MEMBERS OF FIRM
Peter G. Kumpe (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas; admitted to bar, 1972, Arkansas and Texas. Education: Duke University; University of Arkansas at Little Rock (B.A., 1969); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1972). Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Texas Law Review, 1971-1972. Law Clerk to Judge G. Thomas Eisele, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, 1972-1974. Adjunct Faculty, Securities Regulation, 1975-1978 and Antitrust, 1980-1991, 2007, William H. Bowen School of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Member, Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions-Civil, 1998-2004; Chairman, 2000-2004. Member: American Law Institute. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Antitrust Law; Securities Regulation Law.Email: Peter G. Kumpe
David F. Menz (Member) born Sewickley, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1974, Arkansas. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1969; M.A., 1971); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1974). Member: American College of Bond Counsel; National Association of Bond Lawyers; National Diocesan Attorneys Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate Law; Public Finance Law.Email: David F. Menz
Paul W. Hoover, Jr. (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas; admitted to bar, 1969, Arkansas. Education: Vanderbilt University and Little Rock University (B.S., 1965); University of Arkansas (J.D., 1969); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1970). Delta Theta Phi. Member, Editorial Board, Arkansas Law Review, 1968-1969. Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Banking Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate and Construction Law.Email: Paul W. Hoover, Jr.
Jess Askew III (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas; admitted to bar, 1986, Arkansas; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1982); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., magna cum laude, 1986). Order of the Coif. Senior Review Editor, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly. Law Clerk, U.S. Circuit Judge Richard S. Arnold, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1986-1988. Member: Arkansas Bar (Chair, Appellate Practice Committee, 1997-2001; Chair, Litigation Section, 2001-2002) Association. Fellow: Arkansas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Franchise Law; Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Media Law.Email: Jess Askew III
John Kooistra, III (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas; admitted to bar, 1980, Arkansas. Education: University of Central Arkansas (B.A., 1977); University of Arkansas (J.D., 1980). Delta Theta Phi. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Law.Email: John Kooistra, III
David M. Powell (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas; admitted to bar, 1969, Arkansas. Education: Phillips Academy, Andover and Davidson College (A.B., cum laude, 1966); Duke University (J.D., with honors, 1969). Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Past Instructor, Uniform Commercial Code and Real Estate, William H. Bowen School of Law, UALR. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association; International Association of Defense Counsel. Fellow: Arkansas Bar Foundation; Defense Research Institute. [Capt., U.S. Army, M.I., 1970-1971]. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Construction Law; Banks and Banking; Commercial Transactions; Real Estate; Professional Liability; Commercial Arbitration.Email: David M. Powell
Harold J. Evans (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas; admitted to bar, 1978, Arkansas; 1984, District of Columbia; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1974); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1978). Associate Editor, California Law Review, 1976-1978. Law Clerk to Judge Richard S. Arnold, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1980-1982. Associate Vice President, Legal Affairs - Research and Technology, University of Arkansas, 1985-2002. Author: "Introduction to Technology Licensing, The Arkansas Lawyer," Winter 2000. Member: Arkansas (Member, House of Delegates, 2000-2005); American (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property; Science and Technology) and National Bar Associations; National Association of College and University Attorneys (Member, Board of Directors, 2004-2007; Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property and Computer Law; Research Activities and Technology Transfer); American Intellectual Property Law Association; W. Harold Flowers Law Society. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Law; Technology Licensing; College and University Law; Business Transactions; Internet Law.Email: Harold J. Evans
Terry L. Mathews (Member) born Grand Island, Nebraska; admitted to bar, 1969, Arkansas, Missouri and District of Columbia. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., 1965); Washington University (J.D., 1968). Delta Theta Phi. Order of the Coif. Note Editor, Washington University Law Quarterly, 1967-1968. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Trusts and Estates; Probate; Tax Litigation.Email: Terry L. Mathews
D. Nicole Lovell (Member) born Conway, Arkansas; admitted to bar, 2001, Arkansas and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. Education: University of Central Arkansas (B.B.A., 1998); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., 2001); Georgetown University (LL.M., with distinction, Securities and Financial Regulation, 2004). Assistant Editor-in-Chief, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, 2000. Member: Arkansas Association of Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Securities Law; Corporate Law; Corporate Finance; Banking Law; Real Estate.Email: D. Nicole Lovell
Michele Simmons Allgood (Member) born Paris, Arkansas; admitted to bar, 1995, Arkansas. Education: Hendrix College (B.A., with distinction, summa cum laude, 1992); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1995). Member: National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Public Finance Law; Commercial Transactions; Corporate Law; Real Estate; General Business Law.Email: Michele Simmons Allgood
Janet L. Pulliam (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas; admitted to bar, 1979, Arkansas; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1979). Recipient, University of Chicago Stern Award, National Moot Court Competition. Senior Law Clerk, The Honorable William R. Wilson, U.S. District Judge. Member: Cooperating Attorney NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc., 1982-1989; Judicial Conference for Eighth Circuit, 1981. Member: Arkansas Women's Bar Association; American Board of Trial Advocates (Member by Peer Selection). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Health Law; Education Law; Litigation; Employment Litigation; Employment Mediation; Appellate Practice.Email: Janet L. Pulliam
Shelli H. Jordan (Member) born Hattiesburg, Mississippi; admitted to bar, 2002, Arkansas. Education: Mississippi State University (B.A., cum laude, 1993); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., with honors, 2002). William H. Bowen Scholar. Associate Articles Editor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, 2001-2002. Member: National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Corporate Finance; Corporate Law.Email: Shelli H. Jordan
Benjamin D. Brenner (Member) born Glendale, California, May 19, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2004, Arkansas, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: California State University, Northridge (B.A., 1997); University of California, Davis (J.D., 2000). Extern to Hon. William R. Wilson, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 2004. Member, Rotary Club of Little Rock. Previously with, Blackmon & Snellings, Sacramento, California, 2000-2003. Armstrong Allen, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2004-2006. Member: Pulaski County and Arkansas Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Health Law; Appellate Practice; Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Employment Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Benjamin D. Brenner
Clayborne S. Stone (Partner) born Russellville, Arkansas; admitted to bar, 2003, 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., 1999); University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (J.D., 2003). Research Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 2002-2003. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Media Law; Appellate Practice; Employment Litigation.Email: Clayborne S. Stone
SENIOR COUNSEL
W. Jackson Williams (Senior Counsel) born Hope, Arkansas; admitted to bar, 1959, Arkansas. Education: University of Arkansas (B.S., 1957); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1959). Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1958-1959. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Task Force on Lawyers' Political Contributions, 1997-1998); National Association of Bond Lawyers (Board of Directors, 2000-2003; Secretary, 2001-2003); American College of Bond Counsel (Member, Board of Directors, 2002-2005). Practice Areas: Public Finance Law; Corporate Law; Banking Law.Email: W. Jackson Williams
Philip S. Anderson (Senior Counsel) born Little Rock, Arkansas; admitted to bar, 1960, Arkansas; 1966, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Arkansas (B.A., 1959; LL.B., 1959). Editor in Chief, Arkansas Law Review, 1959. Member: Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions, Civil, 1962-1997; United States Circuit Judge Nominating Panel for Eighth Circuit, 1978-1979. Member, 1983-1988 and Co-Chairman, 1987-1988, Federal Advisory Committee, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. President, 1998-1999, American Bar Association. Adviser, Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers, 1986-2000 and Restatement of Trusts-Prudent Investor Rule, 1989-1990. Member: American Law Institute (Member, Council, 1981). Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Antitrust Law; Media Law; Commercial Litigation.Email: Philip S. Anderson
OF COUNSEL
Philip E. Kaplan (Of Counsel) born Winthrop, Massachusetts; admitted to bar, 1962, Massachusetts; 1968, Arkansas. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1959); University of Michigan (LL.B., 1962). Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, School of Law, 1978-1998. Member: Arkansas Bar Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1999-2006); ABOTA; American College of Trial Lawyers; American Academy of Appellate Practice. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Commercial; Commercial Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation.Email: Philip E. Kaplan
JoAnn C. Maxey (Of Counsel) born Iwakuni, Japan; admitted to bar, 1983, Arkansas. Education: University of Missouri (B.S., 1977); University of Arkansas (J.D., 1982). Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Instructor, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, School of Law. Member: Arkansas Association of Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Employment; Domestic Relations; Divorce; Commercial.Email: JoAnn C. Maxey
Teresa Wineland (Of Counsel) born Pine Bluff, Arkansas; admitted to bar, 1981, Arkansas. Education: Tulane University; University of Arkansas (B.A., with honors, 1978); Duke University (J.D., 1981). Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge George Howard, Jr., 1981-1982. Member: American Board of Trial Advocates (Arkansas Chapter Vice president, 2009); Defense Research Institute (State Representative, 1996-1997); Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel (President, 1996-1997). Fellow: Arkansas Bar Foundation (President, 2002-2003). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Creditors Rights; Employment Litigation.Email: Teresa Wineland
Marie-Bernarde Miller (Of Counsel) born Little Rock, Arkansas; admitted to bar, 1984, Arkansas. Education: Maryville College (B.A., 1975); University of Kansas (J.D., 1983). Reginald Heber Smith Fellow, 1983-1984. Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Arkansas of Little Rock, School of Law, 2001, 2002. Member, Board of Governors, University of Kansas School of Law, 2005-2007. President, Board of Governors, 2009 and Vice President/President-Elect, 2007-2009, University of Kansas School of Law. Formerly with: Religious Sisters of Mercy, 1970-1986; John W. Walker, P.A., 1984-1986. Formerly in Private Practice, 1986-1988, 1994-1996. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Pulaski & Perry Counties, 1988-1989. Assistant Attorney General, Arkansas, 1989-1990. Deputy Attorney General and Director, Arkansas Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, 1991-1994. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for Health Care Fraud Matters, 1991-1993. Special Prosecutor: Removal of Circuit Judge Morris Thompson, Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, 1999-2000; Disbarment of President William Jefferson Clinton, Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, 2000-2001. Arkansas Medicaid Hearing Officer, 1994-2001. Member: Arkansas Bar Association (Parliamentarian, 1998-2000; Member, Board of Governors, 2000-2004); Master of the Bench, Henry Woods Inn of Court.Email: Marie-Bernarde Miller
(All Partners and Associates are Members of the Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations.)