William A. Waddell, Jr., heads the firm's Business Litigation and Regulation Practice Group and is a member of its Management Committee. Bill's work on behalf of clients is focused on litigation and other representation for banks, insurance companies, health care entities, and associations. He has handled banking class actions, including qui tam actions.

Bill is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Business Litigation and as Little Rock's Best Banking Lawyer - 2010. He is listed as a Top 50 Lawyer, Arkansas, in Mid-South Super Lawyers. Perhaps the most highly regarded research-based directory of leading firms, Chambers and Partners USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, lists him for Business Litigation and says, "Bill Waddell is a superb trial lawyer praised for his comprehensive and organized approach."

• University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1984, excutive Editor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Journal
• University of Central Arkansas, B.A., 1978

• Co-Author, Proposed Arkansas Model Fraud Instructions, 20 UALR Law Journal (5) (1997)
• "The Development of Discount Rates for Use in Business Valuations and Commercial Damages Litigation,"  42 Arkansas Lawyer 10, January, 2007
• "Unjust Enrichment: A Suggested Approach for Instructing Juries in Claims at Law," 43 Arkansas Lawyer 10, Fall, 2008

• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Listed in Chambers and Partners USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business Litigation
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Business Litigation
• Selected by attorney peers for inclusion in Mid-South Super Lawyers, since 2006

• The Ruth R. Remmel Revocable Trust v. Regions Financial Corporation, 2007 Ark. LEXIS 255 (2007)
• Baptist Health v. Haynes, 2006 Ark. LEXIS 488 (Arkansas Supreme Court 2006)
• Dennis Lee v. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. of Ark., Inc., 335 Ark. 285 (1998)
• Venture Properties, Inc. v. First Southern Bank, 79 F.3d. 90 (8th Cir. 1996)
• South County, Inc. v. First Western Loan Company, 315 Ark. 722 (1994)
• Klipsch, Inc. v. WWR Technology, Inc., 127 F.3d 729 (8th Cir. 1997)
• Evans v. Harry Robinson Pontiac-Buick, 336 Ark. 155 (1999)
• Fewell v. Pickens, 57 S.W.3d 144 (Arkansas Supreme Court 2001)
• Technology Partners, Inc. v. Regions Bank, 2006 Ark. App. LEXIS 845 (2006)

• Pulaski County Bar Association
• Arkansas Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions-Civil; Former Chair
• Legal Advisor to the United Methodist Church's Council of Bishops
• Arkansas Access to Justice Commission

• Arkansas, 1984
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas