Best Lawyers in Arkansas, United States for Appellate Practice
I have more than 14 years' experience litigating in state and federal court and on appeal. After graduating from Hendrix College in 2006 and the UALR Bowen School of Law in 2009, I clerked for the Honorable Judge D.P. Marshall, Jr., at the Arkansas Court of Appeals and at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. I joined Blair & Stroud in 2011, becoming a partner there in 2017. During my practice, I have litigated complicated matters to verdict. Practicing in...
I did not always know that I wanted to become an attorney. After graduating from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in psychology, I was still searching for a meaningful career path. I decided to take time to explore my interests and moved to New York for a year. While there, I observed a law school class with a friend, an experience that sparked my interest in the law. That moment led me to prepare for the LSAT and ultimately enroll at Touro Law School. Law school proved to be a transf...
Zachary R. Hill is a partner at RMP LLP in Little Rock, Arkansas, where his practice focuses on a broad range of litigation matters. His work includes commercial litigation, insurance law, construction defect claims, contractual disputes, products liability, and transportation law matters involving trucking and motor carriers. He also represents defendants in medical malpractice law and personal injury litigation, including premises liability cases. Zachary has served as first chair trial cou...
Kael K. Bowling is an associate in the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Regulatory Practice Group. He focuses his practice on business litigation, creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, judgment collection, and real estate and construction litigation. On behalf of his clients, Kael has litigated residential and commercial foreclosures and evictions, construction disputes, breaches of contract, and related causes of action, and he has also appealed cases to the Arkansas Court of Appeals. K...
A native of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Bo Renner is a sixth-generation Arkansan who practices law in Springdale, Arkansas with RMP LLP. He attended the University of Arkansas, where he was elected Student Body President and earned his degree from the Sam M. Walton College of Business. Bo went on to attend the University of Arkansas School of Law, where he clerked for the Office of Governor Asa Hutchinson, the Supreme Court of Arkansas, and multiple private law firms. He graduated cum laude and w...
Colt Galloway is a litigator with experience in a broad variety of business and tort disputes. He has experience in the development of policies and best practices for the preservation and production of electronically stored information. Prior to joining the firm, Colt worked as in-house counsel for a multinational retailer.
Joseph C. Stepina is an Associate in our Little Rock office where he focuses his practice on general liability, premises liability, products liability, and data privacy and cybersecurity matters. Prior to joining HBS, Joseph externed with the Honorable Beth Deere, Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and practiced at a Little Rock defense firm. Joseph earned a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude , from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock&r...
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