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| | Address | | P.O. Box 1256 | | Little Rock, Arkansas 72203-1256 | | (Pulaski Co.) | | | |
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| Hilburn, Calhoon, Harper, Pruniski & Calhoun, Ltd. practices in the following areas of law:
Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Administrative, Antitrust, Arbitration, Banking, Bankruptcy, Bonds, Civil Rights, Commercial, Construction, Corporate, Criminal, Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody, Adoptions, Guardianships, Employment Law, Environmental, ERISA, Estate Planning, Insurance, Labor Relations, Mergers and Acquisitions; Municipal, Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents, Wrongful Death, Probate, Wills, Trusts, Product Liability, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation. | | Year Established: 1973 | Firm Profile:
The Firm was formed in 1973 when two young lawyers joined forces in a small office located in a North Little Rock urban renewal project. Through hard work, dedication and unequaled commitment to its clients, the Firm has developed into one of the larger law firms in the State of Arkansas. This growth, while increasing the services available to its many and varied clients, has not diminished or compromised the Firm's commitment to excellence. The Firm is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. | | Firm Size: 18 | Representative Clients:
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith; US Bank National Association; Union Bank of Benton; IBM Corporation; The Kroger Co.; Rineco Chemical Industries, Inc.; Kimberly-Clark Corporation; Deere & Company; Deere Credit, Inc.; John Deere Industrial Equipment Company; John Deere Insurance Company; Navistar Financial Corporation; Navistar International Transportation Corporation; Beach Abstract & Guaranty Co.; Candy Bouquet International, Inc.; Russell Chevrolet Co.; Lexicon, Inc.; Darragh Company; North Little Rock Waste Water Utility; Essick Air Products; North Little Rock Housing Authority; Vanliner Insurance Company; Paccar Financial Corp.; Dixie Restaurants, Inc.; Kubota Tractor Company; Twin City Bank; C.B.M. Construction Co., Inc.; Bank of Oklahoma, N.A. |
Other Office Locations of Hilburn, Calhoon, Harper, Pruniski & Calhoun, Ltd.
North Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.A.
| | Sam Hilburn (Member) born Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, July 19, 1942; admitted to bar, 1971, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 1964; J.D., 1971). City Attorney, North Little Rock, 1973-1974. Special Associate Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court, 1981 and 2005. Special Municipal Judge, North Little Rock, Arkansas, 1997. Member, University of Arkansas, Board of Trustees. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Administrative Law; Litigation. Email: Sam Hilburn | | Ken F. Calhoon (Member) born El Dorado, Arkansas, December 23, 1944; admitted to bar, 1972, Arkansas; 1973, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Arkansas (B.S.B.A., 1969; J.D., 1972); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1973). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Arkansas Law Review, 1971-1972. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations. [With USAFR, 1967-1973]. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning, Business and Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Ken F. Calhoon | | Ernest H. Harper, Jr. (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, September 14, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas and Hendrix College (B.A., 1974); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1977). Listed, Super Lawyers of the Mid-South, Real Estate. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations. Fellow: American College of Mortgage Attorneys, Inc. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Commercial Lending Law; Commercial; Transactional Law. Email: Ernest H. Harper, Jr. | | John E. Pruniski, III (Member) born North Little Rock, Arkansas, October 28, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, Arkansas. Education: Christian Brothers College (B.S., 1969); University of Arkansas (J.D., 1976). Associate Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 1975-1976. Staff Attorney, Arkansas Securities Department, 1976-1978. Member: Pulaski County and Arkansas (Member, State and Federal Securities Committee, 1979—) Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Reported Cases: Hall v. Staha, 314 Ark. 71, 858 S.W.2d 672 (1993). Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Securities; Commercial Litigation; Bonds; Arbitration. Email: John E. Pruniski, III | | John C. Calhoun, Jr. (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas, August 27, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Arkansas. Education: Vanderbilt University and Little Rock University (B.A., with highest honors, 1963); University of Arkansas (LL.B., with high honors, 1966). Editor-in-Chief, Arkansas Law Review, 1965-1966. Listed, Super Lawyers of the Mid-South, Litigation. Former Member: Supreme Court Committee on Model Jury Instructions, Civil and Criminal (former Chairman). Member: Pulaski County (Secretary, 1969-1972) and Arkansas (Co-Chair, Uniform Laws Committee) Bar Associations; Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association; Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute, Inc. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate; Real Estate; Product Liability; Construction Litigation. Email: John C. Calhoun, Jr. | | James M. McHaney, Jr. (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas, July 19, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Arkansas; 1975, District of Columbia. Education: Columbia University (A.B., 1971); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1974). Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge J. Smith Henley, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1974-1975. Associate, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., 1975-1979. Member: Pulaski County and Arkansas Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense; Antitrust. Email: James M. McHaney, Jr. | | J. Maurice Rogers (Member) born Fayetteville, Arkansas, March 23, 1943; admitted to bar, 1977, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 1965; J.D., with high honors, 1977); University of Chicago (M.A., 1967). Comments Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 1976. Member: Pulaski County and Arkansas Bar Associations; Debtor-Creditor Bar of Central Arkansas (Secretary-Treasurer, 1988-1989; Vice President, 1989-1990; President, 1990-1991). Reported Cases: Handy Dan Improvement Center, Inc., et al v. Adams, 276 Ark. 268, 633 S.W.2d 699 (1982); Wiseman v. State Bank & Trust, N.A., 313 Ark. 289, 854 S.W.2d 725 (1993); In re Marchand, 61 B.R. 81 (Bkrptcy. E.D. Ark. 1986); In re Fred A. Walters, 188 B.R. 582 (Bkrptcy. E.D. Ark. 1995). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Secured Transactions; Commercial Litigation. Email: J. Maurice Rogers | | Paula Jamell Storeygard (Member) born Russellville, Arkansas, February 8, 1957; admitted to bar, 1981, Arkansas. Education: Arkansas Tech University (B.A., with highest honors, 1977; B.S., with highest honors, 1978); Duke University (J.D., 1981). Real Estate Broker, Arkansas, 1977. Member, Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Model Jury Instructions (Civil), 1994-1999. Special Associate Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court (1995). Member: Pulaski County and Arkansas Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Real Estate Transactions; Real Estate; Probate Litigation; Trust Litigation. Email: Paula Jamell Storeygard | | Carrold E. Ray (Member) born Fayetteville, Arkansas, May 27, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Arkansas. Education: Arkansas State University (B.S., in Accounting, 1979); University of Arkansas (J.D., 1982); University of Denver (LL.M., in Taxation, 1983). Certified Public Accountant, Arkansas, 1979. Member: Arkansas Bar Association; Arkansas Society of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Pulaski Tax Council. Reported Cases: Pledger, et al v. Bosnick, et al, 306 Ark. 45, 811 S.W.2d 286 (1991); Pledger, et al v. Brunner and Lay, Inc., et al, 308 Ark. 512, 825 S.W.2d 599 (1992). Practice Areas: Corporate, Individual, Estate and State Taxation. Email: Carrold E. Ray | | Scott Thomas Vaughn (Member) born Bridgeport, Connecticut, June 13, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Arkansas. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1973); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1976). Phi Alpha Delta. Notes and Comment Editor, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1975-1976. Assistant City Attorney, North Little Rock, Arkansas, 1976-1978. Maumelle, Arkansas City Attorney, 1985-1988. Reported Cases: In re Dwiggins 359 B.R. 717 (2007); Bank of Arkansas v. Mana, 346 Ark. 469 (2001); In re Speers, 244 B.R. 142 (2000); In re Hyde 227 B.R. 170 (1998). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy and Commercial Litigation. Email: Scott Thomas Vaughn | | Mark K. Halter (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas, November 30, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, Arkansas. Education: Christian Brothers College (B.S.M.E., with highest honors, 1983); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., with high honors, 1988). Phi Alpha Delta. Editor-in-Chief, UALR Law Journal, 1987-1988. Member: Pulaski County and Arkansas Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Acquisitions; Environmental; Business Law; Corporate Law; Municipal. Email: Mark K. Halter | | Michael E. Hartje, Jr. (Member) born Conway, Arkansas, November 20, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Arkansas and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; 1985, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Arkansas (B.S.B.A., in Accounting, 1981; J.D., 1984); Golden Gate University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1989). Member: Arkansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Individual and Corporate Taxation; Business Law; Corporate Law; Employee Benefits. Email: Michael E. Hartje, Jr. | | Randy L. Grice (Member) born Lake Village, Arkansas, December 6, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Arkansas and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. Education: University of Central Arkansas (B.S., with honors, 1990); University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1993). Author: "Survey, Constitutional Law," 15 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Journal 481. City Attorney, Lonoke, 1995—. Member: Pulaski County and Arkansas Bar Associations. (Resident, North Little Rock Office). Reported Cases: Mercantile Bank of Arkansas v. Vowell, 82 Ark. App. 421, 117 S.W. 3d 603 (2003); Quinn-Matchet Partners, Inc. v. Parker Corp., Inc., 85 Ark.App. 143, 147 S.W. 3d 703 (2004); Vogelgesang v. U.S. Bank, N.A., 92 Ark. App. 116, 211 S.W. 3d 575 (2005). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Creditor's Rights; Secured Transactions; Commercial Law; Municipal Law; General Practice. Email: Randy L. Grice | | —————————— | | Traci Harris LaCerra (Associate) born Camden, Arkansas, February 1, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Arkansas and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Henderson State University (B.S.E., 1993); University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law (J.D., 1997). Speaker, National Business Institute and Arkansas Bar Association. Special Judge, Pulaski County. Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas (Secretary, Treasurer of Family Law Section, 2002-2003) and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Bailey v. Bailey, 97 Ark. App. 96 (2006); Judkins v. DuVall, 97 Ark. App. 260 (2007); Meins v. Meins, 93 Ark. App. 292, 218 S.W. 3d 366 (2005); Mercantile Bank of Arkansas v. Vowell, 82 Ark. App. 421, 117 S.W. 3d 603 (2003). Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Children; Civil Litigation; Administrative Law. Email: Traci Harris LaCerra | | Shea DeClerk Halbert (Associate) born Pocahontas, Arkansas, September 11, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 2001); William H. Bowen School of Law (J.D., 2004). Associate Editor, University of Arkansas Little Rock Law Review, 2003. Member: Pulaski, Arkansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Civil Litigation. Email: Shea DeClerk Halbert | | Quentin E. May (Associate) born Wichita Falls, Texas, September 15, 1973; admitted to bar, 2006, Arkansas and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas at Little Rock (B.B.A., Economics, 2002; M.B.A., 2004); William H. Bowen School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2005). Assistant Editor, UALR Law Review, 2004-2005. Author: Note on Bankruptcy and Commercial Law at 27 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 455 (2005). Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Civil Litigation; Administrative Law; Probate; Real Estate. | | Jessica C. McGhee (Associate) born Paragould, Arkansas, January 29, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Arkansas. Education: Arkansas State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1997); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., with honors, 2000). Phi Delta Phi. Notes Editor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, 1999-2000. Recipient, Brunson Service Award, 2000. Author: "Civil Procedure Survey," 22 UALR Law Review 755 (2000); "Evidence Survey," 22 UALR Law Review 841 (2000). Member: Pulaski County and Arkansas Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Civil Litigation; General Practice. | | Beth Echols (Associate) born Little Rock, Arkansas; admitted to bar, 2002, Arkansas; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas; 2004, U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 1996; J.D., 2002). Member: Arkansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Real Estate; Corporate. Email: Beth Echols | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
North Little Rock, Arkansas Office: US Bank Building, One Riverfront Place, Suite 800, P.O. Box 5551, 72119. Telephone: 501-372-0110. Fax: 501-372-2029.
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