Friday, Eldredge & Clark has long aspired to the highest standards of excellence and commitment. We are honored to be recognized by our peers and colleagues. Chambers and Partners USA, perhaps the most prestigious of attorney ranking directories, chose the firm for every area of practice listed for Arkansas. With 17 individual lawyers listed, the firm ranks higher than any other firm in Arkansas.

Forty-five of our lawyers are listed in Best Lawyers in America, “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice,” according to The American Lawyer. That number distinguishes us from our competitors. We have more lawyers listed than any other firm in Arkansas, and per capita, more lawyers than any firm listed in the AmLaw 100 or AmLaw 200. We are ranked #1 in Arkansas for the following areas: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Education Law, Employee Benefits Law, Franchise Law, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Non-Profits/Charities Law, Public Finance Law, Railroad Law, Real Estate Law, Securities Law, Structured Finance Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates, Workers' Compensation.  For 2010, two of our partners were singled out for special recognition:  Byron M. Eiseman, Jr. was named the Best Lawyers' 2010 Little Rock Tax Lawyer of the Year, and William A. Waddell was named the Best Lawyers' 2010 Little Rock Banking Lawyer of the Year.

Benchmark Litigation

• Benchmark Litigation gives the firm its top rating—"Highly Recommended," and calls us "a strong top to bottom law firm."

Super Lawyers

• 33 of our lawyers have been selected by attorney peers for inclusion in Mid-South Super Lawyers, and 7 have been selected for Top 50 Lawyers in Arkansas, an impressive percentage.

American Board of Trial Advocates

• Five of our litigators are Advocates or Diplomates in the American Board of Trial Advocates: Donald H. Bacon (Diplomate), William Mell Griffin III, James M. Simpson, Laura Hensley Smith, and Frederick S. Ursery. Diplomates have tried 100 or more trials and Advocates have tried 50 or more.

American College of Trial Lawyers

• An exceptional number of our lawyers—six— are Fellows in the American College of Trial Lawyers: Donald H. Bacon, William Mell Griffin III, James M. Simpson, William H. Sutton, Frederick S. Ursery, William A. Waddell, Jr.

American College of Tax Counsel

• A. Wyckliff Nisbet, Jr., and Byron M. Eiseman, Jr., are Fellows in the American College of Tax Counsel.

American College of Trust & Estate Counsel

• William Thomas Baxter, J. Lee Brown, Byron M. Eiseman, Jr., James E. Harris, and K. Coleman Westbrook, Jr., are Fellows in the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel.