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Wright Lindsey Jennings (WLJ) is proud to announce that 51 attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® across 51 distinctive areas of law.

An impressive five WLJ partners are named Best Lawyers’ 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” in the Little Rock area in their respective areas of practice. Only a single lawyer in each practice and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making these accolades particularly significant. Those attorneys include:

In addition, four WLJ attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the fifth annual group of “Ones to Watch,” which highlights the work of attorneys practicing for 10 years or fewer. These include:

  • Nick Hornung – Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Jessica Koehler – Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Glenn Ritter – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Quinten Whiteside – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Transportation Law

Each of these attorneys has been recognized since the inaugural class of the “Ones to Watch” in 2021.

Since 1983, Best Lawyers has become regarded as one of the definitive guides to legal excellence, based in large part on unbiased and exhaustive peer-review and authentication methodology.

Wright Lindsey Jennings congratulates the following attorneys named to 2025 The Best Lawyers in America list in the following practices:

  • Justin Allen – Administrative / Regulatory Law, Government Relations Practice
  • Mark Allison – Energy Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
  • Adrienne Baker – Litigation – Real Estate
  • Michael Barnes – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Jim Beachboard – Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
  • Eric Berger – Commercial Litigation
  • Randall L. Bynum – Administrative / Regulatory Law
  • Charles Coleman – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • John Davis – Administrative / Regulatory Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
  • Chuck Dougherty – Copyright Law, Patent Law, Technology Law, Trademark Law
  • Erika Gee – Administrative / Regulatory Law, Commercial Litigation, Government Relations Practice, Health Care Law
  • Steve Giles – Construction Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
  • Blake Glasgow – Trademark Law
  • Judy Simmons Henry – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Cyril Hollingsworth – Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
  • Johnathan Horton – Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Litigation – Real Estate
  • Scott Irby – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Stuart Jackson – Civil Rights Law, Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • David Jones – Construction Law, Education Law, Litigation – Construction
  • David Jung – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Jane Kim – Employment Law – Management
  • Steve Lancaster – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation – Trusts and Estates
  • T.J. Lawhon – Real Estate Law, Tax Law
  • Meredith Lowry – Patent Law
  • Ed Lowther – Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Gary Marts – Appellate Practice, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Litigation – Insurance, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Cal McCastlain – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Law, Tax Law
  • Walter McSpadden – Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Public Finance Law
  • Lance Miller – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Rodney Moore – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Jaimie Moss – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Lee Muldrow – Administrative / Regulatory Law, Health Care Law, Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
  • N. M. Norton – Administrative / Regulatory Law, Energy Law, Information Technology Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property
  • Mike Parker – Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
  • John Peace – Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
  • Troy Price – Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Litigation – First Amendment
  • Scott Provencher – Insurance Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Kathryn Pryor – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Joe Purvis – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
  • Gordon Rather – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Cal Rose – Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law
  • Jerry Sallings – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Jeffrey Singleton – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Mike Smith – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Insurance
  • Stan D. Smith – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Bill Spivey – Municipal Law, Public Finance Law, Real Estate Law
  • Michael Thompson – Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Carson Tucker – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Caley B. Vo – Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Kyle Wilson – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Patrick Wilson – Construction Law