Stephen R. Lancaster

Stephen R. Lancaster


Wright Lindsey Jennings

Recognized since 2011

Little Rock, Arkansas

Practice Areas

Bet-the-Company Litigation

Commercial Litigation

Litigation - Construction

Litigation - Real Estate

Litigation - Trusts and Estates

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Steve Lancaster has a commercial litigation practice, primarily in the areas of breach of contract litigation, trust litigation, engineer and architect defense, gaming regulation, title insurance litigation and general commercial dispute resolution. Lancaster is the Chief Operating Officer for Wright Lindsey Jennings and has been with the firm his entire legal career.

Lancaster’s more recent experience includes:

  • Counsel for an international oil and gas company in litigation resulting from a release of oil from an interstate pipeline.
  • Lead counsel for a ballot question committee in successfully challenging the sufficiency of a petition for an initiated constitutional amendment.
  • Lead counsel for an international consumer products company in a franchise practices act dispute.
  • Trial counsel for a limited liability company member in a breach of loyalty claim by another member seeking an accounting.
  • Lead counsel in defending an architect against a breach of contract and negligence claim.
  • Counsel for a nation-wide trust client defending breach of fiduciary duty claims by trust beneficiaries.
  • Lead counsel in defending a national subcontractor in a claim brought by the owner of a commercial project.
  • Counsel for a national entity on Arkansas gaming issues.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300
    Little Rock, AR 72201
Education
  • The University of Texas, MBA, graduated 1986
  • University of Arkansas, BSBA, graduated 1984
Bar Admissions
  • Arkansas, 1993
Affiliations
  • American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas - Board Member
  • Arkansas Hospice - Board Member

Wright Lindsey Jennings
Headquarters: Little Rock, Arkansas

51 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

4 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Little Rock (2023)
  • Litigation - Construction, Little Rock (2023)
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Little Rock (2023)
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Little Rock (2021)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Little Rock (2020)
  • Litigation - Real Estate, Little Rock (2018)
  • Litigation - Construction, Little Rock (2017)
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Little Rock (2015)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates

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