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Wright Lindsey Jennings (WLJ) is proud to announce that 49 attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® across 49 distinctive areas of law.
An impressive six WLJ partners are named Best Lawyers’ 2027 “Lawyer of the Year” 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:
Fayetteville
- Scott A. Irby – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Cal Rose – Tax Law
Little Rock
- Justin Allen – Administrative / Regulatory Law, Government Relations Practice
- Jane Kim – Employment Law – Management
- Lance Miller – Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Scott Provencher – Insurance Law
In addition, four WLJ attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the sixth annual group of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America®, which highlights the work of attorneys practicing for 10 years or fewer. These include:
- Collins Hickman – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Nick Hornung – Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Jessica Koehler – Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Quinten Whiteside – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Transportation Law
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 2027 edition of 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
- Randy 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
- Jake Fair – Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation
- Blake Glasgow – Trademark Law
- Judy Simmons Henry – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Bankruptcy
- 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, Real Estate Law
- Scott Irby – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law – 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
- Michael Parker – Economic Development Law, 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, Real Estate Law, Tax Law
- Jerry Sallings – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Jeff Singleton – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Mike Smith – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Insurance
- Stan Smith – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Bill Spivey – Municipal Law, Public Finance Law, Real Estate Law
- Michael Thompson – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Carson Tucker – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Caley Vo – Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Kyle Wilson – Litigation – Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Patrick Wilson – Construction Law