AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Tax and Estate Planning
• Business and Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions

ADMISSIONS

• Arkansas State Courts
• Virginia State Courts
• U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
• U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

EDUCATION

• LLM in Taxation, with distinction, Georgetown University Law Center, 2009
• J.D., with honors, UALR William H. Bowen School of Law, 2008
• B.A., with distinction, Philosophy and English, University of Virginia, 2005

ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

• Arkansas Bar Association member
• Virginia Bar Association member
• Pulaski County Bar Association member
• American Bar Association member

COMMUNITY & RECOGNITION

• Former Chair of the Arkansas Supreme Court Client Protection Fund Committee
• Secretary and Director of the Fun Arkansas Run Team
• Former Secretary and Director of the Little Rock Roadrunners Club
• Race Director – Volunteer Coordinator for SOMA Mainstreet Mile
• Volunteer Coordinator for Capital City Classic 10k
• Former Secretary, Race Director, and Volunteer Coordinator for Jacob Wells 3 Bridges Marathon
• Formerly served in the Georgetown University Law Center Alumni Interview Program

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

• A Layman’s Guide to Responding to IRS and DFA Audits, Arkansas Bar Association, June 2023
• My PPP Has Been Approved, Now What?, Pulaski County Bar Association, May 20, 2020
• 2019 Income Tax Update, Arkansas Society of CPAs 2019 Industrial, Commercial & Banking Conference, October 25, 2019
• Federal Tax Update, Judge R. Overton American Inn of Court, January 15, 2019
• Federal Tax Update, Arkansas Society of CPAs 2018 Industrial, Commercial & Banking Conference, October 18, 2018
• Tax Issues for Agriculture, Arkansas Chamber of Commerce Tax Conference, November 2, 2017
• "What is 'Incidental to Farming?' It’s More Than You May Think." Midwest Poultry Consortium Feathered Pen, March 11, 2016
• Federal Tax Update, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, December, 2015
• Federal Tax Update, 2015 Federal Tax Institute, December 4, 2015
• Redefining Farm Income, Arkansas Bar Association, In Brief, Young Lawyers Section, June, 2013
• Tax Tips & Tidbits Panel: Tax Considerations in Farming Operations, 49th Annual Arkansas Federal Tax Institute, December 2, 2010
• It Felt So Right but Was All So Wrong: United States Supreme Court Rules Arkansas’s Tax-Foreclosure Notice Procedure Fails to Satisfy Due Process Clause When Certified Mail Notice Returns "Unclaimed," 30 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 179 (2007)
• Legislative Surveys, U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. vol. 30.3
• Case Law Surveys, U. Ark Little Rock L. Rev. vol. 30.4

NOTEWORTHY

•  Best of Attorneys in Arkansas, Mergers and Acquisitions, November 2024
• Farm Service Agency, National Appeals Division, Case Nos. 2013E000063, 2013E000064: successfully argued that W-2 wages from farming operations qualify as “farm income” for purposes of farm subsidy payments, in which the Director upheld the Hearing Office decision that the FSA's categorization of the W-2 wages as non-farming was incorrect
• Dale Carnegie, High Impact Presentations, June 18-19, 2018
• Symposium Editor, Journal of Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center
• Associate Notes Editor, UALR William H. Bowen School of Law
• 2019 Little Rock Marathon Women’s Champion
• Phi Beta Kappa