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Address
425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3801
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (Pulaski Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.7
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(Main Office) Gill Elrod Ragon Owen & Sherman, P.A. is a general practice law firm that emphasizes commercial litigation, business transactions documentation and all aspects of general business law. The lawyers in the firm have experience throughout Arkansas in state and federal courts, administrative agencies and local governments. The mission of Gill Elrod Ragon Owen & Sherman, P.A. is to provide value-added legal services in an expeditious and innovative manner. We invest our time to build relationships with clients and understand their businesses, priorities, and goals. As a result, we are able to design and implement strategies that add value to our clients' businesses. Our size permits us to provide the highest quality of legal services in an extraordinarily prompt manner. Statement of PracticeGeneral Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Corporate and Municipal Finance, Commercial Business Transactions, Real Estate Development Finance and Closings, Business and Individual Tax Planning, Estate and Wealth Preservation Planning, Resort Development, Utilities Financing, Planning and Regulation, Employment Law, Public Utility Regulation. Year Established: 1986
Firm Size: 17
Representative Clients:The United Methodist Children's Home, Inc.
Heifer Project International
Federal National Mortgage Association
Dixie Development, Inc.
Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc.
Arkansas-Midland Railroad Co.
Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad, Inc.
Pinsly Railroad Co.
Scott County Telephone Co., Inc.
Pet Ag, Inc.
CWR Construction, Inc.
Pinnacle Bankshares, Inc.
American Municipal Securities, Inc.
Saline County, Arkansas
Water Users, L.L.C.
Spinnaker Development Corp.
Government Capital Corp.
SigNet 6, Inc.
Regions Bank
Surrey Vacation Resort
United Water
Stewart Information Services Corporation
Stewart Title Guaranty Company
Stewart Title Company of Arkansas, Inc.
Metropolitan National Bank
Coastal Securities
Heifer International Foundation
American Electric Power/Southwestern Electric Power Co.
MCI Communications, Inc.
NUVox Communications of Arkansas, Inc.
McSteel (a division of Quanex Corp.)
Cox Communications, Inc.
Develop Arkansas, LLC
The Barber Group, Inc.
City of Helena West-Helena, Arkansas
The Murphy Group, LLC
Twin City Bank
Flintco, Inc.
Bell Corley Construction
The Chi Cos.
Breakaway Resorts
Centennial Bank
Nock Investments, LLC.
Address425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3801
Little Rock, AR 72201, (Pulaski Co.)
PhonePhone: 501-376-3800
Fax: 501-372-3359
Website
http://www.gill-law.com
W. W. Elrod, II (1950-2005).
John P. Gill (Director) born Fort Smith, Arkansas, December 9, 1936; admitted to bar, 1961, Arkansas. Education: Hendrix College and Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1958); Vanderbilt University (LL.B., 1960). Phi Delta Phi. Co-Author: "On the Courthouse Square in Arkansas," MJG Publications, 1980. Instructor, International Law, 1972, Professional Responsibility, 1977 and State and Local Government, 1985, University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law. Member of Faculty, Arkansas College of Trial Advocacy, 1979. Trial Counsel, General Court Martial, Quantico, Virginia, 1962-1963. Assistant Attorney General of Arkansas, 1963-1965. Delegate from Pulaski and Perry Counties and Chairman, Committee on Municipal Government, Arkansas Constitutional Convention, 1969. Special Counsel to Governor of Arkansas, 1994-1996. Member, Arkansas Water Code Study Commission, 1981-1982. Chairman, Governor's Task Force for a New Constitution, 1995. Member: Pulaski County (President, 1975-1976), Arkansas (President, 1992-1993) and American Bar Associations. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; Arkansas Bar Foundation (Chairman, Building Committee, 1972-1974; Secretary, 1974-1975; President, 1977-1978); American Bar Foundation. [U.S. Marine Corps]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Financial Transactions; Municipal Utility; Corporation Law.Email: John P. Gill
Charles C. Owen, (P.A.) (Managing Partner) born Texarkana, Texas, June 5, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (B.S.B.A., 1965; J.D., 1968). Beta Alpha Psi; Phi Alpha Delta. Certified Public Accountant, Arkansas and Missouri, 1970. Co-Author: "Asset Protection Planning," Lorman Business Center, Inc., 1996. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations; Arkansas Society of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Fellow: Arkansas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Business Planning; Wealth Preservation Planning; Tax Controversies; Non-Profit Organizations.Email: Charles C. Owen, (P.A.)
Heartsill Ragon III, (P.A.) (Director) born Fort Smith, Arkansas, May 4, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Arkansas. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., Journalism, 1978); University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (J.D., 1982). Member, University of Arkansas National Moot Court Team. Author: "Does Off Balance Shut Financing Still Exist? A Non-Accountant's Observations," National Association of Energy Services Companies Magazine, February 2004. Co-Author: "Resale of Restricted Securities: What's an Insider to Do?," The Arkansas Lawyer, April 1989; Resort Property Owners Guidebook "Public Water Authorities: New Legislation Promises Lower Interest Rates to Rural Water Associations." Author: "Caveat Venditor - How a Business Sale can Become a Nightmare," Arkansas Business, June 1989; Contributing Author: "An Overview of the 1987 Arkansas Business Corporation Act," 10 UALR Law Journal 431. Member: Arkansas (Chair, Business Law Section; Member, Investments Section) and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers; American Resort Development Association. Practice Areas: Acquisition, Divestitures and Mergers; Corporate and Municipal Finance; Securities Law; Energy Finance; Resort and Real Property Development.Email: Heartsill Ragon III, (P.A.)
W. Bradford Sherman (Director) born Pine Bluff, Arkansas, March 4, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Arkansas. Education: Washington University (B.A., 1983); University of Arkansas (J.D., 1986). Phi Alpha Delta. Vice-Chairman, Moot Court Board, 1986. Board of Editors, ICSC Retail Law Strategist. Author: "Terrorism Comes Home - Anti-Terrorism and Anti Money Laundering Affecting the Real Estate Industry," ICSC Retail Law Strategist, February 2006; "Leasing Letter of Intent - Worth It's Weight in God," ICSC Retail Law Strategist, August 2005; "Continuing Operation Clauses and the Right to Recapture," ICSC Retail Law Strategist, July 2004; "Who Pays for Lost Overruns in Landlord's Finish-Out of Tenant's Space?" ICSC Retail Law Strategist, January 2004. Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers, 1987. Arbitrator, Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 1988. Member: International Council of Shopping Centers; Arkansas Self Storage Association. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Acquisitions, Divestitures and Mergers; Corporations Law; Corporate Finance; Securities Law.Email: W. Bradford Sherman
Drake Mann (Director) born Coral Gables, Florida, November 16, 1959; admitted to bar, 1987, Arkansas; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; 1991, Texas; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: East Carolina University (B.A., 1981); University of Arkansas (J.D., 1986). Law Clerk to the Honorable M. Steele Hays, Justice, Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1986-1988. Enforcement Attorney, Arkansas Securities Department, 1988-1991. Member, Arbitration Panel, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, 1991. Editorial Advisory Board, The Arkansas Lawyer. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association; The American Association for Justice. Fellow: Arkansas Bar Foundation; The Henry Woods American Inn of Court (Master). Practice Areas: Litigation; Securities Arbitration; Administrative Law; Federal Criminal Defense; Mediation; Class Action Litigation.Email: Drake Mann
Christopher L. Travis (Director) born Little Rock, Arkansas, January 16, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas at Little Rock (B.A., in English, magna cum laude, 1994; J.D., with high honors, 1997). Executive Editor, UALR Law Journal, 1996-1997. Guest Editor, Centennial Issue of The Arkansas Lawyer, 1998. Author, Survey, Constitutional Law, 19 UALR Law Journal (1997). Member, International Council of Shopping Centers. Member: Pulaski County and Arkansas Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Municipal Finance; Corporate Finance; Corporate Law; Resort Finance; Commercial Leasing; Residential Real Estate.Email: Christopher L. Travis
Roger H. Fitzgibbon, Jr. (Director) born Little Rock, Arkansas, April 1, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Arkansas; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas at Little Rock (B.A., 1992; J.D., 1997). Member, Moot Court Board, 1997. Vice President, Student Bar Association, 1996. Member: Arkansas and American Bar Associations; Association of General Contractors (Associate Member); National Association of Railroad Trial Counsels. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice; Corporate Finance; Municipal Finance; Trademarks; Eminent Domain; Railroads; Immigration Law; Resort Development; Telemarketing Law; Utility Law; Alternate Dispute Resolution.Email: Roger H. Fitzgibbon, Jr.
T. Daniel Goodwin (Director) born Fayetteville, Arkansas, March 4, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Arkansas; 2000, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. Education: Hendrix College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1996); Washington University (J.D., 1999). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Acquisitions, Divestitures and Mergers; Corporate Finance; Municipal Finance; Securities Law; Resort Development; Real Estate Development; Corporations Law.Email: T. Daniel Goodwin
Stephen K. Cuffman, (P.A.) (Director) born Malvern, Arkansas, October 28, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Arkansas, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Henderson State University (B.S.B.A., 1972); University of Arkansas (J.D., 1975). Staff Attorney, 1975-1978 and Chief Counsel, 1979-1980, Arkansas Public Service Commission. Member: Pulaski County and Arkansas Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Utility Law; Complex Business Litigation; Insurance Defense; Construction Litigation; Plaintiffs Personal Injury.Email: Stephen K. Cuffman, (P.A.)
Matthew B. Finch (Director) born Little Rock, Arkansas, October 3, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Arkansas and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. Education: Westminster College (B.A., 1997); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., 2000). Member: Arkansas and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Adamson v. Sims, 85 Ark. App. 278, 151 SW3d 23 (2004). Hanners v. Giant Oil Company of Arkansas, Inc., (2008 Ark. Lexis 332). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Collections; Commercial Foreclosure.Email: Matthew B. Finch
Dylan Hugh Potts (Director) born Little Rock, Arkansas, October 16, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Arkansas. Education: Hendrix College (B.A., 1998); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., 2001). National Trial Team Member and Finalist, 2001. Member: Arkansas Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Employment Law; Administrative Law; Landlord/Tenant Law.Email: Dylan Hugh Potts
SENIOR ASSOCIATEJudy P. McNeil (Senior Associate) born Macon, Georgia, July 22, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Arkansas and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Southern Arkansas University (B.S.E., 1975); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., 1980). Member: Pulaski County and Arkansas Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations Law; Probate Law; Corporate Law.Email: Judy P. McNeil
——————————Kelly W. McNulty (Associate) born Pine Bluff, Arkansas, August 22, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Arkansas. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 2001); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., with honors, 2005). Member, Law Review, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. City Attorney, Menifee, 2005. Member: Arkansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Foreclosures; Collections.Email: Kelly W. McNulty
Jenny Holt Teeter (Associate) born North Little Rock, Arkansas, May 17, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Arkansas. Education: Hendrix College (B.A., cum laude, 2004); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., 2007). Member: Arkansas Bar Association. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Corporate Law; Corporate Finance; Municipal Finance; Real Estate Development and Finance; Nonprofit Law; Securities Regulation.Email: Jenny Holt Teeter
Chad L. Cumming, Jr. (Associate) born Rochester, Minnesota; admitted to bar, 2007, Arkansas. Education: Westminster College (B.A., English, 1994); University of Texas at Arlington (Teaching Certificate, 1996); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (M.Ed., 2002); University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law (J.D., 2007). Delta Theta Phi; Kappa Alpha Order. Associate Editor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, 2006-2007. Member, Council of School Attorneys. Member: Arkansas Bar Association. Practice Areas: Education Law; Corporate and Municipal Finance; General Corporate and Commercial Law; Real Estate Development and Finance; Securities Regulation; Utilities Law; Resort Development.Email: Chad L. Cumming, Jr.
Katie S. Allen (Associate) born Texarkana, Texas, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 2004); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., 2008). Ms. Allen is an associate with Gill Elrod Ragon Owen & Sherman, P.A. She was educated at University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and University of Arkansas at Little Rock. While in law school, Ms. Allen served as assistant research editor of the law review and her case note was chosen to be published. Ms Allen graduated with honors in 2008 and joined the Arkansas Bar in the same year. Her practice focuses on matters involving general commercial litigation, construction law, real estate law and counseling corporate clients. Member: Arkansas Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Commercial Law; Construction Law; Real Estate Development; Foreclosures; Collections.Email: Katie S. Allen
OF COUNSELJohn A. Fogleman (1911-2004).
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