Frank S. Hamlin

Kimberly D. Young has been practicing law with Friday, Eldredge & Clark since 2003 and she concentrates her practice in the field of civil litigation, including products liability, intellectual property and premises liability. She has over a decade of experience representing electric and natural gas utilities in Arkansas, including the successful defense of catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims. While she has represented a diverse set of clients in personal injury litigation, most...

Brian Pipkin provides legal counsel and regulatory guidance to insurance companies, insurance agencies and producers, health plans, managed care companies, and other insurance and health care related entities, on a national basis. He has extensive appellate experience in cases before the federal courts of appeals, state supreme and intermediate appellate courts, and federal and state administrative agencies.

Michael Childers is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Michael, who practices law in Little Rock, Arkansas, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Michael is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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...

Jason Campbell was born on November 25, 1975, in Los Angeles, California. He is a partner in the firm of Anderson, Murphy & Hopkins, L.L.P., and has been a litigation specialist at the firm since 2001 with emphasis on professional malpractice, design professional defense, construction law, and property and casualty defense. Jason is licensed to practice in Arkansas, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals...

Doug Buford heads the firm’s Securities and Mergers and Acquisition practice area. He focuses primarily on securities law matters, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. His practice includes representation of public and private, local and national corporations in various industries, including transportation and logistics, and banking and bank holdings.

Todd Wooten is a Partner in our office in Little Rock, Arkansas, and he has tried more than 165 cases over a legal career spanning a quarter of a century. He focuses his practice on aging services, construction, medical malpractice, and professional malpractice and ethics matters as well as a wide range of other business disputes and liability matters, and he has first-chaired numerous complex cases in federal and state courts. Todd takes the time to understand each client’s long-term b...

David L. Jones is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction Law, Education Law and Litigation - Construction. David L., who practices law in Little Rock, Arkansas, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which David L. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Mr. Hendrix has practiced law for twenty-five years, specializing in complex criminal litigation that includes white collar, public corruption, and death penalty cases. He has served as the Chair of the Criminal Law Section of the Arkansas Bar, where he founded subcommittees for Indigent Defense and Death Penalty Oversight, and presently serves on the Arkansas Bar’s Editorial Board and Joint Task Force on Time Standards. He is past Vice-President and Editor-in-Chief of the Arkansas Asso...

For over 50 years, Robert L. Jones, III (Bobby) has dedicated his practice to advocating his clients’ interests in the courtroom and more recently, at mediations. While primarily defending major corporations, he has assisted Arkansans in a broad range of matters. Bobby has had considerable success in the courtroom trying over 300 jury trials, as well as over 1,000 nonjury trials and over 100 mediations. He is a leader with the use of technology in the courtroom, having started this tria...