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This article originally appeared online in Arkansas Business on May 18, 2026.
After a decade as Pulaski County attorney, building extensive legal experience with property assessed capital expenditure (PACE) financing and advanced energy, Adam Fogleman set his mind on a career change.
“I knew when I ran for county treasurer that it was time for me to either move up in county government or move on,” Fogleman told Arkansas Business in a telephone interview.
But Fogleman, 43, fell short in his challenge to incumbent Treasurer Debra Buckner in the March 3 Democratic primary, so he “began looking to find what opportunities were out there where I could do similar work and use the experience that I have to serve a broader public.”
Wright Lindsey Jennings (WLJ) of Little Rock, one of the state’s premier law firms with 125 years in business, will be the beneficiary of that experience.
Fogleman began working for the firm May 4, and he’s expected to strengthen its municipal, real estate, energy and transactional work. In a news release, the firm praised his “rich experience in real estate development, renewable energy, transactional matters, economic development initiatives, and policy creation and guidance.”
WLJ Managing Partner Steve Lancaster praised Fogleman’s work with government, nonprofits and community leaders. “His strategic leadership and collaborative public service have shaped Arkansas’ civic landscape and will continue to do so,” Lancaster said in a statement.
“The nature of the work [at WLJ] will be similar in some ways, and it’ll be new in others, but I’m excited about it,” Fogleman said.
A Professional Problem Solver
As a co-founder of firms in both real estate development and construction, Fogleman collaborated on dozens of developments in the historic Pettaway neighborhood in Little Rock. He is also on the board of the nonprofit Downtown Little Rock Community Development Corp., which helps renters and homebuyers find affordable housing.
An early advocate of PACE financing, Fogleman built a strong reputation in energy law and supported County Judge Barry Hyde’s initiatives to save county money through solar power projects. Fogleman is now vice chair of the nonprofit Arkansas Advanced Energy Foundation of Little Rock.
PACE lets property owners finance adding energy efficiency, renewable energy features and resiliency upgrades like solar panels or storm-resistance windows, and repay the costs as a long-term voluntary assessment on their property tax bills. The financing often covers 100% of upgrade costs with no money down.
Fogleman plans to continue his work with Arkansas Advanced Energy, and expects to help private clients navigate challenges involving public sector agencies. “I’ve been a professional problem solver for more than a decade, and I think that work is going to continue,” he said.
His time as county attorney taught him that even good ideas have to make fiscal sense. “I hope to take that same lesson into the private sector and work with folks on PACE financing and in the world of renewable energy, to help cities and counties that are in need of new development use those tools and more to build great places.”
A graduate of Henderson State University and the William H. Bowen School of Law in Little Rock, Fogleman is on the board of Habitat for Humanity of Central Arkansas, and a member of the Congress for Rural Resilience and the Pulaski and Arkansas Bar Associations.
Before joining Pulaski County, Fogleman was a deputy prosecutor in the Sixth Judicial District of Arkansas and worked in private practice in the Arkansas Delta.
Asked to sum up his goals at midcareer, Fogleman said he loves Arkansas.
“For the last decade, my focus has been Pulaski County,” he said. “I’m really looking forward to working with people all across the state to do what they can to make their place that much better.”