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| | Address | | 400 Regions Bank Building, 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2700 | | Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-3414 | | (Pulaski Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Barber, McCaskill, Jones & Hale, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
Commercial and General Litigation. Products Liability, Legal, Architect and Engineer, Accountant and Medical Care Provider Malpractice, Aviation, Insurance Defense, General Liability, Surety, Construction Law, Asbestos, Toxic Tort, Drug and Medical Device Defense, Premises Liability, Bad Faith Defense, Workers Compensation, Corporate, Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Copyright, Labor and Employment Law. | | Year Established: 1915 | Firm Profile:
The firm was founded in 1910 by A.L. Barber. E.A. "Gus" Henry joined him at the conclusion of World War I, and from these beginnings it has grown to become one of the largest and most respected litigation firms in Arkansas. Its trial practice spans the entire state representing international, national and local clients in the defense of all types of civil litigation including tort claims, product liability actions, medical, dental, legal, accountant and architect malpractice claims, lender liability actions, workers' compensation claims and labor law matters. The firm also maintains a substantial practice in general corporate matters, consumer debt collection, bankruptcy litigation, probate and estate planning matters. | | Firm Size: 20 | Clients:
ATTORNEYS FOR: Ryerson Tull; AFCO Steel, Inc.; Allied Signal, Inc.; American Airlines; American Honda Finance Corp.; American International Adjustment Co., Inc.; American Suzuki Motor Corp.; Associated Aviation Underwriters; Baptist Health; Capitol Indemnity; Ciba-Geigy Corp.; CNA Insurance; Combined Insurance Company of America; CompUSA; Crow-Burlingame Co.; Crum & Forster Commercial Insurance; DowElanco; Dustin Powder Co.; Encompass Ins. Co.; Federated Insurance; Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.; Foremost Insurance Group; Freightliner; Georgia Casualty & Surety Co.; General Motors Corp.; General Motors Acceptance Corp.; Gulf Insurance; Halliburton Energy Services; Hanover Insurance Co.; Honda North America, Inc.; Hyundai Motor Finance Company; Ingersoll-Rand Co.; Insurisk Management Services, Inc.; Isuzu Motors America, Inc.; Jack T. Carter Company, Inc.; Janet Jones Company (Real Estate); Lafayette Ins. Co.; Little Rock Crate & Basket Co.; Mazda Motor of America, Inc.; Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc.; Midland Insurance; Milrisk; Mill & Mine Supply Co.; Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M); Mitsubishi Motors; Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc.; Navistar International Corp.; Newcourt Financial USA, Inc.; New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc.; Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.; Northland Insurance Co.; One Beacon; Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance; Parts Warehouse, Inc.; Risk Enterprise Management; Royal Insurance; Scott Wetzel Services; St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.; Sears, Roebuck and Co.; Sentry Ins. Co.; Sumatamio Insurance; Tokio Marine; Travelers Insurance Co.; U.S. Aviation Insurance Group; Union Standard Insurance Co.; United Fire Group; United Technologies; Universal Underwriters Insurance Co.; Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance, Inc.; Volkswagen of America, Inc.; Volvo Trucks North America; Weyerhaeuser Co.; WG Yates & Sons Construction Co.; Whirlpool Corp.; Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. | | Azro L. Barber (1885-1979). | | Elbert A. Henry (1889-1966). | | John B. Thurman (1912-1971). | | Glenn W. Jones (Member) born Searcy, Arkansas, February 19, 1938; admitted to bar, 1963, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 1959; LL.B., 1963). Omicron Delta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas (Member, House of Delegates, 1976-1979) and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel; Arkansas Bar Foundation; Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. [Col., USAR Ret.]. Practice Areas: Liability Defense; Transportation Law; Products Liability; Lenders Liability; Commercial Liability; Premises Liability; Construction Law; Corporate Law; Toxic Torts; Drug and Medical Device Defense. Email: Glenn W. Jones | | Michael E. Hale (Member) born Dallas, Texas, December 27, 1941; admitted to bar, 1968, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.S., B.A., 1965; LL.B., 1968). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas, American and Inter-Pacific Bar Associations; International Society of Barristers (Board of Directors, 1993-1999); Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel; Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel; Aviation Insurance Association; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; American Society of Law and Medicine. Practice Areas: Aviation Litigation; Legal, Dental, Medical Malpractice Law; Products Liability Law. Email: Michael E. Hale | | John S. Cherry, Jr. (Member) born Pine Bluff, Arkansas, February 28, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Arkansas. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1963); University of Arkansas (LL.B., 1966). Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel; Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates. Wm. R. Overton Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Product Liability; Negligence; Tort Defense; Commercial Law; Premises Liability; Drug and Medical Device Defense; Medical Negligence. Email: John S. Cherry, Jr. | | Robert L. Henry, III (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas, June 28, 1945; admitted to bar, 1972, Arkansas. Education: Hendrix College (B.A., 1967); University of Arkansas (J.D., 1972). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas (Member, House of Delegates, 1984-1986) and American Bar Associations; Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel (Treasurer, 1983-1991; President, 1992-1993); American Board of Trial Advocates; International Association of Defense Counsel. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. [Maj., USAR, JAG]. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Legal Malpractice Defense; Premises Liability; Tort Defense; Workers Compensation Law. Email: Robert L. Henry, III | | Micheal L. Alexander (Member) born Sheridan, Arkansas, November 4, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Arkansas. Education: Ouachita Baptist University and University of Arkansas at Little Rock (B.A., 1977); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., 1980). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations; Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law; General "Tort" Defense; Negligence; Products Liability. Email: Micheal L. Alexander | | William H. Edwards, Jr. (Member) born Ft. Benning, Georgia, February 19, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.S.B.A., 1977; J.D., 1980). Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations; Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Coverage Litigation; Personal Injury; Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Nursing Home Defense; Legal Malpractice. Email: William H. Edwards, Jr. | | G. Spence Fricke (Member) born Lake Village, Arkansas, November 24, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, Arkansas. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1976); University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (J.D., 1979). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk to Justices Mays and Byrd, Arkansas Supreme Court, 1980-1981. Chief Assistant City Attorney, North Little Rock, 1981-1982. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel; Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel; Wm. R. Overton Inn of Court. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Products Liability (Litigation); Toxic Torts Law; Premises Liability Law; Legal Malpractice Law (Defense Only). Email: G. Spence Fricke | | Gail Ponder Gaines (Member) born Batesville, Arkansas, August 5, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, Arkansas. Education: University of Central Arkansas (B.S., 1980); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., 1986). Member, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Journal, 1985-1986. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations; Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Asbestos Defense; Workers Compensation; Civil Litigation Defense; Employment Law; Insurance Law. Email: Gail Ponder Gaines | | Michael J. Emerson (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas, February 10, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 1981; J.D., 1984). Phi Alpha Delta. Assistant City Attorney, North Little Rock, 1984-1986. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations; Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense; Products Liability; Liquor Liability; Premises Liability; Negligence; Insurance Law; Construction Litigation; Toxic Tort Defense; Employment Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Michael J. Emerson | | R. Kenny McCulloch (Member) born Beebe, Arkansas, May 8, 1955; admitted to bar, 1988, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.S., business, 1979; J.D., 1987). Delta Theta Phi. Member, Arkansas Law Review, 1986-1987. Member: Moot Court Board; National Moot Court Competition Team, 1987. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations; Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Law; Premises Liability Law; Products Liability Defense Law; Legal Malpractice Law (Defense Only); Workers Compensation Law; Employment Law. Email: R. Kenny McCulloch | | Joseph F. Kolb (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas, April 23, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Arkansas; 1990, Texas. Education: Hendrix College (B.A., 1986); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1989). Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Debtor-Creditor Bar of Central Arkansas (President, 1996-1997). Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy; Commercial Law. Email: Joseph F. Kolb | | Scott Michael Strauss (Member) born Malvern, Arkansas, September 19, 1961; admitted to bar, 1992, Arkansas. Education: Henderson State University (B.S.B.A., 1982); University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law (J.D., 1991). Associate Editor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Journal, 1989-1991. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Aviation; Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Labor and Employment; General Litigation; ERISA. Email: Scott Michael Strauss | | James D. Robertson (Member) born Fort Smith, Arkansas, October 25, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.S.B.A., 1992; J.D., with honors, 1995). Member, Note and Comment Editor, University of Arkansas Law Review. Law Clerk, Justice Robert L. Brown, Arkansas Supreme Court. Note Author, "Spradlin v. Ethics Commission, A Hardline Approach to Separation of Powers," 48 Arkansas Law Review 755. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, 6th District, 1998-2000. Member: Pulaski County and Arkansas Bar Associations; William R. Overton Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense; Employment Discrimination. Email: James D. Robertson | | Cynthia Worthing Kolb (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, April 29, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Ohio; 2000, Arkansas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1994); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1997). Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Legal Malpractice Defense; Product Liability. Email: Cynthia Worthing Kolb | | J. Carter Fairley (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, March 12, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Arkansas. Education: University of Memphis (B.B.A., 1996); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., 1999). Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, 18th East Judicial District, 1999-2002. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations; Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Products Liability; Workers Compensation Defense; Criminal Defense. Email: J. Carter Fairley | | Perry L. Wilson (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, March 8, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Tennessee; 2000, Arkansas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1996); William H. Bowen School of Law (J.D., 1999). Law Clerk, Justice Robert L. Brown, Arkansas Supreme Court. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, 6th Judicial District, Arkansas, 2000-2002. Member: Pulaski County and Arkansas Bar Associations; Henry Woods Inn of Court; Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation; General Practice; Products Liability; Premises Liability Litigation; Construction Litigation; Contract Litigation; Business Litigation; Corporate Law; Business Law; Construction Law. Email: Perry L. Wilson | | —————————— | | Minor Wallace Davis, III (Associate) born Texarkana, Texas, May 5, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Arkansas; 2002, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 1997); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., 2001). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Texas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Personal Injury; Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Insurance Defense; Environmental Law; Torts; Toxic Torts; Tort Defense; Automobile Negligence; Products Liability; Nursing Home Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Medical Malpractice Defense. | | Daniel W. Marvin (Associate) born 1973; admitted to bar, 2005, Arkansas; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: University of Arkansas at Little Rock (B.A., English, 2002; J.D., 2005). Delta Theta Phi. Recipient, Dean's Certificate of Public Service, William H. Bowen School of Law. Associate Notes Editor and Assistant Research Editor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, 2001-2005. Research Editor, Adelphia Law Journal, 2004-2005. Member: Arkansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Contract Litigation; Tort Defense; Products Liability Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Coverage Litigation. Email: Daniel W. Marvin | | Michael Lee Wright (Associate) born Alexandria, Louisiana, September 16, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Tennessee; 2006, Arkansas, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Hendrix College (B.A., 2002); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 2005). Member: Knoxville, Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Products Liability Defense; Workers Compensation Defense. Email: Michael Lee Wright | | S. Brent Wakefield (Associate) born Russellville, Arkansas, December 3, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Arkansas. Education: Arkansas Tech University (B.A., 1995); University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law (J.D., 1999). Member, Henry Woods Inn of Court. Member, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, 1997-1999. Member: Pulaski (Sections on: Health Law; Insurance Litigation; Probate) Arkansas and American Bar Association. [Captain, USAF, 1999-2006; Judge Advocate General's Corps, USAF]. Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Products Liability Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Contracts; Tort Defense. Email: S. Brent Wakefield | | T. Kent Smith (Associate) born Stuttgart, Arkansas, November 10, 1967; admitted to bar, 1997, Arkansas. Education: Ouachita Baptist University (B.A., Political Science, 1990); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., 1997). Recipient, Silver Key Award. Member, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, 1995. Instructor, CLE/Law Enforcement, 2004-2008. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Sixth Judicial District of Arkansas, 1997-2007. Member, House of Delegates, American Bar Association, 1995-1996. Member: Pulaski, Arkansas and American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense. | | Rick A. Behring, Jr. (Associate) born Wuerzburg, Germany, November 25, 1977; admitted to bar, 2007, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., History, 2004); University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law (J.D., with high honors, 2007). Managing Editor, University of Arkansas, William H. Bowen School of Law, 2006-2007. Author: "California Takes a Hit: The Supreme Court Upholds Congressional Authority Over the State - Approved Use of Medicinal Marijuana," 28 University of Arkansas Little Rock L. Rev. 545, 2006. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Contracts; Tort Defense; Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation; Creditors Rights. Email: Rick A. Behring, Jr. | | OF COUNSEL | | Austin McCaskill, Sr. (Of Counsel) born Little Rock, Arkansas, January 31, 1920; admitted to bar, 1947, Arkansas. Education: Washington & Lee University (LL.B., 1942). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations; International Association of Defense Counsel; Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Corporate; Estate Planning; Probate. Email: Austin McCaskill, Sr. |
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