Joseph P. McKay concentrates his practice in Intellectual Property Litigation, Civil Trial Defense, and Railroad Defense Litigation.  He has successfully tried and defended patent cases, railroad cases, trademark and copyright infringements, and personal injury cases.

Before joining the firm, Joe served as an Officer in the United States Army.  He is a combat veteran of the Persian Gulf War and a graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point.

• University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, J.D., With Honors, 1998
• United States Military Academy, West Point, B.S., 1988

• America First Insurance Company
• Kiamichi Railroad
• Lewis & Clark Outdoors, Inc.
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
• Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad
• Union Pacific Railroad Company

• Ford v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 339 Ark. 5 S.W.3d 460, (Ark. 1999)
• Stevenson v. Union Pac. R. Co., 110F. Supp.2d (1086), (E.D. Ark. 2000)
• Stevenson v. Union Pacific R. Co., 204 F.R.D. 425, (E.D. Ark. 2001)
• Johnson v. Union Pac. R. Co., Ark. 534, 104 S.W.3d 745, (Ark. 2003)
• Stevenson v. Union Pacific R. Co., 354 F.3d 739, (8th Cir. 2004)
• Brown v. Wyatt, 89 Ark. App. 306, 202 S.W.3d 555, (Ark. 2005)
• Paris v. Union Pacific R. Co., 450 F.Supp.2d 913, (E.D. Ark. 2006)
• Paris v. Union Pacific R. Co., F.Supp.2d, (E.D. Ark. 2006)

• American Bar Association
• Arkansas Bar Association
• Pulaski County Bar Association
• Arkansas Realtors Association
• West Point Admissions Office, State Coordinator
• VOCALS (Volunteers Organization for Central Arkansas Legal Services)
• UALR Law School Alumni Board of Directors, 2000—Present

• Arkansas, 1999
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas