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Bradley S. Runyon is lead counsel in many medical malpractice cases and conducts all aspects of discovery and defense preparation. He has served as counsel in several medical malpractice jury trials resulting in defense verdicts. Beyond trial, Brad has an active motion and appellate practice and has experience with Alternative Dispute Resolution, having successfully represented multiple clients in mediations in Arkansas. Brad has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America and Mid-South Su...

Randall L. Bynum is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Administrative / Regulatory Law. Randall L. practices law in Little Rock, Arkansas Best Lawyers has recognized Randall L. Bynum since 2025. 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 Randall L. Bynum is held by other lawyers.

Michelle Ator serves as Vice Chair and leads the firm’s Litigation Section. As head of the firm’s Medical Malpractice Group, her practice focuses on representing doctors, hospitals and other medical care providers in malpractice litigation. Michelle has been recognized by Arkansas Business as one of the 250 Most Influential Arkansans and also in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Individuals. As noted in Chambers , she is a “highly respected medical malpractice defense la...

Courtney Crouch is a trusted advisor on corporate and securities matters helping both publicly-traded and privately-held companies navigate corporate governance, regulatory and transactional issues. He counsels corporate boards of directors, board committees and executive management on corporate governance, shareholder communications, investor disclosure, executive compensation, capital markets and securities transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and other regulatory and transactional matte...

David D. Wilson is a partner in the firm’s litigation section, with over 34 years of experience as a trial lawyer. He has tried over 80 state and federal trials in the Arkansas courts in areas of business/commercial litigation and personal injury matters, including business torts, contract disputes, legal malpractice, trademarks, trade secrets, product liability, fiduciary duty breach, tax disputes, embezzlement, and trust/estate disputes. David has tried numerous multi-million dollar c...

Meg Johnston is a business and regulatory attorney with years of experience advising clients in regulatory, compliance, licensing, commercial and corporate business matters. She represents banks, bank holding companies, insurance and insurance holding companies, Fortune 500 companies and medium and small businesses in mergers and acquisitions, commercial and agricultural loans and commercial, corporate and real estate transactions. Meg also counsels agriculture landowners is leasing matters w...

Jeremiah D. Wood practices in the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group. His practice includes experience in the design, implementation, administration and termination of tax-qualified retirement plans (including traditional pension plans, cash balance plans, profit-sharing plans, 401(k) plans, and ESOPs), 403(b) plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans (including 457(b) and 457(f) plans and deferral compensation arrangements for executives) and healt...

Cliff McKinney is a nationally recognized real estate attorney with more than 20 years of experience advising sophisticated clients in complex real estate, land use, and business transactions across Arkansas and the mid-South. Cliff is part of the firm’s real estate practice, representing Fortune 500 companies, institutional investors, developers, and high-net-worth individuals in multimillion-dollar deals, entitlement strategy, and regulatory compliance. Cliff’s transactional exp...

Harry Hamlin has over 20 years of experience advising numerous financial institutions, business entities, REITs and individual clients in all aspects of commercial transactions including complex lending and contractual matters as well as the conveyance, purchase, development and leasing of real property. He also counsels clients on municipal finance, tax exempt, tax credit and 1031 transactions. His expertise in securing liquor permits from the Alcohol Beverage Control division is invaluable ...

Walter Wright has more than 30 years of experience in environmental, energy (petroleum marketing), and water law. His expertise includes counseling clients on issues involving environmental permits, compliance strategies, enforcement defense, property redevelopment issues, environmental impact statements, and procurement/management of water rights. He routinely advises developers, lenders, petroleum marketers, and others about effective strategies for structuring real estate and corporate tra...