David M. Powell

J. Lee Brown is the head of the firm’s Trust and Estate Planning Practice Group, serves on the Management Committee, and is a Fellow and former Arkansas State Chair of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Lee concentrates his practice on estate planning, tax, corporate, and nonprofit matters. He serves private clients in the areas of estate planning, wills and trusts (including multi-generational trusts), probate, small business planning, life insurance planning, asset prot...

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...

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.

Scott Schallhorn is a business attorney with extensive experience advising individuals and businesses in complex commercial transactions, finance and real estate matters. He represents corporate borrowers, institutional lenders and major developers in loan transactions involving construction financing, bridge loans, permanent/end loans, and loan restructuring. Scott counsels real estate owners, developers, and property managers concerning the conveyance, purchase, development and leasing of r...

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...

James M. Saxton represents real estate developers, owners, property managers, tenants, financial institutions and investors involved in commercial and retail development projects in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Tennessee and Texas. He assists clients with all types of transactions from routine purchase agreements to complicated development plans, companies locating new facilities in the state, multi-state sales, acquisition and financing construction...

Drake Mann is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Administrative / Regulatory Law and Appellate Practice. Drake practices law in Little Rock, Arkansas Best Lawyers has recognized Drake Mann since 2022. 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 Drake Mann is held by other lawyers.

Martha McKenzie Hill is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Government Relations Practice. Martha McKenzie practices law in Little Rock, Arkansas Best Lawyers has recognized Martha McKenzie Hill 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 Martha McKenzie Hill is held by other lawyers.

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...

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...