Austin Porter, Jr.

Gary D. Marts, Jr. is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Appellate Practice, Litigation - Bankruptcy, Litigation - Insurance and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants. Gary D. practices law in Little Rock, Arkansas Best Lawyers has recognized Gary D. Marts, Jr. since 2021. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which...

Tony A. DiCarlo III is a Partner in our Little Rock office where he specializes in business litigation, personal injury defense, and medical malpractice defense along with a vast array of property and casualty related matters. He is also a licensed mediator. Prior to joining HBS, Tony practiced at reputable firms in both Arkansas and Louisiana where he developed a growing civil litigation defense practice. Tony holds a Juris Doctor and a Bachelor of Music from Loyola University New Orleans.

Dustin McDaniel is a founding partner of the Little Rock law firm McDaniel Wolff, PLLC. Dustin is licensed in Arkansas and Washington, D.C. and works with some of America’s largest corporations and law firms to assist with state attorneys general from both parties. From 2007-2015, Dustin served as Arkansas’s 55th Attorney General and served as a Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives before being elected AG. As AG, Dustin served as the Southern Region Chairman of the Nati...

Joseph B. Hurst Jr. is the head of the firm’s Employee Benefits Practice Group. His focus is on the design, implementation and administration of tax-qualified retirement plans (including defined benefit pension plans, profit-sharing plans, 401(k) plans and ESOPs), nonqualified deferred compensation plans, and welfare benefit plans for financial institutions, regular business organizations, professional corporations and governmental and non-profit organizations. He assists plan sponsors ...

Scott Richardson is a founding member of McDaniel Wolff . He primarily practices in the areas of commercial litigation , education law , and appellate law . He represents school districts throughout Arkansas and has litigated numerous cases in both state and federal courts both at the trial and appellate levels, handling appeals in the Arkansas Court of Appeals, the Arkansas Supreme Court and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to his private practice, Scott served for several years as...

Kimberly D. Young is a senior member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. Her practice focuses on complex civil litigation, including defending gas and electrical utilities for over twenty years, handling high-stakes product liability cases, such as those involving pharmaceuticals and medical devices, and navigating multi-district litigation. Kim also represents providers of behavioral healthcare services to adults and adolescents. Kim represents insured individuals and companies in...

Amy C. Markham is a Partner in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. She focuses her practice on insurance defense, workers’ compensation defense, products liability, fire/arson investigation and defense, and catastrophic personal injury defense. Prior to joining the firm Amy was a partner at Spicer Rudstrom’s Little Rock Office where she was a Managing Member and assisted in opening that firm’s Little Rock office. Amy has established herself as a trusted advocate for ...

Abtin Mehdizadegan is a Partner in our Little Rock, Arkansas, office and represents employers in traditional labor and employment law matters. He has extensive, high-stakes experience defending businesses in class and collective action lawsuits, employment and wage and hour lawsuits, labor grievance and arbitration proceedings, individual and systemic proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) , unfair labor practice charges before the National Labor Relations Board...

Price C. Gardner serves as the firm’s managing partner. His work focuses on corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, asset dispositions, taxation, real estate transactions, nonprofit organizations, financings and healthcare transactions and related matters. Price has extensive experience in representation of parties in corporate and pass-through entity formations, operations, reorganizations and disputes; merger and asset purchase and sale transactions; the formation and syndication...

Melissa Bandy advises businesses and individuals on commercial transaction matters including lending, real estate, corporate governance, entity formation and general business. She also represents restaurants, retailers and hotels in securing liquor permits from the Alcohol Beverage Control Division.