AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Business and corporate law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Family businesses and succession planning
• Construction law

ADMISSIONS

• Arkansas state courts
• Tennessee state courts
• Missouri state courts
• U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas

EDUCATION

• J.D., University of Arkansas in Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, 1999
• B.A. in English and Political Science, Southern Methodist University, 1996

ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

• Arkansas Bar Association member
• Pulaski County Bar Association member
• Henry Woods Inn of Court member

COMMUNITY & RECOGNITION

• President of the Board of Directors of the Economics Arkansas Foundation
• Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Economics Arkansas
• Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Lyon College
• Member of a leadership council in Arkansas State University, and served on two search committees to select the Dean of the School of Agriculture
• Member of the University of Virginia Jefferson Scholars regional selection committee for Arkansas

PRESENTATION & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

• Authored ”Family Businesses Need to Plan Ahead” article, June 2011.
• CLE program focused on legislative changes to Arkansas statutory lien law and how those changes impact construction companies.
• How To Avoid Lawsuits presentation for CPAs.
• How To Use Forensic Accounting In Business Litigation presentation.

NOTEWORTHY

• Selected for inclusion the 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023 Arkansas Business "Arkansas 250" list
• Featured as the Arkansas Democrat Gazette "High Profile" on March 24, 2019
• Selected for inclusion in the 2011 Arkansas Business "40 Under 40" list
• Serves as managing trustee for one of the larger private foundations in Arkansas
• Serves on the board of directors of a family-owned business in the poultry industry in Central Arkansas
• Formerly served on the board of directors of a family-owned agri-business in northeast Arkansas, 2000-2010, and served as its chief executive officer from 2008-2010
• Served on board of directors of a regional bank in northeast Arkansas, 2002-2005
• First state-level prosecutor in Arkansas to be trained and certified in computer forensics
• Served as a law clerk for Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Robert L. Brown
• Interned for Senator David Pryor in Washington, D.C. during college
• Martindale Hubbell "AV Rated" attorney
• Mid-South Super Lawyers – Mergers & Acquisitions
• Named one of "The Best Lawyers In Little Rock" by Little Rock Soiree, 2011-2017
• Named one of the "Top Attorneys in Arkansas" by Arkansas Life Magazine, 2015-2019