(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

Business Law, including Complex Commercial Litigation, Tort and Environmental Litigation, Corporate Financing, Media Law, Constitutional Law, Employment Law, Antitrust, Products Liability, Appeals, Banking Law, Real Estate, Real Estate Litigation, Secured Transactions, Bankruptcy, Securities, Tax Law, ERISA, Employee Benefits, Agricultural Law, Estate Planning, Probate and Corporate Law.

Representative Clients:

Alltel Corporation
Alltel Arena for the Multi-Purpose Civic Center Facilities Board of Pulaski County
Acxiom Corporation
America's Car-Mart
Arkansas Bankers Bank
Arkansas Community Bankers
Arkansas Capital Corporation Group
Arkansas Certified Development Corporation
Arkansas Homebuilders Association
Arkansas Press Association
Arkansas Realtors Association
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
AT&T Mobility
BancorpSouth Bank
Baptist Health
Baptist MedCare, Inc.
BASF Corporation
Building & Utility Contractors, Inc.
Centerpoint Energy/ARKLA
Chemtura Corporation
Colliers Dickson Flake Partners, Inc.
Columbian National Title Insurance Co.
DaimlerChrysler Corporation
Dillard's Inc.
Eagle Bank & Trust Company
Entergy Corporation
Heifer Project International
H & R Block, Inc.
IBERIABANK
Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc.
KARK-TV, Inc.
Kohler Co.
Koppers Industries, Inc.
LA-Z-BOY Incorporated
Lawyers Title Corporation
Lenders Title Company, Inc.
Lincoln Electric Company
Luby's Restaurants LP
MBC Holdings, LLC
Mercedes-Benz of North America
Merchants and Farmers Bank
Metropolitan National Bank
Moses Tucker Real Estate, Inc.
Nissan North America, Inc.
Osmose, Inc.
PDC Companies
Planters Bank & Trust Co.
Pulaski Bank & Trust Co.
Rainey Realty, Inc.
RE/MAX Advantage, Inc.
Regions Bank
Salomon Smith Barney
Schering-Plough Corp.
Shell Oil Company
Shoney's Inc.
Simmons First National Bank
Stephens Inc.
Summit Bank
Twin City Bank
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Union Carbide Corporation
United General Title Insurance Co.
U.S. Bank National Association.

Address

111 Center Street, Suite 1900
Little Rock, AR 72201, (Pulaski Co.)

Phone

Phone: 501-379-1700
Fax: 501-379-1701
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Website

http://www.qgtb.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

Springdale, Arkansas Office: 4100 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 310, 72762. Telephone: 479-444-5200. Fax: 479-444-6647.

Jonesboro, Arkansas Office: 300 South Church, 4th Floor, Suite 1, 72401. Telephone: 870-931-1701. Fax: 870-931-1704.

ASSOCIATES

Austin N. Amos (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, January 21, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas; 2007, Arkansas. Education: Austin College (B.A., cum laude, 1999); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 2002). Articles Editor, Texas International Law Journal, 2000-2001. Member: State Bar of Texas; Arkansas Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Acquisitions; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Development; Natural Resources.Email: Austin N. Amos

Joel B. Carter (Associate) born Little Rock, Arkansas, October 11; admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia; 2009, Arkansas. Education: Hendrix College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1998); Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Bank Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Transactions; Securities.Email: Joel B. Carter

Virginia Chase Crocker (Associate) born Little Rock, Arkansas, January 13, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Tennessee; 2008, Arkansas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 2000); University of Arkansas (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Member, Arkansas Law Review, 2004-2005. Author: "Zelman v Simmons-Harris: The Establishment Clause and the Fight for School Vouchers," 58 Ark. L. Rev. 395 (2005). Member: Tennessee Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Corporate Real Estate; Securities.Email: Virginia Chase Crocker

Bradley G. Dowler (Associate) born Little Rock, Arkansas, November 26, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.S.B.A., 2002; J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Member, Arkansas Law Review, 2005-2006. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Bradley G. Dowler

Joseph R. Falasco (Associate) born Quantico, Virginia, September 21, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Arkansas. Education: Arizona State University (B.S., cum laude, 1998); University of Arkansas (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Notes and Comment Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 2001-2002. Law Clerk: Hon. Annabelle Clinton-Imber, Associate Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court, 2002-2004; Hon. Lavenski Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 2004-2005. Adjunct Professor: Bioethics, University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. Author: "Frozen Embryos and Gamete Providers' Rights: A Suggested Model for Embryo Disposition," 45 Jurimetrics J. 273 (2005); "Sizing Up a Multiparty Tortfeasor Suit in Arkansas: A Tale of Two Laws - How Fault Is and Should be Distributed," 26 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 251 (2003); "Who's Getting Used in Arkansas: An Analysis of Usury, Check Cashing, and the Arkansas Check-Cashers Act," 55 Ark. L. Rev. 149 (2002). Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice.Email: Joseph R. Falasco

Ginger Clem Hyneman (Associate) born Jonesboro, Arkansas, September 29, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Arkansas and Tennessee. Education: Lyon College (B.A., cum laude, 1997); University of Arkansas (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Member, Arkansas Law Review. Law Intern to the Honorable Jimm Larry Hendren, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, Spring 2000. Member: Tennessee Bar Association; Defense Research Institute. (Resident, Jonesboro Office). Practice Areas: ERISA Litigation; Media Law; First Amendment Law; Products Liability; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Ginger Clem Hyneman

Sarah Keith-Bolden (Associate) born Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 9, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Arkansas. Education: Brown University (B.A., 2001); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Environmental Law.Email: Sarah Keith-Bolden

Cameron C. McCree (Associate) born Camden, Arkansas, June 11, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 2002; J.D., summa cum laude, 2007). Managing Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 2006-2007. Law Clerk to Hon. Lavenski R. Smith, United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 2007-2008. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Cameron C. McCree

Jerald Clifford McKinney, II (Associate) born Greensburg, Indiana, January 2, 1978; admitted to bar, 2002, Arkansas; 2003, Texas; 2004, Mississippi. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1999); University of Arkansas (J.D., cum laude, 2002; M.P.A., 2002); Southern Methodist University (LL.M., 2003). Author: "Factoring the Ambiguity: A Futile Attempt to Understand the Ambiguous Nature of the Integration Doctrine's Five Factor Test," 31 Securities Regulation Law Journal 337 (2003). International Council of Shopping Centers. Adjunct Professor, Real Estate Finance, William H. Bowen School of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Chairman, Arkansas Rice Depot. Member: State Bar of Texas; Arkansas Bar Association (Chairman, Real Estate Section; Member: Law School Committee; Jurisprudence and Law Reform Committee; Technology Committee); The Mississippi Bar; Christian Legal Society; American Society for Public Administration. Practice Areas: Real Estate Acquisitions; Shopping Center Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Real Estate Finance; Banking Law.Email: Jerald Clifford McKinney, II

Benecia B. Moore (Associate) born Seattle, Washington, July 3, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, New York; 2006, Arkansas. Education: Boston University (B.S., cum laude, 2000); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 2003). Articles Editor, Journal of International Economic Law, 2002-2003. Law Clerk: Hon. Petrese B. Tucker, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2003-2005; Hon. Lavenski Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 2005-2006. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Benecia B. Moore

Chad W. Pekron (Associate) born Milbank, South Dakota, January 24, 1976; admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois; 2008, Arkansas. Education: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (B.A., with high honors, 1997); Yale University Law School (J.D., 2000). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to the Hon. Morris Sheppard Arnold, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 2000-2001. Adjunct Professor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, 2001. Book Reviews Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1999-2000. Author: The Professional Student-Athlete: Undermining Amateurism as an Antitrust Defense in NCAA Compensation Challenges," 24 Hamline Law Review 24 (2000). Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Appellate Practice; Professional Malpractice; Class Action Litigation; Products Liability.Email: Chad W. Pekron

Billy C. Pharis (Associate) born Fort Smith, Arkansas; admitted to bar, 2009, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 2004; J.D., cum laude, 2008). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor.Email: Billy C. Pharis

Joseph W. Price, II (Associate) born Dyersburg, Tennessee, June 20, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Arkansas, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee at Martin (B.S., History, summa cum laude, 2003); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., with high honors, 2007). Associate Research Editor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, 2005-2007. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Joseph W. Price, II

Everett C. (Clarke) Tucker, IV (Associate) born Little Rock, Arkansas, January 21, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Arkansas. Education: Harvard University (A.B., Government, 2003); University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Law Clerk to Honorable Leon J. Holmes, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, 2006-2008. Editor-in-Chief, Arkansas Law Review. Adjunct Professor, University of Arkansas William H. Bowen School of Law. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: Everett C. (Clarke) Tucker, IV

Nathan E. Tyler (Associate) born Little Rock, Arkansas, February 13, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Arkansas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.B.A., cum laude, 2001); University of Arkansas (J.D., 2005); University of Missouri-Kansas City (LL.M. in Taxation, 2006). Member: National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Probate; Wills; Trusts; Real Estate Development.Email: Nathan E. Tyler

Meghan H. Vernetti (Associate) born Winchester, Tennessee, October 25, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Utah; 2008, Arkansas. Education: Hendrix College (B.A., summa cum laude, 2002); Brigham Young University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Member: Utah State Bar (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Securities Litigation); Washington County Bar Association. (Resident, Springdale Office). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; SEC Enforcement; Securities Fraud; Securities Litigation; Real Estate Litigation.Email: Meghan H. Vernetti

Jennifer L. Wethington (Associate) born Lansing, Michigan, February 9, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Arkansas. Education: Hendrix College (B.A., 1997); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., with high honors, 2002). Notes Editor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, 2001-2002. Recipient, Arkansas Bar Foundation Ethics Scholar Award; Arkansas Bar Foundation Law Review Writing Excellence Award; CALI-Excellence for the Future "Top Paper" Awards in Administrative Law, White Collar Crime, Intellectual Property, Legal Profession (Ethics) and Reasoning, Writing & Advocacy II; Fulbright Fellowship, Vienna, Austria, 1997-1998. Author: "Violence Against Women Act's Civil Rights Remedy Exceeds Congress's Powers to Regulate Interstate Commerce," 23 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review 485 (2001); "Survey of Constitutional Law," 24 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review 905 (2002). Law Clerk to Chief Judge Jane A. Restani, U.S. Court of International Trade, New York, New York, 2002-2004. Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Appellate Practice; Civil Litigation; Constitutional Law; Products Liability.Email: Jennifer L. Wethington

OF COUNSEL

Daniel D. Boland (Of Counsel) born El Dorado, Arkansas, September 10, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Arkansas. Education: Hendrix College (B.A., 1977); University of Arkansas (J.D., 1982). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Debtor and Creditor; Commercial Law; Real Estate Law.Email: Daniel D. Boland

William A. (Al) Eckert, III (Of Counsel) born Magnolia, Arkansas, October 24, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Arkansas. Education: Hendrix College (B.A., 1975); University of Arkansas (J.D., 1978). Recipient, Arkansas Bar Foundation 2005 Writing Award for Legal Writing. Law Clerk to Hon. Oren Harris, U.S. District Court Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, 1978-1979. Author: "Environmental Issues for the Arkansas Lawyer," The Arkansas Lawyer, Vol. 39, No. 2, Spring 2004. Attorney, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, 1992-2002; Chief Attorney, Solid Waste Division, 1995-1996; Chief Counsel, 1996-2002. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Environmental Litigation; Civil Litigation.Email: William A. (Al) Eckert, III

Geoffrey B. Treece (Of Counsel) born Clinton, Arkansas, January 3, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Arkansas;1999, Missouri. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 1981; J.D., 1984). Member: Arkansas Bar Association (Member, Debtor-Creditor Rights Section); Debtor-Creditor Bar of Central Arkansas; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Debtor and Creditor Rights; Bankruptcy; Real Estate; Commercial Litigation.Email: Geoffrey B. Treece

David B. Vandergriff (Of Counsel) born Van Buren, Arkansas, March 13, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, Arkansas; 1978, Texas and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (B.S.B.A., 1975; J.D., 1977). Listed: Best Lawyers in America, Financial Institutions Law, 2007; Best Lawyers in America, Banking Law, 2008. Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Civil Practice, 2004—. Master of Ceremonies, Investiture of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Ben T. Barry, 2007. Member: Sebastian County (Secretary-Treasurer, 1993-1994; President, 1995-1996) and Arkansas (Chair, Board of Governors, 2001-2002 and 2007-2008; Member, House of Delegates, 1993-1996) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Defense Counsel Association of Arkansas; Defense Research Institute, Inc. Fellow: Arkansas Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 2000-2006; Secretary and Treasurer, 2007-2008). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Loan Workouts; Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Insurance.Email: David B. Vandergriff

MEMBERS

Steven W. Quattlebaum (Member) born Searcy, Arkansas, October 21, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Arkansas. Education: Western State College of Colorado (B.A., 1981); University of Arkansas (J.D., 1983). Associate Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 1982-1983. Law Clerk to the Hon. H. Franklin Waters, U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, 1984-1985. Member: American Board of Trial Advocates; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Product Liability Advisory Council; William R. Overton Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Products Liability; Environmental Litigation; Toxic Torts.Email: Steven W. Quattlebaum

Timothy W. Grooms (Member) born Paragould, Arkansas, December 30, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas at Little Rock (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981; J.D., with high honors, 1984). Assistant Editor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Journal, 1983-1984. Licensed Real Estate Broker, Arkansas, 1977. Member, International Council of Shopping Centers. Member: American College of Real Estate Lawyers; Governor's Task Force for Preparation of New Legislation for Interstate Banking and Branches, 1996-1997. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Banking Law; Real Estate Brokerage Law; Bankruptcy; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Finance.Email: Timothy W. Grooms

John E. Tull III (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas, February 28, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Arkansas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1980); University of Arkansas (J.D., with high honors, 1984). Member, Henry Woods Inn of Court. Student Writings Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 1983. Member: American Board of Trial Advocates; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Newspaper Law; Media Law; First Amendment Law; Products Liability; Complex Business Litigation; Crop Damage.Email: John E. Tull III

Patrick A. Burrow (Member) born Batesville, Arkansas, September 5, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Tennessee; 1979, U.S. Tax Court; 1981, Arkansas. Education: University of Central Arkansas (B.S., with honors, 1975); Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D., 1978); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1981). Member, Governor's Task Force for Revision of Arkansas Banking Code, 1994-1997 and Preparation of New Legislation for Interstate Banking and Branches, 1996-1997. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Taxation; Securities.Email: Patrick A. Burrow

Kristine Gerhard Baker (Member) born Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 30, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Arkansas. Education: Saint Louis University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1993); University of Arkansas (J.D., with high honors, 1996). Phi Beta Kappa. Articles Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 1995-1996. Law Clerk to the Hon. Susan Webber Wright, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, 1996-1998. Author: "BB&B Construction Co. v. F.D.I.C. - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens in Arkansas: Priority as a Function of Removability," 48 Arkansas Law Review 783 (1995). Member: William R. Overton Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Media and First Amendment; Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Environmental Litigation; Employment Litigation.Email: Kristine Gerhard Baker

E. B. (Chip) Chiles IV (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, December 12, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Arkansas; 1998, Tennessee. Education: Hendrix College (B.A., summa cum laude, with distinction, 1993); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Law Clerk to the Hon. G. Thomas Eisele, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, 1996-1998. Member: American Law Institute, Eighth Circuit Bar Association (Charter Member); Litigation Counsel of America; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Henry Woods Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Appellate Practice; Products Liability; Employment Litigation.Email: E. B. (Chip) Chiles IV

Charles L. Schlumberger (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, July 1, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Arkansas. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1976); Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D., 1979). Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1978-1979. Member: American Arbitration Association (Panel of Arbitrators). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Antitrust; Intellectual Property Litigation; ERISA; Regulated Industries.Email: Charles L. Schlumberger

Thomas G. Williams (Member) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, September 29, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 1985; J.D., with high honors, 1988). Business Manager, Arkansas Law Review, 1987-1988. Practice Areas: Premises Liability; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Trucking Liability.Email: Thomas G. Williams

Brandon B. Cate (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, November 23, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Arkansas; 2002, Tennessee. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1998); University of Arkansas (J.D., summa cum laude, 2001). Editor-in -Chief, Arkansas Law Review. Law Clerk to Hon. G. Thomas Eisele, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, 2000-2001. Author: "Saforo and Associates, Inc. v. Porocel Corp.: The Failure of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act to Clarify the Doubtful and Confused Status of Common Law Trade Secret Principles," 53 Arkansas Law Review 687 (2000). Member: Washington County Bar Association. (Resident, Springdale Office). Practice Areas: Media Law; Products Liability; Employment Discrimination; Complex Business Litigation; Contract Litigation; ERISA Litigation; Condemnation; Intellectual Property; Commercial Litigation; Defamation.Email: Brandon B. Cate

Joseph W. Ghormley (Member) born Prescott, Arkansas, June 23, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Oklahoma; 2000, Arkansas. Education: Hendrix College (B.A., cum laude, with distinction, 1995); University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1999). Notes Editor, UALR Law Review, 1998-1999. Recipient, CALI-Excellence for the Future Award in Advanced Appellate Advocacy. Author: "Survey of Bankruptcy Cases," 21 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 587; "Survey of Family Law Cases," Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 669. Member: Oklahoma Bar Association; Arkansas Bar Association (Member, Uniform Laws Committee, 2004— and Technology Committee, 2004—); William R. Overton Inn of Court (Student Member, 1998-1999). Practice Areas: Real Estate Acquisitions; Environmental Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Banking Law; Eminent Domain.Email: Joseph W. Ghormley

Karen Rae Sharp Halbert (Member) born Monticello, Arkansas, June 1, 1961; admitted to bar, 2001, Arkansas. Education: Henderson State University (B.S., Computer Science/Math, magna cum laude, 1982); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., with high honors, 2001). Recipient: Arkansas Bar Association Presidential Award of Excellence, 2003; National Association of Women Business Owners Women Pioneer Award, 2006; Arkansas Academy of Computing. Member: William R. Overton Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Software Litigation; Intellectual Property.Email: Karen Rae Sharp Halbert

Jeb Hunter Joyce (Member) born Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June 17, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 1993); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., 1997); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 2001). Associate/Assistant Editor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Journal, 1996-1997. Author: "Labor Law Survey," 19 UALR Law Review 763 (1997). Member: Washington County Bar Association. (Resident, Springdale Office). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Real Estate Acquisition; Real Estate Finance; Securities; Taxation.Email: Jeb Hunter Joyce

Michael N. Shannon (Member) born Knoxville, Tennessee, June 5, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Arkansas; 1993, Missouri and Kansas. Education: Arkansas Tech University (B.A., 1989); University of Arkansas (J.D., with high honors, 1992). Phi Delta Phi. Inns of Court. Presidential Scholar. Note and Comment Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 1991-1992. Law Clerk to U.S. District Chief Judge Stephen M. Reasoner, Eastern District of Arkansas, 1992-1994. Member: Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Arkansas Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: Burnette v. Perkins & Associates, 343 Ark. 237, 33 S.W.3d 145 (2000); Smith v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 968 F.Supp. 1356 (W.D.Ark. 1997); Reynolds Healthcare Services, Inc. v. HMNH, Inc., 364 Ark. 168, 217, S.W.3d 797 (2005); Central & Southern Companies v. Weiss, 339 Ark. 76, 3 S.W.3d 294 (1999); Lamar Advantage Holding Co, Inc., v. Ark. State Highway Comm., _S.W.3D_, 7007 WL 853448 (2007); Bonnett v. Kohler, 2006 WL 2583660 (2006); Becnel v. KPMG LLP, 229 F.R.D. 592 (2005). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Consumer Litigation; Contract Litigation; Class Actions; Products Liability.Email: Michael N. Shannon

(All Attorneys are Members of the Pulaski County, Arkansas, and American Bar Associations.)