How does Little Rock Soirée determine which lawyers make the list?
Best Lawyers is a two-component voting system: peer-review voting and voting by readers of Arkansas Business and Little Rock Soirée. We rely on the lawyers’ expertise to determine who deserves to be on the list and on our readers to tell us how their experiences with individual lawyers rank. This year, we emailed local lawyers from our online directory, inviting them to vote via an online ballot. We also solicited votes from readers through our e-newsletter, social media pages and websites. Our research editor then tallied the votes, and we examined the list to confirm Arkansas Bar status and practice specialty for each lawyer.
How do you pick the categories?
We included categories that would be helpful to both business and personal clients.
Do lawyers pay to be on the list?
No, a lawyer cannot pay to be on the list. After the editorial staff finalizes the list, it is given to our sales department, which invites lawyers to buy profiles. These profiles appear on the following pages and are paid advertising. Whether the lawyers choose to advertise has no bearing on this list.
In the following links, learn more about the top lawyers in Little Rock, including profiles and answers to FAQs.
APPELLATE
Misty Borkowski
Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus, PC
Brian Brooks
Brian Brooks Law Firm
David Fuqua
Fuqua Campbell, PA
Tasha C. Taylor
Taylor & Taylor Law Firm, PA
Chris Travis
Gill Ragon Owen, PA
BANKRUPTCY
Lyndsey D. Dilks
Dilks Law Firm
Steve Gershner
Davidson Law Firm
Johnathan Horton
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, LLP
Caroline Lewis
The Brad Hendricks Law Firm
Kelly McNulty
Gill Ragon Owen, PA
John Rainwater
Rainwater, Holt, & Sexton
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
Adrienne Baker
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, LLP
M. Stephen Bingham
Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus, PC
David Jones
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, LLP
David Mitchell, Jr.
Rose Law Firm
Randy P. Murphy
Anderson Murphy & Hopkins, LLP
Gary Rogers
Dover Dixon Horne, PLLC
Perry Wilson
Barber Law Firm
CORPORATE FINANCE
Charles “Skip”Davidson
Davidson Law Firm
Ron Hope
Hope, Trice, O’Dwyer & Wilson, PA
Gregory M. Hopkins
Hopkins Headlee Caststeel PLLC
CORPORATE INSURANCE
Phil Campbell
Fuqua Campbell, PA
Carl “Trey” Cooper
Dover Dixon Horne, PLLC
Michael McCarty Harrison
Watts, Donovan & Tilley, PA
Charley Swann
James, House, Downing
CORPORATE LAW
Richard “Dick”Downing
James, House, and Downing
Heartsill Ragon
Gill Ragon Owen, PA
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
Patrick & Kara Benca
Benca & Benca
Erin Casinelli
Lassister & Casinelli
Bill James
James Law Firm
David W. Parker
Dodds, Kidd, Ryan & Rowan
Marjorie E. Rogers
LaCerra, Dickson, Hoover & Rogers, PLLC
EMPLOYMENT LAW
Neemah Esmaeilpour
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, LLP
Alec Gaines
Williams & Anderson, PLC
Kathlyn Graves
Mitchell Williams
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Mark Allison
Dover Dixon Horne, PLLC
Julie Greathouse
PPGMR Law
Sam Ledbetter
McMath Woods
Alan Perkins
PPGMR Law
Jordan Wimpy
Gill Ragon Owen, PA
ERISA
Alexandra Ifrah
The Friday Firm
FAMILY LAW
Katherine Blackmon Carroll
Law Offices of Katherine E. Blackmon
Tjuana C. Byrd
Law Offices of Tjuana Byrd
Bart W. Calhoun
McDaniel, Richardson & Calhoun, PLLC
Beth Echols
Gill Ragon Owen, PA
Eric Gribble
Fuqua Campbell, PA
Judson C. Kidd
Dodds, Kidd, Ryan & Rowan
Traci LaCerra
LaCerra, Dickson, Hoover & Rogers, PLLC
Stephanie Linam
Davidson Law Firm
Bonnie Robertson
Robertson, Oswalt & Associates
Sidney Stewart
Taylor & Taylor Law Firm, PA
Megan E. Wooster
M.W. Law, PLLC
Paul A. Young
Hale & Young, PLLC
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
Drew Benham
Davidson Law Firm
Chris Burks
Sanford Law Firm, PLLC
Abbie Decker Rucker
Fuqua Campbell, PA
Missy McJunkins Duke
Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus, PC
Denise Hoggard
Rainwater, Holt & Sexton
Cindy Kolb
Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus, PC
Jenny Teeter
Gill Ragon Owen, PA
LITIGATION
Amber Wilson Bagley
Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus, PC
Natalie Dickson
LaCerra, Dickson, Hoover & Rogers, PLLC
Matthew Finch
Gill Ragon Owen, PA
Jennifer Williams Flinn
Taylor & Taylor Law Firm, PA
Lauren Hoover
LaCerra, Dickson, Hoover & Rogers, PLLC
Ashley Hudson
Kutak Rock
David W. Kamps
Kamps & Stotts, PLLC
Phil Kaplan
Williams & Anderson, PLC
Dustin McDaniel
McDaniel, Richardson & Calhoun, PLLC
Kathleen McDonald
Beacon Legal Group, PLLC
Scott P. Richardson
McDaniel, Richardson & Calhoun, PLLC
Bob Sexton
Rainwater, Holt & Sexton
Kevin Wells
Law Offices of Katherine E. Blackmon
MEDIATION/ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE
Frank Hamlin
Hamlin Dispute Resolution
Kevin O’Dwyer
Hope, Trice, O’Dwyer & Wilson, PA
Scotty Shivley
ADR
PERSONAL INJURY
Christopher Heil
The Brad Hendricks Law Firm
Michael C. Lewis
Knapp Lewis Law Firm
Mike Rainwater
Rainwater, Holt & Sexton
Andy Taylor
Taylor & Taylor Law Firm, P.A.
REAL ESTATE
Melissa Bandy
Mitchell Williams
Steve Giles
Stephen R. Giles, PA
Daniel Goodwin
Gill Ragon Owen, PA
TAX
Jennifer Pierce
Mitchell Williams
Carrold Ray
Hilburn, Calhoun, Harper, Pruniski & Calhoon
Robert Smith
Friday, Eldredge & Clark
John Tisdale
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, LLP
Vincent M. Ward
Wolff & Ward
TRUSTS & ESTATES
Mike Hartje
Hilburn, Calhoun, Harper, Pruniski & Calhoon
Raymon Harvey
Raymon B. Harvey, PA
Laura Johnson
Cross Gunter Witherspoon & Galchus, PC
John B. Peace
Dover Dixon Horne, PLLC
Bethany Gulley Pike
The Elrod Firm
Adam Reid
Barber Law Firm
Tommy Vaughn
Lax, Vaughn, Fortson, Rowe & Threet
WHITE COLLAR CRIMINAL DEFENSE
Blake Hendrix
Fuqua Campbell, PA
Tré Kitchens
The Brad Hendricks Law Firm
Jack Lassiter
Lassiter & Cassinelli
Jeff Rosenzweig
Jeff Rosenzweig Attorney at Law