Office:
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C.
425 West Capitol Ave STE 1800, Little Rock, AR 72201
Specialties:
Class Action Defense, Real Estate Litigation, Contract Litigation
Memberships:
Pulaski County, Arkansas, Eighth Circuit and American Bar Associations, William R. Overton Inn of Court.
University:
St. Louis University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1994
Law School:
University of Arkansas, J.D., Dec., 1996
Reported:
Reported trial and/or appellate cases include: Usery v. Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 606 F.3d 1017 (8th Cir. 2010); Harry Stephens Farms, Inc. v. Wormald Americas, Inc., 571 F.3d 820 (8th Cir. 2009); First Union Nat'l Bank v. Benham, 423 F.3d 855 (8th Cir. 2005); Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. RLI Ins. Co., 292 F.3d 583 (8th Cir. 2002); First Fin. Bank v. Mazzio's Corp., 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 3407 (8th Cir. 2001); Land v. Baptist Med. Ctr., 164 F.3d 423 (8th Cir. 1999); Franklin v. Zain, 152 F.3d 783 (8th Cir. 1998); Gunn v. Farmers Insurance Exchange, 2010 Ark. 434 (Ark. 2010); Weiss v. Am. Honda Fin. Corp., 200 S.W.3d 381 (Ark. 2004); DaimlerChrysler Servs. N. Am. v. Weiss, 200 S.W.3d 405 (Ark. 2004); Slusser v. Monsanto Company, Inc., 198 S.W.3d 106 (Ark. 2004); Doe v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs., 182 S.W.3d 107 (Ark. 2004); Comm. to Establish Sherwood Fire Dep't. v. Hillman, 109 S.W.3d 641 (Ark. 2003); In re Estate of Owens, 2004 Ark. App. LEXIS 602 (Ark. Ct. App. 2004); Ark. Mech. Servs. v. Jarrett, 2004 Ark. App. LEXIS 97 (Ark. Ct. App. 2004); Superior Fed. Bank v. Mackey, 129 S.W.3d 324 (Ark. Ct. App. 2003); Dev. & Constr. Mgmt. v. City of N. Little Rock, 119 S.W.3d 77 (Ark. Ct. App. 2003); Matthews v. Spencer, 2001 Ark. App. LEXIS 669 (Ark. Ct. App. 2001).Class action cases include: Hunter v. Runyan, 2011 Ark. 43 (2011) (successfully defeated attacks upon trial court's approval of nationwide class settlement of 250,000 insureds); Mittry v. BancorpSouth Bank, 200 S.W.3d 869 (Ark. 2005) (successfully defeated class certification sought by municipal bondholders); Winkler v. Superior Financial Corp., 4:01-CV-00851 SWW (E.D. Ark.) (successfully defeated class certifi cation sought by home buyers); Richardson v. Chase Manhattan Bank, U.S.A., CV-03-4648, Pulaski County Circuit Court (successfully obtained nominal settlement for national credit card company); 4900 Kavanaugh, LLC v. Primedia, Inc., 4-05-cv-1635 JLH (E.D. Ark.) (successfully defended to voluntary dismissal nationwide class sought by property owner).
Biography:
Successfully tried and appealed a variety of business suits before Arkansas state and federal trial courts and Arkansas appellate courts and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis, Missouri. Obt...