (Band 2)
- Jay Taylor – Real Estate (Band 2)
- Michael B. Childers – Real Estate (Band 2)
- Jason N. Bramlett – (Band 3)*
Medical Malpractice
- Michelle Ator – Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense (Band 1)
- William Mell Griffin III – Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense (Band 2)
Labor & Employment
- Michael Moore – Labor & Employment (Band 2)
- Khayyam M. Eddings – Labor & Employment (Band 3)
- Wayne Young – Labor & Employment (Band 3)
*denotes first-year ranking
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