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Will Bond is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Will practices law in Little Rock, Arkansas Best Lawyers has recognized Will Bond since 2016. 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 Will Bond is held by other lawyers.

Allan Gates practices in the areas of environmental law and litigation. He is counsel to private parties, public interest groups, and trade associations in environmental regulatory matters and appears regularly before state agencies, including the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment and the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission. Allan also serves as defense counsel in hazardous waste and Superfund actions before state agencies, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ...

Michael S. Moore is the head of the Labor and Employment Practice Group and a member of the firm’s management committee. He focuses on litigation of discrimination cases, wage-hour collective actions, sexual harassment, OSHA, non-compete, FMLA and employee and supervisor training. He is also a frequent speaker on a variety of employment law topics. Mike has extensive experience before the EEOC, OSHA and the Wage-Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor, as well as litigati...

Walter McSpadden is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Commercial Transactions / UCC Law and Public Finance Law. Walter practices law in Little Rock, Arkansas Best Lawyers has recognized Walter McSpadden since 2023. 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 Walter McSpadden is held by other lawyers.

Alexandra Ifrah is a partner in the Employee Benefits Practice Group of Friday, Eldredge & Clark and serves on the firm’s Management Committee. Since joining the firm in 1999, Alexandra has concentrated her practice on the representation of employers from a myriad of industries in complex employee benefits, taxation and executive compensation matters. Alexandra has extensive experience in the design, implementation, compliance and administration of tax-qualified retirement plans (in...

Jay T. Taylor is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate and Commercial Transactions Practice Group and serves as chair of the firm’s Tax Credit practice. His practice is concentrated on complex commercial financing transactions, with particular depth in state and federal tax credit incentive structures. For nearly twenty years, Jay has structured and closed transactions nationwide involving New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC), representing project sponsors, qualified active low-income com...

Ms. Fleisch-Djurica is a transactional attorney at Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC. Her practice focuses on banking technology and fintech agreements and counseling her clients on a variety of technology contracting matters, including information security, data privacy and federal and state financial regulatory compliance. Ms. Fleisch-Djurica regularly advises financial institution clients on risks and obligations under laws relevant to their data and legal issues. Ms. Fleisch-Djurica als...

Casey Castleberry is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Commercial Litigation. Casey practices law in Little Rock, Arkansas Best Lawyers has recognized Casey Castleberry since 2020. 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 Casey Castleberry is held by other lawyers.

Joseph G. Nichols is a partner in the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group. His practice includes a number of different areas including assisting large and small business and individuals with business, tax and real estate related matters. His work has included representing companies in connection with business sales, mergers, reorganizations, liquidations and tax deferred like kind exchanges. He has also assisted clients with the formation of new business entities and the ra...

Stuart Jackson has been practicing in the employment law field for over thirty years and focuses his practice on advising employers on compliance with civil rights/employment laws and developing personnel policies and employment agreements. Jackson recently has focused his time on assisting employers on medical marijuana issues and on defending employers in wage and hour class and collective action litigation. Jackson defends employers in federal and state court litigation and appeals, includ...