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Craig Cockrell advises businesses, individuals, municipalities and state agencies on tax matters and business transactions including business formations and start-ups, stock and asset acquisitions, real estate transactions and public financing transactions. He also assists individuals and families with preparing and implementing estate and business succession plans and provides legal counsel on wealth transfer strategies. Having extensive experience in administrative tax proceedings, Craig al...

Vince Chadick maintains a broad commercial law practice, representing corporate, public, and individual clients in litigation and regulatory matters. Over his three-decade career, he has litigated cases ranging from personal injury and class actions to business torts, governmental tax disputes, and international arbitration. Licensed to practice law in Arkansas and Oklahoma, Mr. Chadick has appeared before state and federal courts, as well as administrative agencies, in at least six states an...

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.

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...

Jill Grimsley concentrates her practice in the areas of public and commercial finance and real estate. She has extensive experience representing a variety of issuers, borrowers, underwriters and trustees in tax-exempt and taxable public and private bond finance transactions. She serves as counsel to banks, financial institutions and companies on a variety of lending and transactional matters, including complex commercial, project development, and real estate. Jill has been a presenter at semi...

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 ...

Nate Read has extensive experience representing employers in all matters of employment and labor law with a focus on employment counseling and employment litigation. He advises businesses and executives with respect to the drafting and enforcement of employment, confidentiality, restrictive covenant and severance agreements. Nate represents individuals and companies in various contract disputes and business tort litigation, including intellectual property disputes and unfair competition claim...

Tim Hutchinson is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation. Tim, who practices law in Springdale, Arkansas, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Tim is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Dana Paul concentrates her practice in commercial real estate and project development, finance and banking, and general business and corporate transactions. Ms. Paul's real estate and project development experience extends to the acquisition, disposition, leasing, construction, financing, development, operation and management of retail properties, office buildings and medical complexes, commercial developments, mixed-use and residential projects, condominiums, industrial developments, warehou...

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...