Colby T. Roe

Eva C. Madison represents and advises employers of all sizes in all aspects of employment law, with a primary focus on employment litigation. Practicing in state and federal courts and before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, she has handled matters involving: Race, gender, national origin, religion, disability, and age discrimination and harassment under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Arkansas Civil Rights Act The ...

Scott M. Lar maintains a transactional and taxation practice, which primarily focuses on mergers and acquisitions, taxation and tax planning, federal and state tax audits, tax litigation, corporate governance, and estate planning. Mr. Lar represents clients in reorganizations as well as equity and asset acquisitions; tax deferred exchanges; qualified opportunity zone tax incentive program; federal income and transfer tax audits as well as state income and sales and use tax audits. He has also...

Barrett Deacon is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Railroad Law and Transportation Law. Barrett, who practices law in Fayetteville, Arkansas, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Barrett is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Karen Freeman is a native Arkansan who spent 14 years in Washington D.C. and Houston at a top AmLaw 100 global firm, where she was an equity partner in the firm’s litigation group. While in Houston, she also gained valuable corporate experience serving as Associate General Counsel to the Houston Rockets and Houston Comets organizations as well as Toyota Center. Since Karen has returned to Arkansas and joined Mitchell Williams, she has handled a wide range of litigation matters from comp...

A native of Fayetteville, Arkansas, E. Conner McNair joined the firm in 2010 and practices in the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group. He obtained his Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center where he also obtained a Certificate in Employee Benefits Law reflecting his advanced education in the law of employee benefits. Conner focuses his practice on advising clients through mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and real estate transactions and providing advice and co...

B. R. Price has been with RMP LLP since 2011, joining the firm as an associate in 2013 and becoming a partner in 2019. Before entering private practice, he spent seven years at Arvest Bank working as an auditor and commercial lender. During that time, he obtained his Series 7 and Series 66 securities licenses and worked with individuals and their advisors on personal wealth planning and estate-related strategies. Mr. Price’s practice is centered on commercial transactions, estate planni...

Denton Woods is a partner at RMP LLP in Springdale, Arkansas, where he has practiced since joining the firm in January 2006. He became an associate attorney in August 2007 and was admitted as a partner in January 2012. Denton earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton School of Business, his Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, and his Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation from the University of Florida in Gainesville. De...

Meredith Lowry’s practice principally involves acquisition and licensing of various aspects of intellectual property rights for companies working in the retail space. From the products on the shelf, the packages they go in, and the platforms they’re sold on, Meredith advises businesses on intellectual property concerns and data privacy and security matters. As a registered patent attorney, Meredith assists a variety of inventors from individual entrepreneurs to large companies in ...

Joseph D. Reece is a founding member of RMP LLP and has more than 22 years of experience practicing law. He is based in Springdale, Arkansas and serves clients throughout Northwest Arkansas. A native of the region, Mr. Reece earned his undergraduate degree in Accounting from the University of the Ozarks, followed by a Juris Doctor from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. He also holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Estate Planning and Taxation from the University of Miami. Mr. Reece’s pra...

Jim Smith is a founding partner of Smith Hurst, PLC. Jim’s practice experience is extensive and spans the full range of business advisory and transactional law. He routinely counsels companies across diverse industries in a myriad of business matters including capital raising, advising Boards of Directors, senior management, executives and controlling shareholders regarding governance and fiduciary duty matters, compliance with regulatory obligations, ordinary course of business contrac...