Best Lawyers in America
Published biennially since 1983, The Best Lawyers in America is widely regarded as the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. The Best Lawyers lists, representing 30 practice areas, are compiled through an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of the top lawyers in the U.S.confidentially evaluate their professional peers.
Friday, Eldredge and Clark is proud to have 36 lawyers who are listed in The Best Lawyers in America for 2008. Those lawyers are listed alphabetically as follows with the practice areas for which they have been recognized:
The firm has also been listed number one in fourteen practice areas for 2008.
T. Michelle Ator Medical Malpractice
Donald H. Bacon Legal Malpractice Law | Personal Injury
Litigation
William Thomas Baxter Trusts and Estates
Robert B. Beach, Jr. Public Finance Law
Paul B. Benham III Corporate Law | Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Securities Law
J. Lee Brown Tax Law | Trusts and Estates
James A. Buttry Public Finance Law
Kevin A. Crass Commercial Litigation | Personal Injury Litigation
Oscar E. Davis, Jr. Labor and Employment Law
Walter M. Ebel III Corporate Law | Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Securities Law | Tax Law
Byron M. Eiseman, Jr. Non-Profit/Charities Law | Tax Law
Trusts and Estates
Price C. Gardner Corporate Law | Tax Law
William M. Griffin III Bet-the-Company Litigation | Commercial
Litigation | Personal Injury Litigation
Workers' Compensation Law
Betty J. Hardy Workers' Compensation Law
James E. Harris Non-Profit/Charities Law | Trusts and Estates
Christopher J. Heller Commercial Litigation | Education Law
Dan L. Herrington Labor and Employment Law
Joseph B. Hurst, Jr. Employee Benefits Law
R. Christopher Lawson Appellate Law
Thomas P. Leggett Public Finance Law
Michael S. Moore Labor and Employment Law
Elizabeth R. Murray Commercial Litigation
A. Wyckliff Nisbet, Jr. Employee Benefits Law
J. Shepherd Russell, III Municipal Law | Public Finance Law
James M. Saxton Real Estate Law
Robert Shafer Appellate Law
James M. Simpson Antitrust Law | Personal Injury Litigation
James W. Smith Mergers & Acquisitions Law | Tax Law
Trusts and Estates
Laura Hensley Smith Medical Malpractice Law | Personal Injury
Litigation
Jay T. Taylor Real Estate Law
Scott H. Tucker Railroad Law
Frederick S. Ursery Labor and Employment Law | Personal Injury
Litigation | Railroad Law
William A. Waddell Banking Law | Commercial Litigation
Franchise Law
Guy Alton Wade Workers' Compensation Law
John Dewey Watson Construction Law
K. Coleman Westbrook, Jr. Non-Profit/Charities Law | Trusts and Estates
Practice Area Rankings
Ranked #1 in Arkansas with 36 attorneys.
Ranked #1 in Arkansas in Commercial Litigation with 5 attorneys.
Ranked #1 in Arkansas in Labor and Employment Law with 4 attorneys.
Ranked #1 in Arkansas in Personal Injury Litigation with 6 attorneys.
Ranked #1 in Arkansas in Public Finance Law with 4 attorneys.
Ranked #1 in Arkansas in Tax Law with 5 attorneys.
Ranked #1 in Arkansas in Trusts and Estates with 6 attorneys.
Ranked #1 in Little Rock, AR with 34 attorneys.
Ranked #1 in Little Rock, AR in Commercial Litigation with 5 attorneys.
Ranked #1 in Little Rock, AR in Labor and Employment Law with 4 attorneys.
Ranked #1 in Little Rock, AR in Personal Injury Litigation with 6 attorneys.
Ranked #1 in Little Rock, AR in Public Finance Law with 4 attorneys.
Ranked #1 in Little Rock, AR in Tax Law with 4 attorneys.
Ranked #1 in Little Rock, AR in Trusts and Estates with 5 attorneys.
