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The tick-borne illness alpha-gal syndrome is more than just a red-meat allergy. And it’s spreading through Arkansas and beyond. By Elizabeth L. Cline
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Ozark artisan Stephen Driver lights up his wood-fired brick kiln once a year, drawing a collective of ceramicists to tend the flames. By Stephanie Smittle
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Q&A: With Lake Smith, the very online candidate for Little Rock City Board. First Person: Scholar Jay Barth reflects on the legacy of Dr. Joycelyn Elders.
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THIS NOTICE MAY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. Visit www.ArkansasCortevaCPPSettlement.com for more information on the Settlement. Arkansas State Attorney General Tim Griffin has entered into a settlement agreement with Corteva, Inc. and Corteva Agriscience, LLC (“Corteva”), that, in addition to recovered penalties under Arkansas law, also resolves a limited claim brought under the federal Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. §15c) by the State of Arkansas (the “State” or the “State of Arkansas”) on behalf of certain consumers as defined by that statute. The settlement remains subject to final approval by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas in State of Arkansas, ex rel. Tim Griffin, Attorney General v. Corteva, Inc., et al., Case No. 4:22-cv-01287-BSM. This notice is directed to natural persons who reside in Arkansas that, between October 27, 2018, and September 1, 2026, inclusive, purchased certain Corteva-branded crop protection products that contain the following active ingredients (“AIs”): Rimsulfuron, Oxamyl, Acetochlor, Cyhalofop, Picloram, Triclopyr, Methoxyfenozide, and Aminopyralid. For a complete list of brand names and products covered by this settlement, please visit www.ArkansasCortevaCPPSettlement.com. As defined by 15 U.S.C. §15c, this particular federal claim does not include legal entities such as corporations, limited liability companies, or partnerships. Under the settlement, Corteva will pay $3.1 million into a settlement fund established by the Attorney General. If the settlement agreement receives final approval, the Attorney General may utilize the fund for any lawful purposes. These purposes may include, without limitation, covering the costs of notification and administration; paying for litigation costs and attorneys’ fees (as determined by statute); civil penalties; and providing payments for the benefit of Arkansas crop farmers. Currently, the settlement does not create an individual claims process, establish a fixed allocation for consumers, or guarantee any payments. Any future distribution program will be announced separately. The State alleges that Corteva used loyalty or rebate programs to restrain sales of lower-priced generic crop protection products, suppress competition, and cause Arkansas purchasers to pay higher prices for certain Corteva crop protection products. Corteva denies any liability or wrongdoing. The proposed settlement resolves claims only against Corteva and the related released parties. Arkansas continues to litigate similar antitrust claims against Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Syngenta Corporation, and Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC (collectively “Syngenta”) regarding products containing the AIs Azoxystrobin, Mesotrione, Metolachlor, S-Metolachlor, Fomesafen, Lambda-Cyhalothrin, and Difenoconazole. Potentially eligible consumers have the following options regarding the proposed settlement: (1) Remain in the Settlement: Stay in the settlement and be bound by the final judgment and release; (2) Request Exclusion: Opt out by October 27, 2026, to preserve their individual claims, but forfeit settlement rights; or (3) Object: Object by October 27, 2026, while remaining a covered consumer. A consumer may not both request exclusion and object. The Court will consider final approval at a hearing scheduled for December 16, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. Exact requirements and hearing updates are available on the settlement website, www.ArkansasCortevaCPPSettlement.com. For further details concerning the settlement, the settlement agreement, deadlines, instructions, hearing updates, and contact information, visit www.ArkansasCortevaCPPSettlement.com.
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Why did you decide to run? I was already politically minded. I’m trans, so there’s a bunch of trans stuff the state does, trying to get us down and out. I started seeing how bad things were getting, and then I was looking at who’s in charge of stuff at local levels and what I could actually accomplish where I’m at. The actual catalyst, though, was the Markham road diet and Broadway road diet. [Editor’s note: A road diet is a reduction in the width or number of traffic lanes on a road to improve driver and pedestrian safety. Road diets have been proposed for parts of Markham and Broadway streets but haven’t progressed past planning and engineering stages.] We’re one of the most dangerous cities for pedestrians, and I walk everywhere. I don’t like cars. You know, we need them, but as much as I can avoid using a car, I do. There was a lot of apathy I experienced, like everyone else my age, for a little bit. I didn’t want to vote for Kamala [Harris]. I definitely didn’t want to vote for [Donald] Trump. But it was like Kamala ran on Trump’s 2016 platform. If you remember Trump’s platform, it was essentially Kamala’s — fracking, border wall, ICE. I did vote for it, but I was like, “What are we doing?” So then I was like, if I don’t want to vote, then I should run. Tell me about your platform. My main three pillars are public transportation, housing and anti-
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Lake Smith, the 25-year-old whippersnapper running for the Little Rock Board of Directors, is offering voters a fresh face and fresh ideas. Originally from Fort Smith, Smith works at the Hillcrest burger-and-gyro institution Leo’s Greek Castle in Ward 3, the area of Little Rock she hopes to represent. With a background in labor organizing and a Zohran Mamdani-inspired campaign strategy of posting short-form videos about issues in Little Rock and knocking on doors, she hopes to unseat longtime City Director Kathy Webb and bring a younger, more progressive voice to City Hall. Smith sat down with us in Hillcrest in August, right after a shift at Leo’s, for a chat about her vision for her adopted city. In her own words, she wants to see someone in City Hall who works at a restaurant rather than owning one. Will her high-energy campaign be enough to shake up the old guard?
FAVORITE BOOK? “Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism” by Michael Parenti FAVORITE MOVIE? “All Quiet on the Western Front” (1930) or “American Pop” (1981) FAVORITE LITTLE ROCK RESTAURANTS? Burge’s Hickory Smoked Turkey and Hams, Leo’s Greek Castle and Vino’s Brew Pub surveillance. We have a housing crisis. We need renters’ rights. Code enforcement needs teeth. We need to actually enforce minimum standards of habitability for people. We need to make these out-of-state landlords not see us as a bank or an asset that they can just buy up. With housing, we can do a lot of infill, we can do a lot of density, and we can do rezoning for mixed-use development. With transportation, 70,000 people come into Little Rock every day. The daytime population is 270,000 and the nighttime population is 200,000. That means those interstates that we’re paying for are just to get people coming in here and taking money out and bringing it to the suburbs around us. So if we could just get some
public transportation out to these areas, connect up the whole region, imagine how much better that would be for everyone, and then we can build density around that. First step, though, pre-COVID bus lines. Bus lanes. Then we can use those bus lanes to also double as bike lanes, because there’s not going to be a whole bunch of bus traffic. Obviously, the surveillance pillar goes with transparency. All of the city directors voted on racial lines against the Flock transparency ordinance. [Little Rock city directors in December voted against a measure that would have placed some transparency requirements on the city’s automated license plate readers, manufactured by Flock Safety.] That’s insane. Why are you hiding what the surveillance cameras are doing? The topic of hyperscale data centers and the city board’s decision to vote down a moratorium on them are animating Little Rockers and driving local discourse. What’s your take? Look at Memphis. The Elon Musk data center has some of the highest rates of COPD [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] and asthma in the whole country. It’s just being kind of disregarded. People are like, “Yeah, but Grok.” Is Grok worth killing people in Memphis? I don’t think so. I love Memphis. I don’t want them to die for Elon Musk. Why is this city so keen to sell us to billionaires? It essentially makes us a rich man’s playground when they can come in here and just ignore the will of the public. We were there [at the city board meeting] for three hours the other day. Twenty-five people spoke against it. And it’s wild they’re just like, “Oh, whatever.” Obviously, a moratorium is great. But first off, I wouldn’t sign an NDA with a trilliondollar corporation. I would have been telling people, “Hey, this is what’s going on,” instead of hoping they don’t notice. But further from that, I would like a complete moratorium. There’s no hyperscale data center until we get it on a ballot or something. Let the people decide. Being very public and transparent would have been my first step, and then I would have been lobbying a lot harder for the moratorium. Put pressure on the board. Put pressure on Capi Peck. Put pressure on [Lance] Hines. What if we move it to West Little Rock and see how you guys feel about that? Why is it being put in Wrightsville and Sweet Home instead of Colony West? —Milo Strain ARKTIMES.COM
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BY JAY BARTH
he hottest days of a particularly warm August overlapped with the (re)introduction of many to a plainspeaking “shero” of the Clinton era. The Arkansas Repertory Theatre produced a world premiere of “The Remarkable Resignation of Dr. Joycelyn Elders” for a three-week run. Written and directed by The Rep’s artistic director and Little Rock native Steve H. Broadnax III, the play tells the story of the quite remarkable life of Elders. As its title suggests, however, the piece centers on her buzzy resignation as U.S. surgeon general on New Year’s Eve 1994. There are a bunch of lessons about public service to be learned not just from how Elders carried out her work during her short time in office, but from how she left that position. Elders, who celebrated her 93rd birthday during the run of the play, plotted an extraordinary path from the rural Howard County cotton fields where she was born and worked as a youngster. A scholarship to Philander Smith College, based on Elders’ excellence at her all-Black high school, provided her a pathway to study biology, then take a job as a nurse’s aide in a Veterans Administration hospital. She joined the Army, where she trained as a physical therapist, then was accepted into the University of Arkansas Medical School (now known as the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences), newly opened to Black Arkansans and still barely open to women. She graduated from UAMS in 1960 and trained as a pediatrician, eventually becoming a specialist in juvenile diabetes. To Gov. Bill Clinton’s credit, he gave many Black Arkansans, including women, a place at the policymaking table during his decadeplus as governor. Elders, appointed to head the Department of Health in 1987, was among them. Elders worked to reduce Arkansas’ historically high rates of teen pregnancy by encouraging enhanced access to birth control and comprehensive sexuality education. She also responded progressively to the AIDS crisis in its early days in the rural state. After years as his chief health officer in Arkansas, President Clinton put her forward as his nominee as surgeon general. A few days before the opening of the play, I got the honor of hearing Elders visit about her life in service and, of course, “the resignation” with The Rep’s Broadnax. It’s important to remember how controversial Elders’ appointment as surgeon general was in the first place. The Senate vote in her
favor was 65-34, extraordinarily close for that era. Elders recounted how the intersection of race and gender created doubts about her credibility to the point that at least one senator refused to meet with the first Black and second woman to serve in the role. Once in the position, Elders spoke frankly — and often memorably — about topics others avoided or only whispered about. She advocated that the legalization of certain drugs be studied, a stance that drew criticism on various fronts. She reaffirmed her support for abortion rights, stating that, “We really need to get over this love affair with the fetus and start worrying about children.” At a UN conference on the burgeoning AIDS crisis in early December 1994, Elders was asked about whether masturbation should be promoted. The surgeon general replied, “As per your specific question in regard to masturbation, I think that is something that is a part of human sexuality and it's a part of something that perhaps should be taught.” So incendiary was her comment about masturbation that it led to her return to Arkansas after only 15 months on the job in D.C. Reflecting upon her resignation, Elders shared that she got a call on New Year’s Eve from an aide who said her resignation letter was needed within a couple of hours so it could be announced. Elders told the aide that if the president wanted her resignation, he could call and ask her for it. No doubt deeply pained in doing so, Clinton did so later in the day, and Elders promptly gave it. Elders said she has never borne any grudges. It was simply about politics, and Clinton was urged on by those looking out for his political fortunes, just weeks after Democrats’ devastating losses in the 1994 midterm elections. It’s quite remarkable that Elders was able to take this loss of position with such grace. That leads to the final lesson about public service that Elders had to teach: the importance of the “village” supporting Elders across her time in public service so she never lost her sense of self. At the head of that village is Coach Oliver Elders, a legend in his own right, who retired as the winningest coach in Arkansas high school basketball. Now 95, Coach Elders was at the event, offering up one of his famous poems to the crowd. In return, the woman who had been the most visible medical professional in the world offered her own words to him: the importance of their love in making her who she is and shaping how she served.
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British artist Lucy Sparrow’s “The Beginning of Convenience,” which debuted at The Momentary in July, is the kind of art exhibition that demands to be seen in person. An installation of the grandest proportions and an exercise in meticulous mimesis, the show brings together more than 20,000 handmade felt replicas of various consumer objects — cereal, jars of peanut butter, loaves of bread, beauty products and even VHS tapes for renting — to conjure a walkable, ’80s-inspired supermarket in all of its colorful mundanity and brand-name recognizability. Nostalgia or critique? That’s for you to decide. It’s worth noting that the project is sponsored by several companies with a vested interest in the products on display — Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola and the J.M. Smucker Co., to name a few — so make of that what you will. The Momentary is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday and Sunday, and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Learn more at themomentary.org. DG ARKTIMES.COM
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ANNIE AND THE CALDWELLS West Point, Mississippi, native Annie Caldwell, the 60-something lead singer and matriarch of Annie and the Caldwells, has been making music with her husband and children since the 1980s. But if there’s ever been a time to see the gospelby-way-of-disco family band in action, it’s now. Four years ago, Talking Heads frontman David Byrne discovered the group, and with his help, they released their breakthrough 2025 record, “Can’t Lose My (Soul),” on his Luaka Bop label. The result is a “life-affirming album full of spontaneity and seemingly telepathic harmonising” that will “drag you out of despair,” according to a five-star review from The Guardian. Get tickets at arkmfa. org. DG
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Geologists: Do not be alarmed if your seismometers start going crazy the night of Sept. 6. It’s not a localized tectonic event, just New York noise-rock trio Unsane shaking the foundation of the White Water Tavern. Described by AllMusic’s Patrick Kennedy as having a “hammering, power-press rhythm section, a searing Telecaster howl, and distorted vocals that resembled nothing if not the sound of a man trapped in the New York Subway system,” folks who gravitate toward the transgressive and abrasive in their music listening should feel right at home with Unsane, which is on tour supporting its recently remastered-and-reissued 1998 album, “Occupational Hazard.” While never breaking into the mainstream despite briefly being attached to Atlantic Records in the ’90s, Unsane has been a fixture in the underground for decades and will make its Arkansas debut on the White Water stage. Local acts Riot Dogs and Crankbait are billed as support. Get tickets at whitewatertavern.com. MS
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Depending on what your idea of a festival is, the ACANSA Arts Festival of the South may surprise you. Rather than compress a single medium of programming into just a few frenzied days, ACANSA spreads its many offerings — across music, theater and visual art — over three weekends, allowing you to slot whatever events work best for you into your otherwise-busy schedule. Highlights of the 11th annual fest include a Sept. 26 concert from Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light (pictured at right), a “Boston stringband with a bookish bite”; performances of “The Wonder Bread Years,” a one-man comedy show by former “Seinfeld” writer Pat Hazell, on Sept. 19-20; a visit from the Grammy-nominated string ensemble Miró Quartet, which The New Yorker referred to as “furiously committed,” on Sept. 17; and the opening of a solo exhibition from Mexican-American painter Luis Atilano on Sept. 18. Individual functions range in price from free to $35, or a $250 gold pass will get you into everything. Find more information at acansa.org/ticketing. DG
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Natural State native Ashley McBryde is as busy as ever — in 2025, she even opened her own NA-focused bar in Nashville, the city she’s called home for two decades — but the country star still manages to visit Little Rock at least once per album cycle. When McBryde returns to Robinson Center on Sept. 19 for her first Central Arkansas show since 2023, she’ll be promoting her fifth major-label album, “Wild,” which explores the challenges and revelations of seeking sobriety and scored her features in The New York Times, Associated Press and Billboard. Start with “Arkansas Mud” for some ass-kicking rock and then settle into “Bottle Tells Me So” for the ballady real talk. Get tickets at ticketmaster.com. DG
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‘SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM’
WEDNESDAY 9/9-SUNDAY 9/20. ARKANSAS REPERTORY THEATRE. $25$70. One of the rare giants of American theater who wrote both the music and lyrics for his shows, Stephen Sondheim’s legacy lives on through well over a dozen beloved musicals, including “Sweeney Todd,” “Into the Woods” and “Sunday in the Park with George.” He’s also been immortalized through five major revues — not dissimilar from “greatest hits” albums, if you’re unfamiliar with the term — the first of which was “Side by Side by Sondheim,” initially staged in 1976. The final production of the Arkansas Repertory Theatre’s 50th anniversary season, “Side by Side” focuses on Sondheim’s early output, bringing together songs from “Follies,” “Company” and beyond with the help of a context-providing narrator. Get tickets at therep.org. DG
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TUESDAY 9/15. CALS RON ROBINSON THEATER. 7 P.M. FREE. After Elaine May released “Ishtar” in 1987, the movie was dubbed one of the worst films of all time, landing her in “director’s jail,” where she struggled thereafter to find financing for future projects. But something curious started to happen in the 2010s: May’s entire (and criminally scant) body of work as a filmmaker was rediscovered and reclaimed. Suddenly, even “Ishtar” was considered an essential text. May’s penultimate offering before her 29-year exile from directing was “Mikey and Nicky” (1976), a controversial film at the time if only because, unlike its predecessors, it’s not a comedy. New Yorker critic Richard Brody described the movie, which centers on two small-time criminals and best friends who are on the run from the mob, as a “story of bruising masculinity, of men who are wounded and wounding.” Reserve your spot for this month’s Cinema I/O Presents screening — a recent rebranding of the Arkansas Times Film Series — at ronrobinsontheater. simpletix.com. OJ
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Except for a final hoorah fundraiser event featuring Ariel Lawhon, a historical fiction writer who’s sold nearly 2 million copies of her 2023 book “The Frozen River,” the Six Bridges Book Festival is entirely free. That’s remarkable, given the resources — both financial and logistical — required to rally five dozen authors from across the state and country into one place. Notable guests at this year’s gathering include National Book Award finalist Deesha Philyaw, whose forthcoming novel, “The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman,” is, according to fellow writer Samantha Irby, a “funny and juicy and sexy and delicious peek behind the pulpit”; Nathan Harris, whose debut novel, 2021’s “The Sweetness of Water,” was longlisted for the Booker Prize; science fiction and fantasy writer Alix E. Harrow, whose 2019 novel “The Ten Thousand Doors of January” scored her a Hugo Award nomination; and Annie Hartnett, whose 2025 novel “The Road to Tender Hearts” was listed among The New York Times’ “18 Great Road Trip Books That Aren’t ‘On the Road.’” That barely scratches the surface of the national and oftenbestselling talent on offer at Six Bridges, not to mention the many Arkansas-connected attendees on the docket (more about that on pages 79-83). Find a full author lineup at sixbridgesbookfestival.com. DG
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SHARIA LAW IN ARKANSAS? DESPITE DEBUNKINGS, MISINFORMATION ABOUT LITTLE ROCK’S ‘NEW AFRICA’ PERSISTS. BY MILO STRAIN
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OLD STORY: New Africa has been here for decades. The flags in the background mark the future site of a small mosque.
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isleading social media posts about a Little Rock housing development established by a Muslim organization have been spreading online since April, fomenting Islamophobia among gullible Facebook boomers and Republican state legislators. We talked to the people behind the project to see what’s really going on, and followed the stream of misinformation back to its source. What we found was a decades-old story brought back to life by misinformed people worried about a “sharia law” takeover on U.S. soil. The posts in question, which started spreading in early April, are about New Africa, a small subdivision in the John Barrow neighborhood developed by a local mosque, the Islamic Center for Human Excellence. The posts describe the development as an Islamic compound or enclave requiring homebuyers
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not to drink alcohol and to adhere to strict architectural guidelines. Despite reporting from the time by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette debunking many of the rumors, new social media posts about New Africa persist. The chatter grew loud enough that Arkansas’ governor and attorney general weighed in. Some of these newer posts take a more neutral tone when describing New Africa, but still consistently get basic facts about it wrong, describing the project as being abandoned years ago or still in the planning stages, for example. HOW DID WE GET HERE? This latest wave of misinformation about New Africa appears to have been kickstarted by a Facebook post in early April by Terrence K. Williams, a pro-Trump influencer with 4.5 million followers on the platform. Williams’ account makes dozens of similar posts a day,
aggregating supposed news stories centered on culture-war flashpoints. Williams, or whoever runs his account, appears to have picked up the story from the RAIR Foundation, an outlet that the Southern Poverty Law Center classifies as an anti-Muslim hate group. RAIR published an article March 31 titled “Little Rock Conquered: Mayor Scott Bows to Islam as Stadium Turns Mosque, Schools Push Hijabs, Churches Fall, Enclaves Rise — and Mosques Harvest Votes,” which paints a picture of Little Rock as a city overtaken by radical Muslims and includes a section about the Islamic Center for Human Excellence and New Africa, as well as another mosque, The Islamic Center of Little Rock, which operates a school. The RAIR Foundation did not respond to a request for comment. Williams’ post about New Africa, made in the early morning, amplified the story to his
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millions of followers, receiving Africa is not a Muslim enclave in more than 18,300 likes and Little Rock governed by its own 7,800 comments. Facebook laws, and it wasn’t suddenly sprung users shared the story 6,300 on the John Barrow neighborhood. times. By that afternoon, other In fact, it’s been there for nearly large social media accounts — two decades. Plans and approved like David J. Freeman, who goes permits for the project date back by @GuntherEagleman on X even further. and has 1.7 million followers — New Africa consists of five were sharing the story. houses, constructed by the Islamic Gov. Sarah Huckabee Center for Human Excellence in the Sanders even weighed in on John Barrow neighborhood, near July 17, posting a statement the intersection of 40th and Potter to her official social media streets. Two of them are occupied accounts saying, “In our state, by Christians. Rasheed lives in you cannot replace Arkansas another. The only thing indicating law with Sharia law. We will not its presence in the area is a sign allow it. Period.” reading “New Africa Community.” On Facebook, some Plans for New Africa have commenters were confused changed significantly over the about what prompted the years, based on the resources post. “Where did this come available. When the Arkansas from lmao,” one questioned. Times wrote about New Africa in Another suggested Sanders’ 2012, plans included 17 additional post was “a dog whistle inviting houses, a mosque, a school and a hate crimes and deportations.” community center. When we wrote A spokesman for Sanders did about them again five years later, not respond when asked what the project had been scaled back inspired Sanders’ July 17 post. to just a combination mosque and Arkansas Attorney General community center. Tim Griffin quickly capitalized When I spoke to Rasheed and on Sanders’ post, which Salaam for this story, the Islamic received tens of thousands of Center had recently broken ground likes, and shared it with his on a mosque, which Salaam said own caption: “Sharia law is they hope to finish in the next not recognized in Arkansas. year or so. The current iteration Our state is governed by the of plans for New Africa includes U.S. Constitution, the Arkansas additional houses, a small school Constitution, and the laws and a playground, but Salaam and enacted by the people’s elected Rasheed said there’s no timeline representatives — not religious set for those projects; rather, it legal codes. American law is depends on when they have the supreme in Arkansas. We will resources and contractors in place. always defend it.” Buyers sign a Bill of Assurance, Jeff LeMaster, a spokesman much like what a homeowners for the attorney general, association might make said the AG’s office “received homebuyers sign, that lays out repeated inquiries about DUBIOUS CLAIMS: This Facebook post spread quickly, and has standard rules and guidelines for the status of Sharia law in now been shared thousands of times across various platforms. the property. The bill does state the Arkansas, and we provided an Almost nobody bothered to see if it was actually true. New Africa development is “for the accurate response.” purpose of creating a wholly owned The AG’s office denied our Center for Human Excellence, and Tauheed residential Al-Islamic community public records request for those supposed Salaam, a member of the development team conforming to the social guidelines given in inquiries, claiming they were exempt from behind New Africa, who described it as a the Quran and modeled in the life of Prophet the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act as community where the only real requirement Muhammad Ibn Abdullah,” language that “[u]npublished memoranda, working papers, for residents is to be upstanding members of seems to have critics worried about “sharia and correspondence of … the Attorney society. law.” General.” “New Africa is a development that lends But, Rasheed and Salaam explained that Whether intentional or not, these posts itself to citizen rights, citizen participation they want people to take examples from the brought more attention to the misleading [and] citizen responsibility, because in our Quran in the same way a Christian might hope rumors circulating online. religion, the call is for human beings to take people follow the Ten Commandments, or the responsibility for their life in the best way,” Golden Rule. They aren’t forcing homebuyers WHAT IS NEW AFRICA, REALLY? Salaam said. to wear hijabs or convert to Islam. The Arkansas Times spoke to Faruq Despite the claims made in many of the “We can use those verdicts from God and Rasheed, the resident imam at the Islamic aforementioned social media posts, New from the messengers that were given over 20 SEPTEMBER 2026
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time to help human beings to govern their “They worked and worked and worked, neighborhood, a go-to place where people life and have the best life,” Salaam said. and they’re revitalizing that community,” can feel comfortable, but whatever good “Which, part of that best life is no stealing Salaam said. “They’re bringing housing that’s out there, want to maintain it.” from each other. No killing each other. No stock back. They’re bringing in businesses Rasheed said the Islamic Center hasn’t crime. Taking responsibility for your family and so on and so forth. That’s what New received any negative attention and there to be a good father, to be a haven’t been any incidents good mother; family life, as a result of the posts about and things like that. So New Africa, but said they’ve that’s what New Africa is all increased their security as a about. It’s an opportunity precaution. created to promote citizen responsibility [and] citizen TANGIBLE RESULTS rights, where citizens The New Africa kerfuffle have the responsibility to, offers a good case study on as a community, govern how misinformation can themselves. It’s about spread from a single source, promoting democracy.” snowball into lawmakers He added that the proposing misguided legislation document is designed “just and persist in the public like any other covenant they consciousness after the story have in these subdivisions.” has been debunked. “It’s designed to keep up In this case, the legislation property value, keep out — The Arkansas Property any type of indecency. You Rights Protection From Sharia know, anything that’s gonna Law Act, a baffling resolution bring your community down introduced in the 2026 fiscal … We exist right here in the session that would have community, and we know required residential property for sure what could hurt disputes to be resolved in communities. Crime. The U.S. and Arkansas courts selling of drugs. So, in that rather than through a covenant, we’re against nongovernmental entity — anything that is illegal being didn’t go anywhere. done in that community,” One of the bill’s coSalaam said. sponsors, Rep. Alyssa Brown Those rules also govern (R-Heber Springs), made what goes on in the a Facebook post about the community, not what goes bill when it was introduced, on inside someone’s house, mentioning a “viral post about he said. the Islamic Center compound “Islam has public and here in Arkansas.” private. We’re talking about Brown made an earlier in the public. What you do in post on April 4, the same day your private house, we don’t as the Terrence K. Williams have anything to do with post cribbed from the RAIR that,” Salaam said. Foundation article, describing For example, they don’t the New Africa rumors as prevent you from having a “a story out of Little Rock drink in your own home if about an Islamic Shariah REAL WORLD: Republican Rep. Alyssa Brown made this Facebook you live in the New Africa organization” that “is going post on April 4, further spreading misinformation and vowing that community, as some of the viral” and “deserves more “Arkansas will never submit to Sharia law.” misleading social media attention.” posts have claimed. The bill may have died NEW AFRICA IS NOT A MUSLIM ENCLAVE “Certain things you keep during the fiscal session, but IN LITTLE ROCK GOVERNED BY ITS OWN its introduction brought the public and you separate public from private, and we LAWS, AND IT WASN’T SUDDENLY SPRUNG conversation into the halls don’t have any problem with ON THE JOHN BARROW NEIGHBORHOOD. of the Legislature and the that,” Salaam said. minds of lawmakers. They’ll IN FACT, IT’S BEEN THERE FOR NEARLY Rasheed and Salaam see convene for a regular session New Africa as a tool for in January 2027. Considering TWO DECADES. community revitalization, the attention those five houses and hope to see the John off John Barrow in Little Rock Barrow neighborhood flourish in the way the Africa is all about. have been getting recently, the Arkansas “We want to participate in not only the Property Rights Protection From Sharia Law SoMa neighborhood in downtown Little Rock revitalization of John Barrow as a vibrant Act may come up for debate again. has. 22 SEPTEMBER 2026
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TICK, TICK,
BOOM Alpha-gal syndrome, the severe tick-borne allergy, is spreading rapidly. As an epicenter of infection, The Natural State may hold clues to what’s driving its rise, how it functions — and what comes next. BY ELIZABETH L. CLINE PHOTOGRAPHY BY NOVO STUDIO
BITTEN: A tick she encountered in her own backyard changed what Fayetteville woman Casey Hamacker can eat, what products she can use and even which dogs she can pet.
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DINNER, DECODED: Alpha-gal isn’t just a meat allergy. Mammalian ingredients turn up in unexpected foods, forcing Casey Hamaker to prepare meals at home and vet ingredients. At right, Hamaker and boyfriend Matt West in her Fayetteville yard.
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tanding under an eastern hemlock tree near a thicket of lizard’s tail in her backyard — a tick’s dream — Casey Hamaker had flashbacks to the day she first contracted alpha-gal syndrome, a mysterious illness spreading rapidly across the United States. “This is the scene of the crime,” she said. As she was clearing brush in her garden in the spring of 2024, three ticks — likely lone stars, the aggressive hunters known for causing most cases of alpha-gal — latched onto her. She reached up and found them drawing blood just behind her ear. Within a few weeks, Hamaker, 49, was consumed by outbreaks of huge, red welts that crept across the tops of her feet, the backs of her knees and enveloped her torso — sometimes dotting her scalp, eyelids and ears. She downed handfuls of allergy medications. She would later find out they contained trace amounts of mammalian products to which she’s now allergic. “I was really uncomfortable in my own body, and I would just find myself itching like a dog with fleas,” Hamaker said. Hamaker lives in Fayetteville, a picturesque college town nestled in the Ozark Mountains that’s emerging as an alpha-gal hotspot. Arkansas’ suspected cases have nearly doubled from 1,331 in the first half of 2025 to 2,833 over the same period this year, a significant number in a small, rural state. Northwest Arkansas, with its dense woods and outdoorsy lifestyle, is leading most other regions of the state in positive results. Arkansas is a bellwether for much of the
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country, which is just now waking up to this severe allergy that mostly went undetected for decades. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as many as 450,000 people have contracted alpha-gal syndrome since 2010 — and given most states began counting cases just in the last few years and the CDC isn’t actively tracking it, that may be a gross underestimate. The condition has been diagnosed in large numbers in tony enclaves like the Hamptons and Martha’s Vineyard, where the tick was barely present 50 years ago. Alpha-gal syndrome is also rapidly expanding, alongside many other tick-borne illnesses, owing to a perfect storm of climate change, expanding white-tailed deer populations and massive historical shifts in land use and development. The lone star tick — which carries the alpha-gal molecule in its saliva — is on the march, and it’s taking alpha-gal syndrome with it. As more people test positive, the profound strangeness of alpha-gal syndrome is also moving to the forefront. Once simply referred to as a “red-meat allergy,” the confounding experiences of people like Hamaker — who can be triggered by trace amounts of mammalian ingredients as well as other substances, like seaweed — show that its impacts are more wide-ranging than originally imagined. We also know that alpha-gal is dangerous. As many as three-quarters of people who test positive experience anaphylactic shock. There have now been a handful of deaths linked to alpha-gal syndrome. And yet as the condition spreads rapidly
and positive tests pile up, scientific understanding is lagging far behind. Researchers are still unraveling the disease, public health agencies are struggling to track it, and there’s little federal funding or coordination driving efforts forward. But that may be changing as awareness — and a little panic — spreads. The challenge now isn’t just understanding the disease; it’s figuring out how to stop it. Arkansas researchers and residents may hold some clues.
AN AGE-OLD DISEASE?
Cresting the verdant foothills of the Ozarks on the drive into Fayetteville, outdoor lovers of the human variety see paradise. Ticks see heaven, too. The lone star tick — so named for the white marking on the adult female’s back — is at home in Arkansas, as it thrives in dense forests and humid climates. Needing animals to feed on — known as blood meals — the creature has once again come to the right place. Arkansas is lousy with wildlife. While it isn’t the only tick that carries the alpha-gal molecule, the lone star spreads the syndrome more than any other because of its unusually aggressive hunting style. It actively chases after animals — and people — following vibrations and the trail of carbon dioxide. The syndrome takes its name from a sugar known as alpha-gal. When lone star ticks are born with the sugar molecules in their bodies, and when they bite humans, they pass it into their victims’ blood. This same molecule is found in the bodies of most mammals, but not humans. For some people, exposure to the molecule causes the
immune system to mount defenses whenever they encounter alpha-gal in food or other products (mostly made from mammals), with symptoms ranging in severity from vomiting and hives to anaphylactic shock. A big question — the one on everyone’s mind — is, how many are destined to get this? It’s thought that only a small percentage of the tick-bitten will go on to develop alpha-gal syndrome, but it’s impossible to say with certainty without more comprehensive studies. In 2013, researchers estimated that less than 10% of those with alpha-gal antibodies (known as sensitization) go on to develop the allergy, but University of North Carolina School of Medicine researcher Scott Commins is convinced the number is far lower. Recent research he contributed to may underscore his theory: 31% of a sample population from Arkansas tested positive for alpha-gal antibodies, a far larger portion than have gotten sick. “I think the tick-bitten number is incredibly large, so the percentage of people who go on to develop the allergy in that scenario, in my mind, is really small,” Commins said. Martha’s Vineyard, he said, would be a good place to run a more controlled trial to finally solve the riddle. Some Arkansans have tales of a distant cousin or a granddad suffering from a mysterious red meat allergy — decades ago. Alpha-gal syndrome has likely been lurking in the Ozarks for generations, but few would deny that something is making it far worse. That something, new research shows, is climate change.
According to Dalton Williams, a researcher at the University of Arkansas who studies the relationship between tick-borne illnesses and ecological shifts, ticks are far more active year-round in Arkansas than they were just 15 years ago. While residents once could depend on a reprieve in cooler months, when lone stars would freeze to death or go into hibernation, warmer winters mean tick season stretches on much longer. “Now we’re seeing a lot of cases through the fall and steadily going through the winter,” Williams said. Using satellite climate data and thousands of tick samples, Williams produced research in May showing that the increasing humidity in June and July — peak tick season in Arkansas — is pushing ticks into more pockets of the state, as ticks depend on humidity to survive. Their hosts also seek out moist plants for food. “Not only are ticks endemic across essentially the whole state, but they are also more inclined to feed and breed,” he said. Climate change is also extending tick season across the country — and pushing the lone star into the upper reaches of the Midwest and New England. Martha’s Vineyard, an island escape for the well-to-do off the coast of Massachusetts, now has established lone star tick populations and has seen positive alpha-gal case rates explode from two cases to 523 in the last few years. New York’s Suffolk County, which includes the ultra-wealthy Hamptons, has the highest case numbers in the country. There’s even evidence of lone star sightings in Central Park in Manhattan. The good news is that, lacking deer, the ticks are unlikely to
settle there. But climate change is just part of the story. The spread of alpha-gal syndrome is also one of nature rebounding — and then running amok. There’s evidence that the lone star tick was once found across much of the eastern United States, but as settlers replaced forests with farmland and factories, the creature was nearly annihilated by the early 20th century in the outer reaches of the tick’s range. The white-tailed deer has also helped expand the lone star tick population, as one of the creature’s preferred hosts, able to support all four phases of its life cycle. As parasites, lone stars need hosts to survive and thrive. They take a blood meal, engorging themselves, in order to molt and advance to each stage of development. Deer unwittingly play a key role in this process, carrying an average of 200 adult lone star ticks and 1,500 larvae per season. White-tailed deer, hunted nearly to extinction across much of the U.S., including in Arkansas, have made an extraordinary comeback in the past century. In the 1920s, Arkansas began to develop its economy around big game hunting. Today, there are an estimated 1 million white-tailed deer in the state, up from about 1,000 in 1947, something the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission touts with great pride. Across the country, there are 30 million white-tailed deer. Williams, the University of Arkansas researcher, said that deer and other host animals like raccoons and squirrels are common in the Fayetteville city limits. “Some people think it’s really wholesome, but every time ARKTIMES.COM
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I point at them, I say they’re dropping off ticks.” Ticks don’t wander far from their hosts, and thus it takes the combination of hosts, humans and ticks to produce a tick bite that leads to alpha-gal. That’s more likely to happen where humans are pushing into nature. While Arkansas is well-known for its pristine natural landscapes, Northwest Arkansas is rapidly developing, with hundreds of miles of mountain bike trails recently cut into the Ozarks; that, too, could be playing a role. A 2025 study of those living with alpha-gal in Virginia and the Carolinas found that cases were associated with areas where homes and lawns border wooded land or break up woods, indicating that urbanization and development into forests might be linked to contracting the disease. In 2023, Arkansas became the first state to make alpha-gal syndrome a reportable disease, with doctors and labs required to turn over positive results to the state Department of Health. Once the agency receives a positive test result, the department independently
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verifies it to separate out the people who are simply positive for alpha-gal antibodies versus those who are symptomatic. But the agency has not moved beyond information collection and some modest public education. When asked if the health department operates, funds or coordinates any tick-control programs or has plans to, public health veterinarian Dr. Laura Rothfeldt said, “There are no resources or staff specifically designated for mosquito and tick control.”
NOT JUST A RED-MEAT ALLERGY
As Hamaker suffered with all-consuming bouts of hives, it never occurred to her that it was alpha-gal syndrome. She has friends who had the condition — they would throw up from eating pork, for example, but none of them had hives. “Never in a million years would I have thought that it was alpha-gal,” she said. Her doctors missed it, too. She saw five different doctors over nearly a year and a half before finally being diagnosed. Alpha-gal syndrome was first recognized by the American scientific community in
2009, and thought then to be strictly a redmeat allergy largely confined to the Southeast. That it took until then to be identified in the American scientific literature is a testament to its strangeness. Since then, the symptoms have only proven to be even weirder and far-reaching. Unlike other food allergies, which prompt an immediate reaction, most alpha-gal victims’ first reaction occurs about one to two months after a tick bite and about four to six hours after eating a mammal or other allergen, often striking in the middle of the night. “You have to think back, like, what was I doing? Where was I? What did I eat?” Hamaker said. Because it’s delayed, alpha-gal syndrome is often confused for food poisoning or, in Hamaker’s case, anxiety. “Every doctor I went to was like, ‘Oh, it’s just stress,’ and that was very frustrating,” she said. Covered in hives and nearly driven mad from sleepless nights, Hamaker finally landed in the offices of Dr. Tina Merritt, a leading authority on alpha-gal syndrome, with a bustling practice in nearby Bentonville. Hamaker is one of Merritt’s 1,200 alpha-gal patients, up from zero two decades ago, including those who see her via telemedicine from as far away as New York and Florida. Merritt is a legend in the alpha-gal world. She helped identify the condition two decades ago — and has lived with it herself ever since she was bitten by about “a hundred seed ticks,” tiny newly hatched ticks smaller than a grain of sand, at a summer camp in north Louisiana when she was in third grade. “I think because I’ve had the allergy, I understand that the symptoms can vary and they vary all the time,” she said. Merritt is currently studying more bizarre manifestations of alpha-gal syndrome. One patient’s voice gets hoarse at the mere smell of pork; another patient gets brain fog. Some have severe cardiovascular
events similar to heart attacks. In August, she co-published a national survey of 3,000 alpha-gal patients showing that it affects many systems of the body, including the skin, brain and heart. More than 70% of those surveyed reported experiencing hives. Merritt’s poison is gelatin, typically made from the bones and skins of pigs and cows and found in foods, cosmetics and pill capsules. If she accidentally ingests it, she can get dizzy and lose consciousness. The last time it happened, about eight years ago, Merritt was boating with friends on Beaver Lake in the Ozarks. After taking a Jell-O shot, she started to feel queasy and fainted on the floor of her boat. She came to hours later, to her friends asking, “Is Tina dead?” The national survey indicates she’s not alone — 16% of respondents reported losing consciousness from alpha-gal exposure. As for what protects some from the syndrome, there aren’t great answers there either, Merritt said. It could have something to do with genetics or having type-B blood. Other conditions, such as an autoimmune disease or a vitamin D deficiency, are thought to make it worse. Not every allergist thinks alpha-gal is responsible for such a plethora of maladies. Joshua Kennedy, an immunology and allergy researcher and doctor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, believes alpha-gal syndrome is being misdiagnosed in some cases because a positive test only indicates sensitization — not that certain foods or products are causing a patient’s allergies. His goal, he said, “is to be more aggressive in how we get foods back into people’s diets, if necessary.” Kennedy does that through highly controlled food challenges, where patients consume what they’re allergic to in a supervised setting. Determining who’s right will take more research — and lots of it. Commins, the researcher at the UNC School of Medicine, said that alpha-gal research has too little federal attention. “The funding of this is really limited, and there seems to be a big disconnect,” he said. As of now, much of the literature that exists on alpha-gal syndrome is based on patients who come through specialists’ doors.
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Hamaker’s home is transformed in subtle ways. Her bathroom drawers, once full of makeup and face creams and the trappings of female-dom, are spartan. All that remains are a stick of Tom’s deodorant, a single tube of mascara by e.l.f. (the only brand she’s found that doesn’t cause her eyelids to erupt in hives) and alpha-gal-friendly allergy medication. Her toothpaste, shampoo and lotion are all absent of any mammalian ingredients. Her refrigerator and pantry are stocked with simple ingredients, like rice, produce and
OUT FOR BLOOD: The lone star tick, responsible for most U.S. cases of alpha-gal, aggressively pursues humans and other hosts in search of a blood meal.
ALPHA-GAL SYNDROME HAS LIKELY BEEN LURKING IN THE OZARKS FOR GENERATIONS, BUT FEW WOULD DENY THAT SOMETHING IS MAKING IT FAR WORSE. chicken, a meat she can safely eat. Hamaker’s diagnosis was just the beginning of months of detective work, as she toiled to understand each flare-up. She discovered a mind-boggling number of ingredients contain trace amounts of the alpha-gal molecule, including the lubricating strip of her shaving razors (some are made with lanolin from sheep), dry-roasted peanuts (some of which contain gelatin) and even some brands of bottled water (which is filtered using bone char sourced from mammals). Navigating alpha-gal is challenging considering how many products have trace bits of mammalian products in them — and poor labeling. The CDC does not maintain a comprehensive list of products that may contain alpha-gal molecules, nor does the Food and Drug Administration recognize alpha-gal as a major food allergen, although some advocates are trying to change that. Hamaker, who works as an accountant for a charitable foundation, now fears client dinners and work conferences. “I am terrified of
buffets. I don’t eat catering. I don’t eat at luncheons,” she said. If a restaurant promises her the food is alpha-gal friendly, she often doesn’t risk it: A small amount of cross-contamination on the grill could send her body into a full-blown reaction. Even well-intentioned hangouts can spell trouble. A friend invited her over, promising an alpha-gal-friendly meal. Hamaker broke out into hives a few hours later. She later pieced together why: “I learned about my friends’ dogs that ate red meat. I couldn’t pet them because I was allergic to their dander and saliva,” she said. Another hidden danger for alpha-gal syndrome sufferers is medications that contain the sugar molecule. Acetaminophen, supplements like vitamin D, some vaccines and even medical devices like heart valves and sutures can have animal ingredients and can be administered to patients without their knowledge. Researchers are puzzling through more sensitive cases like Hamaker’s. But Merritt’s ARKTIMES.COM
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survey seems to indicate that many of Hamaker’s own seemingly odd reactions are quite common: 40% reported reactions to mammalian ingredients in personal-care products and prescription drugs; about 67% of people report an allergy to dairy. And her earlier research showed that 10% are allergic to carrageenan in red seaweed, which also contains the alpha-gal molecule. Hamaker’s allergy to carrageenan ruined rotisserie chicken for her when she found out some — but not all — store brands use it to keep the meat moist. “I just like almost started crying because on the ingredients it said carrageenan, and I was like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me!’” Hamaker said. For now, people with the syndrome lean heavily on third-party apps like Fig, which has a barcode scanner that will flash X if a food isn’t safe, and Pill Clarity, which started out catering to vegans but is now relied on by alpha-gal patients to find pills and medical devices that don’t con-
tain allergens. It also helps to live in an alpha-gal hotspot like Fayetteville, where there are numerous support groups, a few alpha-gal-friendly restaurants and other alpha-gal-afflicted people to commiserate with. Hamaker’s boyfriend, Matt West, eats alpha-gal-friendly meals, at least at home, and has supported her in making changes to her lifestyle (although he still sneaks off on occasion to down a hamburger on his own). As more people get alpha-gal syndrome in the area, Hamaker and her family are finding themselves in good company. “In the last year, it went from, ‘You have what?’ to, ‘Oh, my cousin has that or my daughter-in-law has that,’” West said. “And just the way that it kind of shows itself, too. There are so many variations of it.”
ALL-OUT WAR ON TICKS?
There may be another effective treatment for managing severe alpha-gal
symptoms, called Xolair, an injection approved in 2024 by the FDA for food allergies. While it won’t let alpha-gal victims feast on hamburgers again, for some it seems to cool their reactions from accidental exposure. Some members of Congress have advocated more research, while other lawmakers have proposed classifying alpha-gal as a major food allergen for labeling purposes. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in May a multimillion-dollar pilot program between the CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services to, among other things, evaluate new drugs that could prevent people from developing alpha-gal syndrome following a tick bite. But an all-out war on ticks is where the mind goes when contemplating a blood-sucking parasite that can potentially kill people — or steal away their favorite foods. “I hear people say all the time, ‘Why don’t we just kill all the ticks?’” said Williams, the University of Arkansas researcher. Calls for authorities to do something drastic are growing. The syndrome is spreading on the heels of other tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease, which is severe in some parts of the Northeast. Martha’s Vineyard is considering a proposal to cull 70% of the whitetail population. But going after the deer could be a nonstarter in many wildlife-loving places like Arkansas. Catherine Love, a wildlife veterinarian for the Game and Fish Commission, put it bluntly: “You couldn’t cull them at a rate in Arkansas without pissing off every hunter,” she said. Love is convinced the ticks would simply relocate to other hosts and warns it could be our pets instead. RFK Jr.’s May announcement also included commitments to develop new products to eliminate ticks on wildlife. Some have suggested simply treating deer with insecticides, either on their coats or via bait. It could work but makes ecologists like Williams nervous. “I’m always kind of iffy on putting ecosystems in flux,” he said. Going to war on ticks would be harder than fighting mosquitoes — a biting insect whose disease-spreading habits we’ve largely wrangled. While mosquitoes breed in standing water, making killing off larvae easy, ticks drop their eggs anywhere they topple off a host, said Emily McDermott, a vector ecologist at the University of Arkansas who researches how ticks spread pathogens and move through their environment. “You can’t just walk around the woods and say this is where the larvae are — here and not there,” she said. Culling the ticks will require many different strategies rolled out in conjunction, McDermott said, from better land management techniques like keeping tall grasses cut back and brush cleared, to novel treatments like
HOW TO KEEP THE CREEPY CRAWLIES AT BAY In a region where outdoors is a way of life, there’s no need to cede territory or fun to ticks. Basic precautions can go a long way to avoiding alpha-gal. Here’s what you need to know: Practice basic precautions. Wear long socks tucked into pants; avoid rubbing up against tall grass and brush. Stay on trails. Consider wearing permethrin-treated clothing and tick repellents labeled for skin application. And stay on guard, as ticks are now more active yearround due to climate change. Conduct a thorough tick check. Check for ticks on clothes and skin while outside. Once inside, remove clothes and closely check armpits, genitals and scalp. Dry clothes on high heat to kill undetected ticks and take a shower to help detect ticks and wash them off of skin. Remove ticks quickly and carefully. Try to pluck off ticks before they bite. If attached, remove quickly to decrease changes of getting a tick-borne illness. Using tweezers, pull carefully near the head. Once removed, clean the bite area. Evaluate your landscaping. Eliminate piles of leaves and brush. Consider avoiding plants that attract deer and other host animals, like raccoons and rabbits. Do not feed wildlife, as this can lead to hosts lingering and dropping ticks. Consider precautions for pets. Tick-control medication is shown to reduce tick bites in their human owners. Get tested if you have symptoms. Alpha-gal syndrome is diagnosed by a blood test and can only be confirmed when symptoms are present. There’s currently no cure for alpha-gal, but it is manageable with proper medical care and, for some, goes away within three to five years.
insecticides applied to deer. To push alpha-gal out of the realm of personal problem into public responsibility will require coordination — across wildlife management, medical professionals and local and federal governments — at a time when trust is low. It will inevitably involve bumping up against contentious issues like vaccines, pesticides and government intervention. While federal help is needed, local solutions are wise, McDermott said. The good news is ticks aren’t everywhere, all the time. Lone star ticks, for example, prefer edge habitats between forests and grasslands or the borders between a suburban lawn and woods. It might also help humans to understand the creatures hunting them. Ticks are not on an endless quest for blood. They eat just a few times in their lives. After they feast, engorged nearly until the point of popping, ticks lie nearly motionless, digesting for months. If the weather gets too dry or hot, lone stars dry out and dessicate — transforming into tick mummies. “They’re not just vindictive, evil creatures bent on destruction. They’re animals doing animal things,” McDermott said. She also noted that basic tick protection, like wearing permethrin-treated clothes and doing thorough tick checks after an outdoor escapade, is quite effective. The good news is that for some people, alpha-gal goes into remission eventually, typically within three to five years, as long as patients avoid red meat and other substances they are allergic to and, most importantly, avoid getting other tick bites. Nowadays, Hamaker still experiences small outbreaks on her ears and eyelids, but gone are the sleepless nights and scratching until her skin bleeds. She has no regrets about learning how to cook unprocessed foods using whole ingredients. “So much of these things, like red meat and cheese, are inflammatory anyway toward your joints, so maybe it’s not a bad thing,” she said. The one thing Hamaker refuses to do is move. Her home is nestled into two and a half acres planted in huge magnolias, eastern hemlocks and leafy garden beds. She has no plans to give up mountain biking, hiking or hanging out in the yard with her partner and her three dogs. “I pulled a tick off of me last Friday,” she said. “It’s like, I don’t know how I can avoid it. Move into an apartment in the city?” Alpha-gal syndrome has made its way to bigger cities, anyway. Nowhere is safe. This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri in partnership with Report for America, with major funding from the Walton Family Foundation. ARKTIMES.COM
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PLAYING TETRIS GLAZE ABLAZE: Unfired pieces await the flame at Stephen Driver's (at right) kiln firing.
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ver the course of five or so days each year, a plot of land in the Ozark National Forest just uphill from the Little Mulberry River turns into a multi-day art project. At the center of the activity is Stephen Driver, an acclaimed potter and educator who, with three of his brothers, bought the patch of land in the fall of 1975, during an era when thousands of back-to-the-landers seeking simplicity and intentional community set their sights on the Ozarks. The art project, a kiln firing in a massive wood-fired furnace, is part vigil, part science experiment, part campout. It’s also an excellent hang. Volunteers — mostly ceramicists whose work hitches a ride on Driver’s 2,200-degree bandwagon — keep watch over the fire in a series of sixhour shifts, aiming for that Goldilocks temperature in a precarious game of Tetris, delicately positioning, adding and stoking logs in a small mouth at the west end of the kiln chamber. When I arrived on the Friday afternoon of the kiln firing, my hatchback joined a short row of a half-dozen cars in a patch of pasture. There was a faint whirr in the background; Driver, 75, was pressure washing the patio in hopes that the crew could have some pizza that evening on the deck, courtesy of a wood-fired oven made of leftover material from the kiln’s construction. The kiln house itself resembles an open-air wood shop or a potting shed, and tall stacks of pine and oak wood formed a wall on one end of the kiln house, where a handful of artists stood watch, occasionally squinting at a gadget hanging from a metal beam. “That little machine is a pyrometer,” artist Jennifer Perren explained. “It’s a digital way to track the heat inside the kiln.” Potters firing before the invention of the pyrometer (and these days, a few hardcore purists) used only sensory cues to monitor and adjust the heat — the speed and color of the smoke, for example. Or, “when it reaches a certain temperature,” Perren said, “it might suck air in, so you listen for the crackling.” Driver’s most accurate gauge, though, is a row of pyrometric cones mounted into a fireproof base, each ceramic spike built to bend and melt at a particular temperature. “These cones give you a lot of information,” he said. “The pyrometer just tells you when the temperature is climbing, and it’s not even accurate. This is telling you the actual temperature of the heat saturation.” Or, as he put it on his Instagram account earlier this year, paraphrasing Shakira, “hips and cones don’t lie.” Driver and his wife, Louise Halsey, live on the property, where they run a cozy storefront for their work called Little Mulberry Gallery — their “late-in-life business plan,” Driver said. Driver was the subject of a 2024 documentary film titled “Ozark Wabi,” and he and Halsey have each been awarded the title Arkansas Living Treasure from the Arkansas Arts Council — Halsey in 2017 and Driver in 2025. Each of them has also been awarded — perhaps by way of their shared temperaments and experiences — a sly, joyful twinkle in their eyes. (Goals.) The multi-chamber kiln — an adaptation of a fifth-century Japanese “cave kiln” — is made from around 5,000 fireproof bricks, much of which was salvaged from the legendary Camark Pottery operation in Arkansas’ Ouachita County. Behind its walls during a firing, a transformation takes place. What was once a relatively monochrome 36 SEPTEMBER 2026
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KEEPING WATCH: On a patch of land just uphill from the Little Mulberry River, Driver and volunteers — mostly ceramicists — keep watch over a wood-fired kiln in a series of six-hour shifts, aiming for a “Goldilocks” temperature range.
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“LETTING THE FIRE INTERACT WITH THE POTTERY IS A GREAT WAY OF HUMANIZING MY WORK, AND MAKING IT WARMER. IT SOFTENS, OBSCURES, DISTORTS, WARPS.” — STEPHEN DRIVER 38 SEPTEMBER 2026
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GROUP PROJECT: Driver (at left) and Chris Cameron (at top center) feed the fire that will transform around 1,000 pieces of ceramic art into multi-hued marvels.
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FRUITS OF LABOR: Cermicist Jennifer Perren, at right, holds one of her signature “devil jar” pieces, one of many to emerge from the sealed kiln after this spring’s firing.
“WE’RE EITHER EUPHORIC OR A LITTLE SAD. KINDA LIKE CHRISTMAS. SOMETIMES YOU GET WHAT YOU DON’T WANT AND IT MIGHT TURN OUT TO BE WHAT YOU NEEDED.” — STEPHEN DRIVER 40 SEPTEMBER 2026
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assemblage of ceramic pieces emerges from the fire as a wildly varied mosaic of a collection in hues of mossy green and vermilion and honey and hazelnut, the result not only of the sustained blaze, but the interaction between the silica on the clay surfaces and the swirling flakes of wood ash inside the kiln, which, with the addition of sodium, lend a delicious unpredictability to the whole affair. “We’re either euphoric or a little sad,” Driver said. “Kinda like Christmas. Sometimes you get what you don’t want and it might turn out to be what you needed.” All this is a far cry from Driver’s former relationship to pottery. Before his 20 years as an educator at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and at Brescia University in Owensboro, Kentucky (he retired from teaching in 2013), Driver was a production potter, logging 80 hours a week replicating forms with uniformity and control as an absolute ideal. These days, Driver’s process is a bit more unruly; he concocts his clay mixtures by sieving water through the legs of a pair of old denim jeans suspended comical-
ly in his solar-powered outdoor studio, clamping the pants at the ankles to form a sort of gravity-powered strainer. Like when Dylan went electric, but in reverse. “It was a decision I made a long time ago,” Driver said. “I just find that firing this way makes my pots better. Letting the fire interact with the pottery is a great way of humanizing my work, and making it warmer. It softens, obscures, distorts, warps. … I also just had a lot of energy and am a pyromaniac.” Next year will be Driver’s 10th firing. He hopes to offer some additional workshops to mark the occasion, one of which will be about tea. Driver is known for his teapots; a teapot Driver fired in 1993 is part of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts’ permanent collection, for one, and he’s got teapots in homes and galleries all over the world, a result of doing workshops in places like Korea and Argentina. Visiting the latter earlier this year, Driver was taken with the historical continuity between living Argentinian potters and their predecessors. “These people are digging this clay out of the mountain-
side,” he said, “and they’re firing it with the same materials they used 1,500 years ago, and the surface of the pots looks the same. I found it very exciting, the continuum with the Inca and the pre-Incan cultures.” Like the nine before it, next year’s firing will be both a repetition and a singular thing. The work will be entirely new, and the process will be entirely ancient. Each artist with work in the kiln — many of them Driver’s former students — will travel in and sleep somewhere nearby, sharing shifts and stories and a few communal responsibilities, like making a meal for the whole crew. Driver will shepherd the focused energy of the temperature dance and, if precedent holds, devote little energy to keeping score of how much wood gets used, or how many pieces of work are in the kiln that particular year. “I’m not counting,” he said more than once. You can find more of Driver’s work at littlemulberrygallery.com or on Instagram @driverpotter.
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Jacob P. Fair Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Robert T. Smith Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
David A. Grace Hardin & Grace 501-378-7900 500 Main Street, Suite A North Little Rock
Patrick Spivey Fuqua Campbell 501-374-0200 Riviera Tower, Suite 205 Little Rock Robert D. Stroud Blair & Stroud 870-793-8350 500 East Main Street, Suite 201 Batesville David B. Vandergriff Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
Andrew King Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Ralph W. Waddell Waddell, Cole & Jones 870-931-1700 310 East Street, Suite A Jonesboro
John Kooistra III Steel Wright Gray 501-379-9425 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2910 Little Rock
Robert Wilson III Johnson Firm 501-216-9388 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1400 Little Rock
Judy Simmons Henry Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Johnathan D. Horton Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Kevin P. Keech Keech Law Firm 501-221-3200 2011 South Broadway Street Little Rock Andrew King Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Harry A. Light Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Christopher A. McNulty Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Kelly W. McNulty Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock Lance R. Miller Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock David S. Mitchell, Jr. Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Jaimie G. Moss Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock John Rainwater Rainwater, Holt & Sexton 501-868-2500 801 Technology Drive Little Rock Stan D. Smith Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Mary-Tipton Thalheimer Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Geoffrey B. Treece Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Kyle T. Unser Kutak Rock 479-250-9700 5111 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 300 Rogers Bet-the-Company Litigation Jess L. Askew III Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
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Robert L. Jones III Hamlin Dispute Resolution 501-850-8888 2513 McCain Blvd, Suite 2 PMB#109 Little Rock
E.B. Chiles IV Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
Stephen R. Lancaster Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Constance G. Clark Davis, Butt, Taylor & Clark 479-521-7600 75 North East Avenue, Suite 402 Fayetteville Charles T. Coleman Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Kevin A. Crass Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Timothy Cullen Cullen & Company 501-370-4800 P.O. Box 3255 Little Rock David M. Donovan WDTC Law 501-372-1406 2120 Riverfront Drive, Suite 275 Little Rock Richard T. Donovan Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Timothy O. Dudley Timothy O. Dudley 501-372-0080 10201 West Markham, Suite 328 Little Rock John R. Elrod Spencer Fane 479-587-1426 4375 North Vantage Drive Fayetteville William Mell Griffin III Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Christopher J. Heller Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Harry A. Light Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Lance R. Miller Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Elizabeth Robben Murray Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Clifford W. Plunkett Friday Eldredge & Clark 479-695-2011 3350 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 301 Rogers David M. Powell Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Troy A. Price Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Steven W. Quattlebaum Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Gordon S. Rather, Jr. Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Roger D. Rowe Lax, Vaughan, Fortson, Rowe & Threet 501-376-6565 Cantrell West Building, Suite 201 Little Rock
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Michael N. Shannon Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Steven Taylor Shults Shults Law Firm 501-375-2301 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1600 Little Rock John E. Tull III Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock William A. Waddell, Jr. Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Jamie H. Walsworth Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock David D. Wilson Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) Robyn P. Allmendinger Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock David Biscoe Bingham Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Tameron C. Bishop Kutak Rock 479-973-4200 1277 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite 300 Fayetteville A. Cale Block RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock Michael Goswami Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock 54 SEPTEMBER 2026
Rebecca B. Hurst Smith Hurst 479-405-5355 5100 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 1030 Rogers
Annie Depper Fuqua Campbell 501-374-0200 Riviera Tower, Suite 205 Little Rock
Laura Dyer Johnson Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock
Daniel Faulkner Owens & Parker Law Firm 501-764-4334 1160 Markham Street Suite Two Conway
Cal McCastlain Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
David M. Fuqua Fuqua Campbell 501-374-0200 Riviera Tower, Suite 205 Little Rock
Alex Miller RMP 479-443-2705 5519 Hackett Street, Suite 300 Springdale
Denise Reid Hoggard Rainwater, Holt & Sexton 501-868-2500 801 Technology Drive Little Rock
Collaborative Law: Family Law Gary B. Rogers Hilburn & Harper 501-372-0110 US Bank Building, Eighth Floor North Little Rock Commercial Finance Law James P. Beachboard Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Daniel Goodwin Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock
William Stuart Jackson Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Jill Grimsley Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 479-464-5650 4206 South J.B. Hunt Drive, Suite 200 Rogers
B.R. Price RMP 479-553-9800 809 SW A Street, Suite 105 Bentonville
Michael Mosley Owens & Parker Law Firm 501-764-4334 1160 Markham Street Suite Two Conway
John Kooistra III Steel Wright Gray 501-379-9425 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2910 Little Rock
Brian Rosenthal Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock
Austin Porter, Jr. Porter Law Firm 501-244-8200 Tower Building, Suite 1035 Little Rock
David A. Smith Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law Bryant Cranford Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock
J. Scott Schallhorn Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock
Paul Parnell Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock
James W. Smith Smith Hurst 479-405-5355 5100 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 1030 Rogers Denton Woods RMP 479-443-2705 5519 Hackett Street, Suite 300 Springdale Cannabis Law Michael Goswami Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Civil Rights Law Bettina Brownstein Bettina E. Brownstein 501-920-1764 904 West Second Street, Second Floor Little Rock
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Russell C. Atchley Kutak Rock 479-973-4200 1277 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite 300 Fayetteville Russell Bailey Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Betsy Baker Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Devin R. Bates Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Eric Berger Wright Lindsey Jennings 479-986-0888 3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 510 Rogers H. David Blair Blair & Stroud 870-793-8350 500 East Main Street, Suite 201 Batesville Vicki Bronson Spencer Fane 479-587-1426 4375 North Vantage Drive Fayetteville
Robert T. Smith Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Jason J. Campbell Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock
Jay T. Taylor Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Kelly Carithers Carithers Johnson Devenport 479-332-4905 3900 Front Street, Suite 103 Fayetteville
Commercial Litigation John E. Alexander Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 479-464-5650 4206 South J.B. Hunt Drive, Suite 200 Rogers Jess L. Askew III Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
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J. R. Carroll Kutak Rock 479-973-4200 1277 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite 300 Fayetteville Casey Castleberry Castleberry Law Firm 501-804-8111 8 Parkstone Circle, Suite A Little Rock
Brandon B. Cate Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 479-444-5200 4100 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 310 Springdale Meredith M. Causey Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Vincent O. Chadick Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 479-444-5200 4100 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 310 Springdale E.B. Chiles IV Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Constance G. Clark Davis, Butt, Taylor & Clark 479-521-7600 75 North East Avenue, Suite 402 Fayetteville Suzanne G. Clark Clark Law Firm 479-802-4834 121 West South Street Fayetteville William F. Clark Davis, Butt, Taylor & Clark 479-521-7600 75 North East Avenue, Suite 402 Fayetteville Brandon T. Cole Anderson Murphy Hopkins 501-372-1887 101 River Bluff Drive, Suite A Little Rock Gary D. Corum Corum-Law 501-375-6454 Eight Plantation Acres Drive Little Rock Kevin A. Crass Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Niki Cung Kutak Rock 479-973-4200 1277 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite 300 Fayetteville
Stephen M. Dacus Kutak Rock 479-973-4200 1277 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite 300 Fayetteville
Timothy O. Dudley Timothy O. Dudley 501-372-0080 10201 West Markham, Suite 328 Little Rock
Roger H. Fitzgibbon Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock
Tony A. DiCarlo III Hall Booth Smith 501-214-3499 200 River Market Avenue, Suite 500 Little Rock
John R. Elrod Spencer Fane 479-587-1426 4375 North Vantage Drive Fayetteville
Jeffrey M. Fletcher Kutak Rock 479-973-4200 1277 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite 300 Fayetteville
David M. Donovan WDTC Law 501-372-1406 2120 Riverfront Drive, Suite 275 Little Rock Richard T. Donovan Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Mark W. Dossett Kutak Rock 479-973-4200 1277 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite 300 Fayetteville
Jacob P. Fair Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Joseph R. Falasco Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Matthew B. Finch Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock
Karen P. Freeman Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 479-464-5650 4206 South J.B. Hunt Drive, Suite 200 Rogers Allison R. Gladden Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock J. Douglas Gramling Hall Estill 479-973-5200 75 North East Avenue, Suite 500 Fayetteville
Julie DeWoody Greathouse PPGMR Law 501-603-9000 201 East Markham Street, Suite 200 Little Rock
Michael McCarty Harrison Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Eric Gribble Fuqua Campbell 501-374-0200 Riviera Tower, Suite 205 Little Rock
Aaron Heffington Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock
William Mell Griffin III Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Audra K. Hamilton Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock John T. Hardin Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock
Michael B. Heister Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Christopher J. Heller Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Judy Simmons Henry Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Mark Murphey Henry Henry Law Firm 479-368-0555 240 N Block Ave Fayetteville Stephen A. Hester Spicer Rudstrom 501-904-7004 425 West Capital Avenue, Suite 3175 Little Rock Joel Hoover Newland & Associates 501-221-9393 2228 Cottondale Lane, Suite 200 Little Rock Adam Hopkins Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Ashley Welch Hudson Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Tim Hutchinson RMP 479-443-2705 5519 Hackett Street, Suite 300 Springdale
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Benjamin D. Jackson Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Colin M. Johnson Carithers Johnson Devenport 479-332-4905 3900 Front Street, Suite 103 Fayetteville John Johnson Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Robert L. Jones III Hamlin Dispute Resolution 501-850-8888 2513 McCain Blvd, Suite 2 PMB#109 Little Rock Sarah Keith-Bolden Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Andrew King Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Kerri E. Kobbeman Spencer Fane 479-587-1426 4375 North Vantage Drive Fayetteville Stephen R. Lancaster Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Todd P. Lewis Spencer Fane 479-587-1426 4375 North Vantage Drive Fayetteville Kathy McCarroll Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Larry McCredy RMP 479-443-2705 5519 Hackett Street, Suite 300 Springdale
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E. Joseph McGehee Rose Law Firm 479-301-2444 809 S 52nd St, Ste A Rogers Christopher A. McNulty Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Kelly W. McNulty Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock Stuart P. Miller Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 479-464-5650 4206 South J.B. Hunt Drive, Suite 200 Rogers David S. Mitchell, Jr. Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Michael Mosley Owens & Parker Law Firm 501-764-4334 1160 Markham Street Suite Two Conway Jaimie G. Moss Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Bruce E. Munson Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock Elizabeth Robben Murray Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Marshall S. Ney Friday Eldredge & Clark 479-695-2011 3350 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 301 Rogers Edward T. Oglesby The Brad Hendricks Law Firm 501-221-0444 500 Pleasant Valley Drive, Building C Little Rock Amanda G. Orcutt Shults Law Firm 501-375-2301 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1600 Little Rock
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Danielle Whitehouse Owens Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock
Roger D. Rowe Lax, Vaughan, Fortson, Rowe & Threet 501-376-6565 Cantrell West Building, Suite 201 Little Rock
Clifford W. Plunkett Friday Eldredge & Clark 479-695-2011 3350 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 301 Rogers
George Rozzell Miller, Butler, Schneider, Pawlik & Rozzell 479-621-0006 224 South Second Street Rogers
Dylan Potts Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock
John M. Scott Spencer Fane 479-587-1426 4375 North Vantage Drive Fayetteville
David M. Powell Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Joseph W. Price II Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Steven W. Quattlebaum Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Brian H. Ratcliff PPGMR Law 870-862-5523 200 N. Jefferson Ave., Suite 500 El Dorado Gordon S. Rather, Jr. Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Bourgon Reynolds Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Scott Richardson McDaniel Wolff 1-501-954-8000 1307 W. 4th Street Little Rock Gary B. Rogers Hilburn & Harper 501-372-0110 US Bank Building, Eighth Floor North Little Rock
Michael N. Shannon Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Peter R. Shults Shults Law Firm 501-375-2301 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1600 Little Rock Steven Taylor Shults Shults Law Firm 501-375-2301 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1600 Little Rock Michael G. Smith Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Shane Strabala Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock John P. Talbot Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Rex M. Terry Hardin, Jesson & Terry 479-452-2200 5000 Rogers Avenue, Suite 500 Fort Smith Michael A. Thompson Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
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Scott Tidwell RMP 479-443-2705 5519 Hackett Street, Suite 300 Springdale John E. Tull III Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Michael P. Vanderford Anderson Murphy Hopkins 501-372-1887 101 River Bluff Drive, Suite A Little Rock David B. Vandergriff Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
Amber Wilson Bagley Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock R. Ryan Younger Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Commercial Transactions / UCC Law Nick Arnold Kutak Rock 479-250-9700 5111 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 300 Rogers Stuart C. Hindmarsh Kutak Rock 479-250-9700 5111 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 300 Rogers
Caley B. Vo Wright Lindsey Jennings 479-986-0888 3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 510 Rogers
John Kooistra III Steel Wright Gray 501-379-9425 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2910 Little Rock
William A. Waddell, Jr. Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Walter McSpadden Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Jason H. Wales Wales & Mikesch 479-439-8088 2909 E. Glory Dr STE 113 Fayetteville
Communications Law Jess L. Askew III Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
B.J. Walker Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Jamie H. Walsworth Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Brett D. Watson Brett D. Watson, Attorney at Law 501-281-2468 P.O. Box 707 Searcy David D. Wilson Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Construction Law M. Stephen Bingham Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock William Jackson Butt II Davis, Butt, Taylor & Clark 479-521-7600 75 North East Avenue, Suite 402 Fayetteville Max R. Deitchler Kutak Rock 479-973-4200 1277 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite 300 Fayetteville Matthew B. Finch Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock
Roger H. Fitzgibbon Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock
Terry W. Pool Kutak Rock 479-250-9700 5111 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 300 Rogers
Stephen R. Giles Stephen R. Giles 501-375-9151 425 W Capitol Avenue Little Rock
David M. Powell Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock
David A. Grace Hardin & Grace 501-378-7900 500 Main Street, Suite A North Little Rock
Joseph W. Price II Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
Cyril Hollingsworth Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Joel Hoover Newland & Associates 501-221-9393 2228 Cottondale Lane, Suite 200 Little Rock
Jeffrey W. Puryear Puryear Mayfield & McNeil 870-932-0900 3000 Browns Lane Jonesboro John M. Scott Spencer Fane 479-587-1426 4375 North Vantage Drive Fayetteville
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Susan K. Kendall Harrington, Miller, Kieklak, Eichmann & Brown 479-751-6464 4710 S. Thompson, Suite 102 Springdale Amy C. Markham Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Larry McCredy RMP 479-443-2705 5519 Hackett Street, Suite 300 Springdale Edward T. Oglesby The Brad Hendricks Law Firm 501-221-0444 500 Pleasant Valley Drive, Building C Little Rock
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Adam Hopkins Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Corporate Compliance Law Wendy Johnson RMP 479-443-2705 5519 Hackett Street, Suite 300 Springdale Corporate Governance Law Courtney C. Crouch III Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock James W. Smith Smith Hurst 479-405-5355 5100 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 1030 Rogers SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION
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Corporate Law Robyn P. Allmendinger Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Robert B. Beach Lax, Vaughan, Fortson, Rowe & Threet 501-376-6565 Cantrell West Building, Suite 201 Little Rock James P. Beachboard Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Paul B. Benham III Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock M. Stephen Bingham Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock
Casey Dorman Lawson Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 479-464-5650 4206 South J.B. Hunt Drive, Suite 200 Rogers
Joseph R. Falasco Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
D. Nicole Lovell Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock
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William T. Marshall William T. Marshall 501-420-1766 P.O. Box 7419 Little Rock
Allison R. Gladden Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Daniel Goodwin Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock
A. Cale Block RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock
Timothy W. Grooms Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
Wade Bowen Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 870-938-6262 100 East Huntington Avenue, Suite C Jonesboro John Bryant Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Courtney C. Crouch III Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Bryan W. Duke Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Walter M. Ebel III Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock 58 SEPTEMBER 2026
Ashley Edwards Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock
Aaron Heffington Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock Rebecca B. Hurst Smith Hurst 479-405-5355 5100 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 1030 Rogers Wendy Johnson RMP 479-443-2705 5519 Hackett Street, Suite 300 Springdale Jeb H. Joyce Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 479-444-5200 4100 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 310 Springdale Kerri E. Kobbeman Spencer Fane 479-587-1426 4375 North Vantage Drive Fayetteville
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Cal McCastlain Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock C. David McDaniel Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock E. Conner McNair Friday Eldredge & Clark 479-695-2011 3350 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 301 Rogers Matthew D. Mitchell Friday Eldredge & Clark 479-695-2011 3350 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 301 Rogers Joseph G. Nichols Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Paul Parnell Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Greg S. Scharlau Spencer Fane 479-587-1426 4375 North Vantage Drive Fayetteville James W. Smith Smith Hurst 479-405-5355 5100 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 1030 Rogers
Robert T. Smith Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Patrick Spivey Fuqua Campbell 501-374-0200 Riviera Tower, Suite 205 Little Rock Ralph W. Waddell Waddell, Cole & Jones 870-931-1700 310 East Street, Suite A Jonesboro Criminal Defense: General Practice Bill W. Bristow Bristow Law Firm 870-935-9000 216 East Washington Avenue Jonesboro Lisa Dennis Gunn Kieklak & Dennis 479-439-9840 3608 North Steel Boulevard, #101 Fayetteville Annie Depper Fuqua Campbell 501-374-0200 Riviera Tower, Suite 205 Little Rock Timothy O. Dudley Timothy O. Dudley 501-372-0080 10201 West Markham, Suite 328 Little Rock John Wesley Hall, Jr. John Wesley Hall 501-371-9131 1202 Main Street, Suite 210 Little Rock J. Blake Hendrix Fuqua Campbell 501-374-0200 Riviera Tower, Suite 205 Little Rock
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Ashley Welch Hudson Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
J. Cotten Cunningham Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock
Gary D. Marts, Jr. Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Benjamin D. Jackson Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock
Barrett Deacon Mayer 479-396-2060 2434 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite Six Fayetteville
Kara Mikles Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock
Mark W. Dossett Kutak Rock 479-973-4200 1277 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite 300 Fayetteville
Bruce E. Munson Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock
Elizabeth Fletcher Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock
Edward T. Oglesby The Brad Hendricks Law Firm 501-221-0444 500 Pleasant Valley Drive, Building C Little Rock
Colin M. Johnson Carithers Johnson Devenport 479-332-4905 3900 Front Street, Suite 103 Fayetteville Steven W. Quattlebaum Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Brian D. Reddick Reddick Law 501-943-1456 One Information Way, Suite 105 Little Rock Amber Wilson Bagley Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Litigation - Insurance M. Stephen Bingham Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Timothy L. Boone RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock Mark Breeding Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock Kevin W. Cole Waddell, Cole & Jones 870-931-1700 310 East Street, Suite A Jonesboro Niki Cung Kutak Rock 479-973-4200 1277 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite 300 Fayetteville
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Sarah Greenwood RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock
David M. Powell Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock
William Mell Griffin III Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Jeffrey W. Puryear Puryear Mayfield & McNeil 870-932-0900 3000 Browns Lane Jonesboro
Michael McCarty Harrison Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Emily M. Runyon Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 479-464-5650 4206 South J.B. Hunt Drive, Suite 200 Rogers
Stephen A. Hester Spicer Rudstrom 501-904-7004 425 West Capital Avenue, Suite 3175 Little Rock
Michael G. Smith Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Cynthia W. Kolb Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock
M. Evan Stallings Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock
Jason Lee Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock Amy C. Markham Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Shane Strabala Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock Scott Tidwell RMP 479-443-2705 5519 Hackett Street, Suite 300 Springdale
Amy L. Tracy Tracy Law 501-712-5899 918 West Sixth Street Little Rock Jamie H. Walsworth Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Kyle R. Wilson Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Kimberly D. Young Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Mary Carole Young RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock Litigation - Intellectual Property Kevin A. Crass Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Frederick H. Davis Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Josh Hallenbeck Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Mark Murphey Henry Henry Law Firm 479-368-0555 240 N Block Ave Fayetteville Adam Hopkins Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Harry A. Light Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Marshall S. Ney Friday Eldredge & Clark 479-695-2011 3350 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 301 Rogers
Litigation - Labor and Employment John L. Burnett Lavey and Burnett 501-376-2269 904 West Second Street Little Rock Daniel R. Carter James & Carter 501-263-9450 500 Broadway, Suite 400 Little Rock Brandon B. Cate Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 479-444-5200 4100 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 310 Springdale E.B. Chiles IV Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Suzanne G. Clark Clark Law Firm 479-802-4834 121 West South Street Fayetteville J. Bruce Cross Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock John D. Davis Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Christopher J. Heller Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Elizabeth Robben Murray Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Denise Reid Hoggard Rainwater, Holt & Sexton 501-868-2500 801 Technology Drive Little Rock
Marshall S. Ney Friday Eldredge & Clark 479-695-2011 3350 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 301 Rogers
William Stuart Jackson Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Sarah Keith-Bolden Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Susan K. Kendall Harrington, Miller, Kieklak, Eichmann & Brown 479-751-6464 4710 S. Thompson, Suite 102 Springdale Kerri E. Kobbeman Spencer Fane 479-587-1426 4375 North Vantage Drive Fayetteville Cynthia W. Kolb Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock
Abbie Decker Rucker Fuqua Campbell 501-374-0200 Riviera Tower, Suite 205 Little Rock
Eva C. Madison Littler 479-582-6100 The Fulbright Building Fayetteville
Missy McJunkins Duke Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock
David P. Martin Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock
Joseph R. Falasco Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Audra K. Hamilton Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock
Abtin Mehdizadegan Hall Booth Smith 501-214-3499 200 River Market Avenue, Suite 500 Little Rock Barrett S. Moore Blair & Stroud 870-793-8350 500 East Main Street, Suite 201 Batesville Michael S. Moore Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions Suzanne G. Clark Clark Law Firm 479-802-4834 121 West South Street Fayetteville
Cade L. Cox Cox, Sterling, Vandiver, & Botteicher 501-954-8073 8201 Cantrell Road, Suite 330 Little Rock
Kerri E. Kobbeman Spencer Fane 479-587-1426 4375 North Vantage Drive Fayetteville
Thomas A. Daily Blythe Law Firm 479-782-0361 58 South Sixth Street Fort Smith
Amanda G. Orcutt Shults Law Firm 501-375-2301 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1600 Little Rock
Litigation - Municipal Missy McJunkins Duke Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock
Don A. Eilbott Don A. Eilbott 501-225-2885 P.O. Box 23870 Little Rock
Danielle Whitehouse Owens Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock
Robert K. Rhoads Hall Estill 479-973-5200 75 North East Avenue, Suite 500 Fayetteville
Dylan Potts Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock Janet L. Pulliam Pulliam Law Offices 501-664-7405 15 Pinnacle Point North Little Rock Spencer F. Robinson Ramsay, Bridgforth, Robinson & Raley 870-535-9000 Simmons First National Bank Building, 501 Main Street 11th Floor Pine Bluff Benjamin H. Shipley III Robertson, Beasley, Shipley & Robinson 479-782-8813 315 North Seventh Street Fort Smith Paul D. Waddell Waddell, Cole & Jones 870-931-1700 310 East Street, Suite A Jonesboro Carolyn B. Witherspoon Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock H. Wayne Young Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
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Colby T. Roe Blythe Law Firm 479-782-0361 58 South Sixth Street Fort Smith Litigation - Patent Frederick H. Davis Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Mark Murphey Henry Henry Law Firm 479-368-0555 240 N Block Ave Fayetteville Litigation - Real Estate Adrienne L. Baker Wright Lindsey Jennings 479-986-0888 3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 510 Rogers Vicki Bronson Spencer Fane 479-587-1426 4375 North Vantage Drive Fayetteville Constance G. Clark Davis, Butt, Taylor & Clark 479-521-7600 75 North East Avenue, Suite 402 Fayetteville Suzanne G. Clark Clark Law Firm 479-802-4834 121 West South Street Fayetteville William F. Clark Davis, Butt, Taylor & Clark 479-521-7600 75 North East Avenue, Suite 402 Fayetteville
Joseph R. Falasco Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Timothy W. Grooms Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock L. Kyle Heffley Kutak Rock 479-250-9700 5111 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 300 Rogers Johnathan D. Horton Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Andrew King Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Stephen R. Lancaster Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Edwin N. McClure Matthews, Campbell, Rhoads, McClure & Thompson 479-636-0875 213 N 2nd Street Rogers Brandon Moffitt Moffitt & Phillips 501-255-7406 1501 North University, Suite 211 Little Rock
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H. Keith Morrison Johnson Firm 501-216-9388 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1400 Little Rock Joseph W. Price II Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Patrick Spivey Fuqua Campbell 501-374-0200 Riviera Tower, Suite 205 Little Rock Aaron Squyres Johnson Firm 501-216-9388 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1400 Little Rock John P. Talbot Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Mary-Tipton Thalheimer Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Kyle T. Unser Kutak Rock 479-250-9700 5111 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 300 Rogers David B. Vandergriff Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Richard T. Donovan Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock David S. Mitchell, Jr. Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Litigation - Securities Jess L. Askew III Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Kevin A. Crass Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Richard T. Donovan Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Kerri E. Kobbeman Spencer Fane 479-587-1426 4375 North Vantage Drive Fayetteville Litigation - Trusts and Estates Betsy Baker Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock William Jackson Butt II Davis, Butt, Taylor & Clark 479-521-7600 75 North East Avenue, Suite 402 Fayetteville
Jillian Wilson Johnson Firm 501-216-9388 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1400 Little Rock
Suzanne G. Clark Clark Law Firm 479-802-4834 121 West South Street Fayetteville
Robert Wilson III Johnson Firm 501-216-9388 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1400 Little Rock
Allison J. Cornwell Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Thomas H. Wyatt Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
Cade L. Cox Cox, Sterling, Vandiver, & Botteicher 501-954-8073 8201 Cantrell Road, Suite 330 Little Rock
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Robert S. Jones Waddell, Cole & Jones 870-931-1700 310 East Street, Suite A Jonesboro Stephen R. Lancaster Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock David S. Mitchell, Jr. Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Sarah Cotton Patterson Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Katie Watson Bingham Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Litigation and Controversy - Tax Price C. Gardner Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Michael Goswami Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Anton L. Janik Jr. Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Wendy Johnson RMP 479-443-2705 5519 Hackett Street, Suite 300 Springdale David S. Mitchell, Jr. Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Michael O. Parker Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Paul Parnell Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock
Christopher D. Plumlee RMP 479-443-2705 5519 Hackett Street, Suite 300 Springdale
Martin A. Kasten Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Kimberly D. Young Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions Defendants Mark Breeding Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock
Andrew King Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
R. Ryan Younger Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
E.B. Chiles IV Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Baxter D. Drennon Hall Booth Smith 501-214-3499 200 River Market Avenue, Suite 500 Little Rock John R. Elrod Spencer Fane 479-587-1426 4375 North Vantage Drive Fayetteville Elizabeth Fletcher Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock Jeffrey M. Fletcher Kutak Rock 479-973-4200 1277 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite 300 Fayetteville Sarah Greenwood RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock Megan D. Hargraves Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Scott A. Irby Wright Lindsey Jennings 479-986-0888 3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 510 Rogers Benjamin D. Jackson Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock
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Edwin L. Lowther, Jr. Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Gary D. Marts, Jr. Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Scott D. Provencher Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Steven W. Quattlebaum Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Gordon S. Rather, Jr. Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Graham C. Talley Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Michael A. Thompson Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock John E. Tull III Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Jamie H. Walsworth Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs J. R. Carroll Kutak Rock 479-973-4200 1277 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite 300 Fayetteville Anthony C. Johnson Johnson Firm 501- 372-1300 610 President Clinton Avenue, Suite 200 Little Rock Michael R. Rainwater Rainwater, Holt & Sexton 501-868-2500 801 Technology Drive Little Rock Brian D. Reddick Reddick Law 501-943-1456 One Information Way, Suite 105 Little Rock Clyde Talbot Turner Turner & Associates 501-791-2277 4705 Somers Avenue, Suite 100 North Little Rock Media Law Jess L. Askew III Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Brandon B. Cate Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 479-444-5200 4100 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 310 Springdale Vincent O. Chadick Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 479-444-5200 4100 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 310 Springdale
John E. Tull III Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
Kelly Carithers Carithers Johnson Devenport 479-332-4905 3900 Front Street, Suite 103 Fayetteville
Mediation Jon B. Comstock Comstock Conflict Resolution Services 479-659-1767 206 South Second Street, Suite C Rogers
Mark W. Dossett Kutak Rock 479-973-4200 1277 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite 300 Fayetteville
David M. Fuqua Fuqua Campbell 501-374-0200 Riviera Tower, Suite 205 Little Rock Frank S. Hamlin Hamlin Dispute Resolution 501-850-8888 2513 McCain Blvd, Suite 2 PMB#109 Little Rock Robert E. Hornberger Robert E. Hornberger Attorney/Mediator 479-459-7878 420 Painter Lane Barling Bruce E. Munson Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock James W. Tilley WDTC Law 501-372-1406 2120 Riverfront Drive, Suite 275 Little Rock Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants Michelle Ator Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Timothy L. Boone RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock Mark Breeding Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock Jason J. Campbell Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock
James R. Estes, Jr. Cox & Estes 479-251-7900 3900 North Front Street, Suite 103 Fayetteville Jeffrey M. Fletcher Kutak Rock 479-973-4200 1277 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite 300 Fayetteville Sarah Greenwood RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock William Mell Griffin III Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Jeffrey W. Hatfield Hardin, Jesson & Terry 501-850-0015 1401 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 190 Little Rock Rebecca D. Hattabaugh Ledbetter Cogbill Arnold & Harrison 479-782-7294 622 Parker Avenue Fort Smith L. Kyle Heffley Kutak Rock 479-250-9700 5111 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 300 Rogers Jason B. Hendren Hall Booth Smith 479-391-6200 5001 W Founders Way, Suite 330 Rogers Stephen A. Hester Spicer Rudstrom 501-904-7004 425 West Capital Avenue, Suite 3175 Little Rock
Mariam T. Hopkins Anderson Murphy Hopkins 501-372-1887 101 River Bluff Drive, Suite A Little Rock Benjamin D. Jackson Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Colin M. Johnson Carithers Johnson Devenport 479-332-4905 3900 Front Street, Suite 103 Fayetteville David C. Jung Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Robert J. Lambert, Jr. Roy, Lambert, Lovelace, Bingaman & Wood 479-320-2300 2706 South Dividend Drive Springdale Edwin L. Lowther, Jr. Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Emily M. Runyon Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 479-464-5650 4206 South J.B. Hunt Drive, Suite 200 Rogers Graham C. Talley Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Carson Tucker Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Paul D. Waddell Waddell, Cole & Jones 870-931-1700 310 East Street, Suite A Jonesboro Mark D. Wankum Anderson Murphy Hopkins 501-372-1887 101 River Bluff Drive, Suite A Little Rock Mary Carole Young RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock
Paul D. McNeill RMP 870-394-5200 710 Windover Road, Suite B Jonesboro
Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs Frank H. Bailey Horton Law Firm 888-822-6011 1000 McClain Road Suite 612 Bentonville
Bruce E. Munson Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock
H. David Blair Blair & Stroud 870-793-8350 500 East Main Street, Suite 201 Batesville
Scott D. Provencher Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Keith Blythe Blythe Law Firm 479-783-8044 3921 Rogers Avenue Fort Smith
Jeffrey W. Puryear Puryear Mayfield & McNeil 870-932-0900 3000 Browns Lane Jonesboro Bradley S. Runyon Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
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Will Bond McMath Woods 501-530-4320 711 West Third Street Little Rock Hugh E. Crisp The Crisp Law Firm 501-376-6264 221 West Second Street, Suite 8G Little Rock
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Shawn B. Daniels Daniels Law Firm 479-521-7000 129 West Sunbridge Drive Fayetteville Randy Hall Little Rock Trial Attorneys 501-239-5979 415 North McKinley, Suite 1000 Little Rock Joey McCutchen McCutchen Napurano 479-783-0036 1622 N B Street Fort Smith Bobby R. McDaniel McDaniel Law Firm 870-565-4215 400 South Main Street Jonesboro Mattie Taylor Little Rock Trial Attorneys 501-239-5979 415 North McKinley, Suite 1000 Little Rock George R. Wise, Jr. The Brad Hendricks Law Firm 501-221-0444 500 Pleasant Valley Drive, Building C Little Rock Mergers and Acquisitions Law Robyn P. Allmendinger Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Paul B. Benham III Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Tameron C. Bishop Kutak Rock 479-973-4200 1277 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite 300 Fayetteville Craig R. Cockrell Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 479-464-5650 4206 South J.B. Hunt Drive, Suite 200 Rogers Courtney C. Crouch III Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock
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Bryan W. Duke Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Matthew D. Mitchell Friday Eldredge & Clark 479-695-2011 3350 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 301 Rogers
Walter M. Ebel III Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Geoffrey D. Neal Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Price C. Gardner Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Joseph G. Nichols Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Rayburn W. Green Rayburn W. Green Attorney at Law null P.O. Box 11054 Fayetteville
Cal Rose Wright Lindsey Jennings 479-986-0888 3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 510 Rogers
Timothy W. Grooms Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
Greg S. Scharlau Spencer Fane 479-587-1426 4375 North Vantage Drive Fayetteville
Rebecca B. Hurst Smith Hurst 479-405-5355 5100 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 1030 Rogers Jeb H. Joyce Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 479-444-5200 4100 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 310 Springdale Scott M. Lar Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 479-444-5200 4100 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 310 Springdale D. Nicole Lovell Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock C. David McDaniel Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock E. Conner McNair Friday Eldredge & Clark 479-695-2011 3350 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 301 Rogers
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David A. Smith Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock James W. Smith Smith Hurst 479-405-5355 5100 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 1030 Rogers Robert T. Smith Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Thomas C. Vaughan, Jr. Lax, Vaughan, Fortson, Rowe & Threet 501-376-6565 Cantrell West Building, Suite 201 Little Rock Jenny Wilkes RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock Mining Law Thomas A. Daily Blythe Law Firm 479-782-0361 58 South Sixth Street Fort Smith
Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law Christopher A. McNulty Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Aaron Squyres Johnson Firm 501-216-9388 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1400 Little Rock Robert Wilson III Johnson Firm 501-216-9388 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1400 Little Rock Jennifer Wilson-Harvey Johnson Firm 501-216-9388 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1400 Little Rock Municipal Law Ryan A. Bowman Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock W. Taylor Marshall Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock D. Michael Moyers Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Colby T. Roe Blythe Law Firm 479-782-0361 58 South Sixth Street Fort Smith
Amber Wilson Bagley Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Carolyn B. Witherspoon Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Natural Resources Law James M. Saxton Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Nonprofit / Charities Law Rebecca B. Hurst Smith Hurst 479-405-5355 5100 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 1030 Rogers Wilson Jones Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Sarah Cotton Patterson Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Katie Watson Bingham Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock K. Coleman Westbrook, Jr. Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
J. Shepherd Russell III Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Oil and Gas Law Carolyn J. Clegg Keith & Clegg 870-234-3550 McAlester Building, Suite 205 Magnolia
John William Spivey III Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Michael Daily Blythe Law Firm 479-782-0361 58 South Sixth Street Fort Smith
Gordon M. Wilbourn Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
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Thomas A. Daily Blythe Law Firm 479-782-0361 58 South Sixth Street Fort Smith
Michael B. Heister Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock G. Alan Perkins PPGMR Law 501-603-9000 201 East Markham Street, Suite 200 Little Rock James M. Saxton Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Rex M. Terry Hardin, Jesson & Terry 479-452-2200 5000 Rogers Avenue, Suite 500 Fort Smith Patent Law J. Charles Dougherty Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Josh Hallenbeck Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Mark Murphey Henry Henry Law Firm 479-368-0555 240 N Block Ave Fayetteville Meredith K. Lowry Wright Lindsey Jennings 479-986-0888 3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 510 Rogers Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants Michelle Ator Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock James C. Baker, Jr. Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Michael D. Barnes Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Timothy L. Boone RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock
David M. Donovan WDTC Law 501-372-1406 2120 Riverfront Drive, Suite 275 Little Rock
Scott A. Irby Wright Lindsey Jennings 479-986-0888 3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 510 Rogers
Mark Breeding Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock
Baxter D. Drennon Hall Booth Smith 501-214-3499 200 River Market Avenue, Suite 500 Little Rock
Bill W. Bristow Bristow Law Firm 870-935-9000 216 East Washington Avenue Jonesboro
Michael J. Emerson Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock
Colin M. Johnson Carithers Johnson Devenport 479-332-4905 3900 Front Street, Suite 103 Fayetteville
Kelly Carithers Carithers Johnson Devenport 479-332-4905 3900 Front Street, Suite 103 Fayetteville
James R. Estes, Jr. Cox & Estes 479-251-7900 3900 North Front Street, Suite 103 Fayetteville
E.B. Chiles IV Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Kevin W. Cole Waddell, Cole & Jones 870-931-1700 310 East Street, Suite A Jonesboro Kevin A. Crass Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
G. Spence Fricke Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock Sarah Greenwood RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock William Mell Griffin III Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
J. Cotten Cunningham Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock
Michael McCarty Harrison Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Barrett Deacon Mayer 479-396-2060 2434 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite Six Fayetteville
Jeffrey W. Hatfield Hardin, Jesson & Terry 501-850-0015 1401 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 190 Little Rock
Deborah S. Denton Anderson Murphy Hopkins 501-372-1887 101 River Bluff Drive, Suite A Little Rock
Mariam T. Hopkins Anderson Murphy Hopkins 501-372-1887 101 River Bluff Drive, Suite A Little Rock
Tony A. DiCarlo III Hall Booth Smith 501-214-3499 200 River Market Avenue, Suite 500 Little Rock
D. Michael Huckabay, Jr. Huckabay Law Firm 501-375-5600 Metropolitan Tower, Suite 1575 Little Rock
Stuart P. Miller Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 479-464-5650 4206 South J.B. Hunt Drive, Suite 200 Rogers
Michael N. Shannon Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
Rodney P. Moore Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Jeffrey L. Singleton Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Robert L. Jones III Hamlin Dispute Resolution 501-850-8888 2513 McCain Blvd, Suite 2 PMB#109 Little Rock
Bruce E. Munson Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock
M. Evan Stallings Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock
David C. Jung Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Randy P. Murphy Anderson Murphy Hopkins 501-372-1887 101 River Bluff Drive, Suite A Little Rock
Shane Strabala Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock
Martin A. Kasten Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Clifford W. Plunkett Friday Eldredge & Clark 479-695-2011 3350 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 301 Rogers
Scott Tidwell RMP 479-443-2705 5519 Hackett Street, Suite 300 Springdale
Jason Lee Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock
Scott D. Provencher Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
James W. Tilley WDTC Law 501-372-1406 2120 Riverfront Drive, Suite 275 Little Rock
Jerry L. Lovelace Roy, Lambert, Lovelace, Bingaman & Wood 479-320-2300 2706 South Dividend Drive Springdale
Steven W. Quattlebaum Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
Carson Tucker Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Edwin L. Lowther, Jr. Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Brian H. Ratcliff PPGMR Law 870-862-5523 200 N. Jefferson Ave., Suite 500 El Dorado
John E. Tull III Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
Amy C. Markham Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Gordon S. Rather, Jr. Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Michael P. Vanderford Anderson Murphy Hopkins 501-372-1887 101 River Bluff Drive, Suite A Little Rock
Paul D. McNeill RMP 870-394-5200 710 Windover Road, Suite B Jonesboro
Emily M. Runyon Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 479-464-5650 4206 South J.B. Hunt Drive, Suite 200 Rogers
Caley B. Vo Wright Lindsey Jennings 479-986-0888 3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 510 Rogers
Kara Mikles Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock
Jerry J. Sallings Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
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Guy Alton Wade Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Jason H. Wales Wales & Mikesch 479-439-8088 2909 E. Glory Dr STE 113 Fayetteville Jamie H. Walsworth Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Mark D. Wankum Anderson Murphy Hopkins 501-372-1887 101 River Bluff Drive, Suite A Little Rock Thomas G. Williams Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock David D. Wilson Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Kyle R. Wilson Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock G. Alan Wooten Spencer Fane 479-587-1426 4375 North Vantage Drive Fayetteville Todd Wooten Hall Booth Smith 501-214-3499 200 River Market Avenue, Suite 500 Little Rock Mary Carole Young RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock R. Ryan Younger Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs Frank H. Bailey Horton Law Firm 888-822-6011 1000 McClain Road Suite 612 Bentonville
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Robert L. Beard Rainwater, Holt & Sexton 501-868-2500 801 Technology Drive Little Rock H. David Blair Blair & Stroud 870-793-8350 500 East Main Street, Suite 201 Batesville Keith Blythe Blythe Law Firm 479-783-8044 3921 Rogers Avenue Fort Smith
Bryce Brewer Rainwater, Holt & Sexton 501-868-2500 801 Technology Drive Little Rock Bill W. Bristow Bristow Law Firm 870-935-9000 216 East Washington Avenue Jonesboro
Hugh E. Crisp The Crisp Law Firm 501-376-6264 221 West Second Street, Suite 8G Little Rock Shawn B. Daniels Daniels Law Firm 479-521-7000 129 West Sunbridge Drive Fayetteville Joe Denton Denton, Zachary & Norwood 501-273-3976 700 South German Lane, Suite 101 Conway
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Paul J. James James & Carter 501-263-9450 500 Broadway, Suite 400 Little Rock Sarah C. Jewell McMath Woods 479-323-1417 525 South School Avenue, Suite 310 Fayetteville Kenneth J. Kieklak Ken Kieklak, Attorney at Law 479- 316-0438 3608 North Steel Boulevard, Suite 101 Fayetteville
Neil Chamberlin McMath Woods 501-530-4320 711 West Third Street Little Rock
B. Michael Easley Easley & Houseal 870-633-1447 510 East Cross Street Forrest City
Denise Reid Hoggard Rainwater, Holt & Sexton 501-868-2500 801 Technology Drive Little Rock Karen Hughes Rainwater, Holt & Sexton 501-868-2500 801 Technology Drive Little Rock
Will Bond McMath Woods 501-530-4320 711 West Third Street Little Rock
Timothy O. Dudley Timothy O. Dudley 501-372-0080 10201 West Markham, Suite 328 Little Rock
Jason M. Hatfield Law Office of Jason M. Hatfield 479-888-4952 1025 E. Don Tyson Parkway Springdale
Kathryn Knisley Huckabay Law Firm 501-375-5600 Metropolitan Tower, Suite 1575 Little Rock Jerry L. Lovelace Roy, Lambert, Lovelace, Bingaman & Wood 479-320-2300 2706 South Dividend Drive Springdale Lauren Manatt Manatt Law 870-641-2520 206 South Main Street Sheridan Joey McCutchen McCutchen Napurano 479-783-0036 1622 N B Street Fort Smith Bobby R. McDaniel McDaniel Law Firm 870-565-4215 400 South Main Street Jonesboro Brett A. McDaniel McDaniel Law Firm 870-565-4215 400 South Main Street Jonesboro
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James Bruce McMath McMath Woods 501-530-4320 711 West Third Street Little Rock Jeremy McNabb Rainwater, Holt & Sexton 501-868-2500 801 Technology Drive Little Rock Meredith Moore Rainwater, Holt & Sexton 501-868-2500 801 Technology Drive Little Rock Rodney P. Moore Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Rob Pointer Duncan Firm 501-228-7600 809 West Third Street Little Rock Dylan Potts Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock Jeff R. Priebe Rainwater, Holt & Sexton 501-868-2500 801 Technology Drive Little Rock John Rainwater Rainwater, Holt & Sexton 501-868-2500 801 Technology Drive Little Rock Michael R. Rainwater Rainwater, Holt & Sexton 501-868-2500 801 Technology Drive Little Rock Brian D. Reddick Reddick Law 501-943-1456 One Information Way, Suite 105 Little Rock T. Ryan Scott Oliver Law Firm 479-202-5200 3606 West Southern Hills Boulevard, Suite 200 Rogers Robert Sexton Rainwater, Holt & Sexton 501-868-2500 801 Technology Drive Little Rock
Michael N. Shannon Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Carter C. Stein McMath Woods 501-530-4320 711 West Third Street Little Rock Andrew M. Taylor Taylor & Taylor Law Firm 501-246-8004 12921 Cantrell Road, Suite 205 Little Rock Tasha C. Taylor Taylor & Taylor Law Firm 501-246-8004 12921 Cantrell Road, Suite 205 Little Rock Scott Tidwell RMP 479-443-2705 5519 Hackett Street, Suite 300 Springdale Clyde Talbot Turner Turner & Associates 501-791-2277 4705 Somers Avenue, Suite 100 North Little Rock Jason H. Wales Wales & Mikesch 479-439-8088 2909 E. Glory Dr STE 113 Fayetteville Phillip J. Wells Wells & Wells 870-782-4084 225 South Church Street Jonesboro Eric Wewers Rainwater, Holt & Sexton 501-868-2500 801 Technology Drive Little Rock Bud B. Whetstone Whetstone Law Firm 501-376-3564 Plaza West Building Little Rock Kyle R. Wilson Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock George R. Wise, Jr. The Brad Hendricks Law Firm 501-221-0444 500 Pleasant Valley Drive, Building C Little Rock
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Laura Beth York Rainwater, Holt & Sexton 501-868-2500 801 Technology Drive Little Rock Justin Zachary Denton, Zachary & Norwood 501-273-3976 700 South German Lane, Suite 101 Conway Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Michael D. Barnes Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock M. Stephen Bingham Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Timothy L. Boone RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock Mark Breeding Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock J. R. Carroll Kutak Rock 479-973-4200 1277 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite 300 Fayetteville E.B. Chiles IV Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Baxter D. Drennon Hall Booth Smith 501-214-3499 200 River Market Avenue, Suite 500 Little Rock Elizabeth Fletcher Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock G. Spence Fricke Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock
Sarah Greenwood RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock Julie M. Hancock Anderson Murphy Hopkins 501-372-1887 101 River Bluff Drive, Suite A Little Rock Michael McCarty Harrison Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Scott A. Irby Wright Lindsey Jennings 479-986-0888 3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 510 Rogers Benjamin D. Jackson Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Jerry L. Lovelace Roy, Lambert, Lovelace, Bingaman & Wood 479-320-2300 2706 South Dividend Drive Springdale Edwin L. Lowther, Jr. Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Kara Mikles Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock Stuart P. Miller Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 479-464-5650 4206 South J.B. Hunt Drive, Suite 200 Rogers Bruce E. Munson Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock Scott D. Provencher Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
21 Lawyers were listed in The 2027 Best Lawyers in America®. Wendy Johnson is “Lawyer of the Year” and 3 are listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.
“Lawyer of the Year” Springdale, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Wendy Johnson Alex Miller
Denton Woods
Christopher Plumlee
Business Organizations (including LLC’s and Partnerships), Tax Law, Trusts & Estates
Business Organizations (including LLC’s and Partnerships), Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
John C. Lessel
Collier Moore
Scott Tidwell
Jenny Wilkes
A. Cale Block
Joseph D. Reece
Lee Moore
Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Trusts & Estates
Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Trusts and Estates, Elder Law
Business Organizations (Including LLCs) and Corporate Law
Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation and Controversy - Tax
Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Government Relations Practice, Criminal Defense: white collar
Commercial Litigation
Timothy L. Boone Insurance Law, Litigation
– Insurance, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants,
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Professional, Malpractice Law – Defendants Larry McCredy
Sarah Greenwood
Paul D. McNeill
B.R. Price
Mary Carole Young
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America
Bo Renner Appellate Practice,
Trae A. Norton
Litigation – Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Commercial Litigation Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation Defendants
Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Law, Litigation – Construction
Springdale 5519 Hackett St, Suite 300 (479) 443-2705
Tim Hutchinson
Little Rock 17901 Chenal Pkwy, Suite 200 (501) 954-9000
Commercial Litigation, Construction Law
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Trusts & Estates and Banking & Finance Law
Trusts and Estates, Elder Law
Jonesboro 710 Windover Rd, Suite B (870) 394-5200
rmp.law
Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation Defendants Insurance Law Litigation – Insurance, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Zachary R. Hill
Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Transportation Law
Bentonville 809 SW A St, Suite 105 (479) 553-9800
Kathryn A. Pryor Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Kimberly D. Young Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Robert D. Stroud Blair & Stroud 870-793-8350 500 East Main Street, Suite 201 Batesville
Steven W. Quattlebaum Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
Mary Carole Young RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock
John E. Tull III Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
Gordon S. Rather, Jr. Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Emily M. Runyon Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 479-464-5650 4206 South J.B. Hunt Drive, Suite 200 Rogers Michael N. Shannon Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Shane Strabala Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock John E. Tull III Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
R. Ryan Younger Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs Frank H. Bailey Horton Law Firm 888-822-6011 1000 McClain Road Suite 612 Bentonville H. David Blair Blair & Stroud 870-793-8350 500 East Main Street, Suite 201 Batesville Keith Blythe Blythe Law Firm 479-783-8044 3921 Rogers Avenue Fort Smith Sarah C. Jewell McMath Woods 479-323-1417 525 South School Avenue, Suite 310 Fayetteville
Michael P. Vanderford Anderson Murphy Hopkins 501-372-1887 101 River Bluff Drive, Suite A Little Rock
Jerry L. Lovelace Roy, Lambert, Lovelace, Bingaman & Wood 479-320-2300 2706 South Dividend Drive Springdale
Thomas G. Williams Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
Brett A. McDaniel McDaniel Law Firm 870-565-4215 400 South Main Street Jonesboro
Kyle R. Wilson Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Thomas H. Wyatt Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock 72 SEPTEMBER 2026
Robert Sexton Rainwater, Holt & Sexton 501-868-2500 801 Technology Drive Little Rock Michael N. Shannon Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
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Clyde Talbot Turner Turner & Associates 501-791-2277 4705 Somers Avenue, Suite 100 North Little Rock Bud B. Whetstone Whetstone Law Firm 501-376-3564 Plaza West Building Little Rock George R. Wise, Jr. The Brad Hendricks Law Firm 501-221-0444 500 Pleasant Valley Drive, Building C Little Rock Justin Zachary Denton, Zachary & Norwood 501-273-3976 700 South German Lane, Suite 101 Conway Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants H. David Blair Blair & Stroud 870-793-8350 500 East Main Street, Suite 201 Batesville Timothy L. Boone RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock Elizabeth Fletcher Barber Munson Law Firm 501-372-6175 One Allied Drive, Suite 1600 Little Rock Adam D. Franks Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Scott A. Irby Wright Lindsey Jennings 479-986-0888 3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 510 Rogers
David M. Powell Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Scott D. Provencher Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Michael P. Vanderford Anderson Murphy Hopkins 501-372-1887 101 River Bluff Drive, Suite A Little Rock Professional Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs H. David Blair Blair & Stroud 870-793-8350 500 East Main Street, Suite 201 Batesville Timothy O. Dudley Timothy O. Dudley 501-372-0080 10201 West Markham, Suite 328 Little Rock Project Finance Law Michele Simmons Allgood Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Harold W. Hamlin Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock J. Shepherd Russell III Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Public Finance Law Michele Simmons Allgood Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Robert B. Beach, Jr. Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
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Ryan A. Bowman Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Kristopher B. Knox Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Thomas P. Leggett Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Scott H. Tucker Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
W. Taylor Marshall Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Real Estate Law Nick Arnold Kutak Rock 479-250-9700 5111 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 300 Rogers
Walter McSpadden Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock D. Michael Moyers Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock J. Shepherd Russell III Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock John William Spivey III Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Gordon M. Wilbourn Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Qui Tam Law David S. Mitchell, Jr. Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Kimberly D. Young Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Railroad Law Barrett Deacon Mayer 479-396-2060 2434 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite Six Fayetteville
Melissa Bandy Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock James P. Beachboard Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Tameron C. Bishop Kutak Rock 479-973-4200 1277 East Joyce Boulevard, Suite 300 Fayetteville Dylan Botteicher Cox, Sterling, Vandiver, & Botteicher 501-954-8073 8201 Cantrell Road, Suite 330 Little Rock Michael Childers Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Carl J. Circo University of Arkansas School of Law 479-575-5601 1 University of Arkansas Fayetteville James C. Clark Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Chad L. Cumming, Jr. Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock
Michael Daily Blythe Law Firm 479-782-0361 58 South Sixth Street Fort Smith Thomas A. Daily Blythe Law Firm 479-782-0361 58 South Sixth Street Fort Smith Bryan W. Duke Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Ashley Edwards Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock Don A. Eilbott Don A. Eilbott 501-225-2885 P.O. Box 23870 Little Rock Price C. Gardner Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Stephen R. Giles Stephen R. Giles 501-375-9151 425 W Capitol Avenue Little Rock Daniel Goodwin Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock Jill Grimsley Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 479-464-5650 4206 South J.B. Hunt Drive, Suite 200 Rogers Timothy W. Grooms Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock Harold W. Hamlin Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock
Aaron Heffington Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock Johnathan D. Horton Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock Rebecca B. Hurst Smith Hurst 479-405-5355 5100 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 1030 Rogers Laura Dyer Johnson Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Jeb H. Joyce Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 479-444-5200 4100 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 310 Springdale
J. Cliff McKinney II Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
J. Scott Schallhorn Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock
Courtney C. Crouch III Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock
E. Conner McNair Friday Eldredge & Clark 479-695-2011 3350 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 301 Rogers
James W. Smith Smith Hurst 479-405-5355 5100 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 1030 Rogers
Bryan W. Duke Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Securities Regulation Paul B. Benham III Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Matthew D. Mitchell Friday Eldredge & Clark 479-695-2011 3350 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 301 Rogers
John William Spivey III Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Walter M. Ebel III Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
C. David McDaniel Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Joseph G. Nichols Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Jennie Stewart Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Price C. Gardner Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Paul Parnell Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock
Jay T. Taylor Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
D. Nicole Lovell Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock
Securitization and Structured Finance Law Heartsill Ragon III Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock
John Kooistra III Steel Wright Gray 501-379-9425 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2910 Little Rock
Dana D. Paul Paul Law Firm 479-675-6400 609 Southwest 8th Street, Suite 600 Bentonville
T.J. Lawhon Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Terry W. Pool Kutak Rock 479-250-9700 5111 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 300 Rogers
Casey Dorman Lawson Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 479-464-5650 4206 South J.B. Hunt Drive, Suite 200 Rogers
Heartsill Ragon III Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock
William T. Marshall William T. Marshall 501-420-1766 P.O. Box 7419 Little Rock Terry L. Mathews Hope, Trice, O’Dwyer & Wilson 501-372-4144 211 South Spring Street Little Rock Edwin N. McClure Matthews, Campbell, Rhoads, McClure & Thompson 479-636-0875 213 N 2nd Street Rogers
Cal Rose Wright Lindsey Jennings 479-986-0888 3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 510 Rogers Brian Rosenthal Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock James M. Saxton Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Bruce B. Tidwell Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Christopher L. Travis Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock Jillian Wilson Johnson Firm 501-216-9388 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1400 Little Rock Robert Wilson III Johnson Firm 501-216-9388 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1400 Little Rock Securities / Capital Markets Law Robyn P. Allmendinger Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Paul B. Benham III Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
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C. David McDaniel Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Geoffrey D. Neal Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Joseph G. Nichols Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Paul Parnell Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock James W. Smith Smith Hurst 479-405-5355 5100 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 1030 Rogers Robert T. Smith Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Jay T. Taylor Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
J. Shepherd Russell III Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock James W. Smith Smith Hurst 479-405-5355 5100 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 1030 Rogers Tax Law Trav Baxter Trav Baxter 425 W. Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock W. Thomas Baxter Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Robert B. Beach, Jr. Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Robert B. Beach Lax, Vaughan, Fortson, Rowe & Threet 501-376-6565 Cantrell West Building, Suite 201 Little Rock David Biscoe Bingham Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock
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Wade Bowen Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 870-938-6262 100 East Huntington Avenue, Suite C Jonesboro J. Lee Brown Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock C. Brantly Buck Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Craig R. Cockrell Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 479-464-5650 4206 South J.B. Hunt Drive, Suite 200 Rogers Bryant Cranford Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Ted N. Drake Bridges Law Firm 870-534-5532 521 South Walnut Street Pine Bluff Bryan W. Duke Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Walter M. Ebel III Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Price C. Gardner Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Robert S. Jones Waddell, Cole & Jones 870-931-1700 310 East Street, Suite A Jonesboro Wilson Jones Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock Scott M. Lar Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 479-444-5200 4100 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 310 Springdale
Katie Watson Bingham Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Paul Parnell Rose Law Firm 501-375-9131 120 East Fourth Street Little Rock
Craig H. Westbrook Overbey, Strigel, Boyd & Westbrook 501-664-8105 Arkansas Medical Society Building, Suite 230, 10 Corporate Hill Drive Little Rock
John B. Peace Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
T.J. Lawhon Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
Joseph D. Reece RMP 479-443-2705 5519 Hackett Street, Suite 300 Springdale
John C. Lessel RMP 501-954-9000 17901 Chenal Parkway, Suite 200 Little Rock
Adam D. Reid Gill Ragon Owen 501-376-3800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 3800 Little Rock
William T. Marshall William T. Marshall 501-420-1766 P.O. Box 7419 Little Rock
Cal Rose Wright Lindsey Jennings 479-986-0888 3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 510 Rogers
Cal McCastlain Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock E. Conner McNair Friday Eldredge & Clark 479-695-2011 3350 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 301 Rogers Alex Miller RMP 479-443-2705 5519 Hackett Street, Suite 300 Springdale
Joseph Hickey Joseph Hickey 870-862-3478 100 W Cedar Street El Dorado
Lee Moore RMP 479-443-2705 5519 Hackett Street, Suite 300 Springdale
Rebecca B. Hurst Smith Hurst 479-405-5355 5100 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 1030 Rogers
Joseph G. Nichols Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock
Anton L. Janik Jr. Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 501-688-8800 425 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1800 Little Rock
C. Ryan O’Quinn Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull 501-379-1700 111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock
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Michael O. Parker Wright Lindsey Jennings 501-371-0808 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300 Little Rock
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David A. Smith Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock James W. Smith Smith Hurst 479-405-5355 5100 West JB Hunt Drive, Suite 1030 Rogers Robert T. Smith Friday Eldredge & Clark 501 376 2011 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Jennie Stewart Kutak Rock 501-975-3000 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000 Little Rock Thomas C. Vaughan, Jr. Lax, Vaughan, Fortson, Rowe & Threet 501-376-6565 Cantrell West Building, Suite 201 Little Rock Vincent Ward McDaniel Wolff 1-501-954-8000 1307 W. 4th Street Little Rock
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READING LIST: Arkansas authors Quinn Connor, Beronda L. Montgomery, Ayana Gray and Hope Coulter all have new work out just in time for the Six Bridges Book Festival.
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ith bestselling authors like Ariel Lawhon, Alix E. Harrow, Deesha Philyaw, Sarah Damoff and Annie Hartnett on the docket, the Central Arkansas Book Festival’s Six Bridges Book Festival — running Sept. 27-Oct. 4 — is proving once again that its organizers have their fingers on the national literary pulse. But don’t let those big-shot names distract you from the homegrown talent on display. To give you a sense of Six Bridges’ robust ties to The Natural State, we chatted by email with four Arkansas-connected writers appearing at the free festival, which takes place at venues across downtown Little Rock. Head to sixbridgesbookfestival.org for the full author lineup.
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individuals used their agricultural and dry farming skills to grow plants and trees, including apple trees, in the desert. It was during the research for this chapter that I also came to understand that, like the founders of this town, Blackdom, Harriet Tubman also had an association of apples with freedom, which I explore in the book.
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“When Trees Testify,” the latest book from Grinnell College biology professor and Little Rock native Beronda L. Montgomery, combines “scientific expertise with memoir and family history to reveal the multifaceted connections of trees and plants to the Black American experience” (Kirkus Reviews). Montgomery is also the author of “Lessons from Plants” (2021). “When Trees Testify,” according to its subtitle, blends together “science, wisdom, history, and America’s Black botanical legacy.” How did you dream up that grouping of subjects? The pairing of science, history and memoir really came into being when I stood before a more than 400-year-old oak tree on the site of a former plantation in South Carolina in 2019. In the shadow of that tree, I became aware that I was standing with the very same tree that people enslaved on the land decades before would have also stood with. The understanding of the science of trees, thinking about being descended from enslaved people, and my own family’s history in the Jim Crow South felt like they were all colliding in that moment into a story that I was uniquely prepared to tell. The writing and research progressed from there. What was one of the most surprising connections between trees and the Black experience that revealed itself while doing research for this book? There were so many surprising connections that I encountered. One is the role that apple trees had in the founding of a free Black town in New Mexico. Individuals escaping the oppression of living in Georgia moved to New Mexico, which did not at that time have laws restricting the life and movement of African Americans. These
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What role did growing up in Little Rock play in your career as a scientist and writer? Little Rock and growing up a Black woman in the South are central to my writing. Reading and writing are inseparable for me, and I was a library kid early. My sister and I went to the library downtown every Saturday to check out as many books as we were allowed. I also grew up with parents that took us out into nature frequently; whether just enjoying being outdoors for leisure or to go fishing, we spent considerable time in nature. Themes of nature are central to my work as a writer, and later I’d come to appreciate growing up around plants indoors and outdoors when my career path led to my becoming a plant biochemist. You’re an academic with decades of experience as a professor and researcher, but both of your books are intended for a general audience. How do you approach making your work accessible to laypeople? My goal in writing or, for that matter, speaking is always to lead with my curiosity and enthusiasm and to invite the reader or listener to meet me there. Academics can be trained to try to impress with their knowledge and expertise, which sometimes leads us straight to jargon and away from accessibility. My goal is always to connect and share and to try to infect my communities with a curiosity for learning and collective exploration rather than to convince anyone that I should be listened to simply because I’m the “expert.” Who’s the writer (or writers) you’re most excited to encounter at Six Bridges and why? I am thrilled to finally have the opportunity to meet David George Haskell, whose work I’ve long admired and with whom I have had the privilege to have a virtual conversation about our mutual interest in nature. I am a huge fan of Deesha Philyaw’s writing and her generosity with other writers and am thrilled to get to hear about her new novel that is at the top of my TBR list.
HOPE COULTER
Little Rock writer Hope Coulter, a former professor and administrator at Hendrix College, heads to Six Bridges in support of “Rumors of Peace,” a new short story collection releasing Sept. 22 that Forward Review called “poignant, pensive, and nuanced.” Her body of work also includes a poetry collection, “The Wheel of Light” (2015); a children’s book, “Uncle Chuck’s Truck” (1993); and two novels, “Dry Bones” (1990) and “The Errand of the Eye” (1988). How long have you been working on “Rumors of Peace”? What was the path to getting it published? This book is a collection of my best stories, published over the years in literary magazines and anthologies, as well as two longer stories, the newest ones, which are previously unpublished. So in a sense I’ve been working on this collection since 1991, when the oldest story in the book first saw print. Gathering the stories into a single manuscript, I worried about how they would hold together. What would unify them? Would the ones I wrote long ago still hold up? As I arranged them, I started to see themes and connections that I hadn’t noticed before. That part was fun. I was so happy when the collection was accepted by Cornerstone Press, a quite active literary press based at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The publisher’s summary for “Rumors of Peace” includes the phrase “fractured, suburban American South” to describe the various settings that unite the stories in the book. What interests you about Southern locales? And does Arkansas serve as a backdrop for any of the stories? I’ve lived in Arkansas and Louisiana my whole life, except for college and a few years after college. I’m steeped in the South. I love its natural beauty, its complexity, its ironies. But there’s not one monolithic South,
right? As [Chimamanda Ngozi] Adichie says, there’s no single story that defines it. The protagonists of these stories view the South through the lens of white privilege, as I do. But other factors such as education, class and politics complicate that simplistic summary. The characters move and act within political and historical contexts that they understand to varying degrees. They confront — and deny, and distort — the underpinnings of immigration, war, and caste as well as race. The first five stories take place in Louisiana, where I grew up. The last three stories have more generalized Mid-South settings: Arkansas isn’t named, but Arkansas backdrops may come into your mind as you read.
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You retired in 2025 after working at Hendrix College for more than 30 years. How has your relationship with reading and writing changed since retiring? I have more time! I loved my work at Hendrix, and it enhanced my writing and reading in so many ways. But the hours were long, and like most teachers, I routinely brought work home to finish on nights and weekends. Now all of that — plus my commute — is simply gone from my schedule. The days are deliciously open. I have long stretches of time to write and read. These days, if I can’t sustain my attention on some gnarly draft in progress, I have no one to blame but myself. You’re a multi-genre writer. How does writing short stories differ from poetry, novels and children’s literature? Short stories are so focused and mysterious: I’ve read them, taught them, written them, and at some level I may never fully understand what makes them tick. They have the lyricism, compression and attention to rhythm that poetry requires. They deal in voice and momentum, like a novel. And they often have a tone I enjoy in children’s lit, a kind of matter-of-factness combined with surprise. So, in a way, they have it all. Maybe that’s why I still find them supremely challenging. Who’s the writer you’re most excited to encounter at Six Bridges and why? Oh, what a great roster. There are a number of local writers that I’m always excited to hear. One non-local that jumps out is Ben Fountain. I loved his novel “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” as well as his earlier fiction — he’s deeply knowledgeable about a breadth of things, he spins a good tale and he’s funny. I’m curious to see him in person and read his new book. Then there are those sessions that pique my curiosity just because the titles are so intriguing. How could I not be drawn to “A Siege of Owls” by Uchenna Awoke, or “How to Talk to Your Dog About Murder” by Emily Soderberg? Part of the fun of the festival is discovering new writers I wasn’t familiar with before.
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colleges and universities were capitulating to financial pressures from the government and trustees, I wanted to explore the dark side of higher education — from the inside. A lot of “dark academia” is written with less experience of the university than I have, so I think we bring a whole different perspective to the project.
QUINN CONNOR
In “Your Beloved Remains,” a “beautifully written descent into madness” (Publishers Weekly) that comes out Oct. 6, two rival academics at a soon-to-close college in the Ozarks team up to forge the manuscript of a 19th-century writer. The third novel from writing duo Quinn Connor — the singular pen name for a writing team that includes Arkansas native Robyn Barrow and Texas native Alexandra Cronin — “Your Beloved Remains” follows 2023’s “Cicadas Sing” and 2024’s “The Pecan Children.” All three Quinn Connor books are set in Arkansas. What is it about The Natural State that keeps you coming back? Barrow: I am from Arkansas and have very deep roots in a home that usually seems to be either underestimated/ridiculed or totally defined by its extremely conservative government. But Arkansas is beautiful and complicated, full of untold and alternative stories. As queer people from the South, we love to write about queer people with sharp edges navigating life in the South. In “Your Beloved Remains,” we dive into the interesting collision that is a liberal arts education in the rural South (we met at a liberal arts school in Memphis, Tennessee). We also wanted to pay homage to histories of Southern literature, so the book is full of little Southern gothic easter eggs. The two main characters in “Your Beloved Remains” are academics. How does your (Barrow’s) real-life work as a professor and art historian inform the collegiate backdrop of the book? Barrow: “Your Beloved Remains” in large part came from my complicated feelings about being a graduate student in the humanities for eight years. As I was getting close to finishing my dissertation, all the resentment and complication of being a 30-yearold eternal student boiled over. Especially as
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Part of “Your Beloved Remains” involves two people working together to construct a narrative. What influence did your own creative partnership as a writing duo have on that dimension of the book? Cronin: Characters are often vessels for bad ideas, taking us to extremes we’d never go to ourselves. We’ve experienced enough hurt feelings over 13 years writing together to understand what can go wrong. Celia and Harriot are what happens when you can’t establish those creative boundaries or shelve your pride. They’ve been a wonderfully unhinged chance to follow that seed of emotion — wounded pride — to its absolute end. Their toxic collaboration is only fun to write because ours is so safe. Writing one book as a duo could be called a fun experiment, but writing three says to me that Quinn Connor is a robust partnership that’s not going anywhere. What have you learned from such an enduring act of collaboration? Cronin: There’s a reason we chose to dedicate this book to each other, and to our collaboration. It’s a great source of joy, but like all good things, it’s also really hard work. Creative collaboration like this is inherently vulnerable. You’re asking someone to accept your ideas at the most fragile, raw and unrealized state, and not to crush it. The biggest lesson that Robyn and I have learned is that above all, you have to care about your relationship with your collaborator above the project, and about the project above your pride. Who’s the writer (or writers) you’re most excited to encounter at Six Bridges and why? Cronin: The lineup this year is unbelievable! Maybe the best yet. Our good friend Carrie Lee South will be there with her debut, so we can’t wait to share that experience. Then, we are especially excited about Alix E. Harrow, S.A. Cosby, Hannah Whitten and another co-writing duo, Christina Lauren [the combined pen name of authors Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings]. And Robyn has the audiobook of Beronda L. Montgomery’s “Braiding Sweetgrass”-esque memoir on hold with CALS Libby [a digital reading app] right now, so we’re really looking forward to that!
AYANA GRAY
Since completing her “Beasts of Prey” trilogy in 2024, Little Rock writer Ayana Gray has remained busy. Last year, she published “I, Medusa,” her first novel for adults, and on Sept. 1, she’ll release “Hawk & Sparrow,” a young adult fantasy book about “a murder, an invention that defies magical conventions, and one intrepid reporter who’s on the case” (Kirkus Reviews). The protagonist in “Hawk & Sparrow” is a Gilded Age-era journalist. How did you go about fleshing out that particular occupation in that particular time period? Before I started drafting “Hawk & Sparrow,” I went into full immersion mode and did a lot of research on the Gilded Age. I also looked for immediate experience to inform Vesper’s occupation as a journalist. In the end, I was lucky enough to speak with Sean Clancy of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, who gave me the honest ins and outs of life working at a newspaper. I took a lot of what I gleaned from Sean and merged it with what I learned about the Gilded Age. You’ve published novels for both teenagers and adults. What about your approach is different depending on the audience you’re writing for? Writing in different age categories is a lot like dancing in different styles. Adult feels, for me, like ballet — restrained, slow and often hyper-technical. Young Adult feels more like hip-hop or tap — still technical in its own way, but much looser and faster-paced. In the same way a dancer has to listen to the music to know how to move, I have to “listen” to the story and its characters to know how to write. When I’m writing for an adult audience, my pacing is slower, and there’s room for more nuance in the plot and syntax. When I’m writing for young adults, my language is more direct, the
emotions are heightened and the pacing is much quicker. “Hawk & Sparrow” includes the wellloved trope of a posed romantic relationship that ends up leading to real feelings. How did you navigate the challenge of taking a familiar plot device and making it your own? Fake dating (or, in the case of “Hawk & Sparrow,” fake courting) is a wellloved trope in the romance space. What I loved about writing a multi-genre book is that I got to take something familiar and pull from aspects of historical fiction, fantasy and mystery to make it something fresh. There are several moments wherein the literal magic on the page brings Max and Vesper together, and the pending mystery (with stakes rising throughout the story) forces them to work together and, more importantly, respect what each of them brings to the figurative table. None of your books are set in Arkansas, but you’ve lived here for most of your life. What are some ways in which this place shows up in your writing? Although none of my books are set in Arkansas, I don’t think I could have written any of them without Arkansas. I have lived here for 20 years, and a big part of my creative process is actually stepping away from my desk and experiencing all that my home has to offer. There’s a scene from “Hawk & Sparrow” that takes place in a farmers market; I pulled direct inspiration from my time at local farmers markets here in town. I also sneak small Arkansas references into my books for those reading carefully. (The coffee shop Vesper and Max frequent in “Hawk & Sparrow” is named for the West Little Rock coffeehouse I frequented as a high school student, Guillermo’s.) Who’s the writer (or writers) you’re most excited to encounter at Six Bridges and why? Six Bridges is one of the best book festivals in the country because it always brings such a great variety of talented writers to Little Rock. I’m excited about a lot of them, but of course I’m most excited to welcome my friend and fellow author Alix E. Harrow. Reading her work is like enjoying a Michelin-star meal — every word she writes is rendered with this brilliant lyricism and distinct voice. Her latest novel, “The Everlasting,” is among my favorite fantasy novels, and I’m really looking forward to reading her upcoming collection of short fiction, “Slantwise Histories.”
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boom microphone hovers over a plate of catfish as a two-man camera crew works to position themselves around a long table of cheerful diners. A production assistant silently and approvingly observes from beyond her clipboard. Conversations from customers bubble to the surface as I eavesdrop on the surrounding tables: one about an abruptly decommissioned John Deere tractor, another about an alleged moonshiner’s recent run-in with the law. The elderly couple seated at the table next to mine leans over to ask if we’re from around here, presumably because they’ve never seen us before. “No, sir, we’re from Little Rock,” I reply, rather guardedly. “I guess y’all couldn’t find anything good to eat over there?” the old man says with a wry smile. Dinner tonight is at Murry’s Restaurant in Hazen, a small Delta hamlet of about 1,400 people. For the locals discussing tractors and moonshiners, it’s probably just another Sat-
urday night. But for me, I’ve got a backstage pass to the making of an episode of “TrueSouth,” ESPN’s Emmy Award-winning food and culture series hosted by the venerable Southern food writer John T. Edge. The episode, which airs on Sept. 29, will eventually range across Prairie County, from Murry’s Restaurant and Big K’s Catfish Barn to Craig Bros Bar-B-Q Cafe and Greenbriar Hunting Lodge, one of the most storied duck camps in the Arkansas Delta. “Wright Thompson and I took a scout trip through the Arkansas Delta and stopped at Murry’s and ended up in a conversation with [Murry’s co-owner] Mr. [Stanley] Young that opened up the possibilities of this place,” Edge tells me. “From there, we thought about the other things that draw people to this neck of the woods, and that’s duck hunting, that’s Craig’s. … The way we make a show is we figure out people we admire in a place we find interesting, and when those things intersect, we have a show. It’s that simple, and it’s also that complex. … Thompson, who is our ex-
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ecutive producer, had been duck hunting in Greenbriar just down the road, so all those things came together.” Murry’s is often the subject of national attention for catfish-enjoyers. In July 2018, Sid Evans, editor-in-chief of Southern Living, declared that the “best catfish in America is served at Murry’s Restaurant, just off U.S. 70 in Hazen, Arkansas. It’s hard to say what makes Murry’s catfish so special, but if you ask [founder Olden] Murry’s son-in-law who has worked there for close to 50 years, he’ll tell you the secret is starting with a good catfish fillet.” Garden & Gun magazine has also been known to throw similar accolades around. But before the days of magazine features and national write-ups from out-of-towners, the seed for Murry’s was planted on a Delta riverboat, where Olden Murry (1921-2002) served as a cook before his career was abruptly ended by an accident. By 1955, he had enough money saved to open his own restaurant in nearby DeValls Bluff (in a retired pas-
senger train car, no less). Through the years, Murry expanded several times, culminating in a complex that famed food writer John Egerton described in 1987 as “a rambling catacomb of interconnected coaches, trailers and pre-fabricated rooms.” After a devastating fire at the original location in the late ’80s, Murry’s daughter, Becky, and her husband, Stanley Young, took an opportunity to open the next iteration of Murry’s Restaurant at the current location off Highway 70 in Hazen. It was a natural transition as the Youngs had gone to work for Murry in the early ’70s and Stanley had been serving as his protege for over a decade. The Young family continues the Murry’s tradition today — twice a week on Fridays and Saturdays from 5-9 p.m. only. Between B-roll takes of Edge working the room, he meanders back to his post at my table, where my wife and I are just starting to dig into a plate of the restaurant’s famous onion rings — thick cut and hand-battered to absolute perfection. Even though he’s
HUES OF HAZEN: Clockwise from left, Murry’s Restaurant co-owner Becky Young busses a table while the “TrueSouth” crew works to get the shot; a plate of Murry’s famous catfish, which has been described by at least two national publications as the best in the country; the humble Hazen skyline; and the welcome sign for Murry’s draws catfish-enjoyers traveling on Highway 70.
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working, he’s nice enough to entertain my questions about his choosing to come to this little corner of the Arkansas Delta. “We can make a hundred catfish shows if we wanted to,” he says. “There are a hundred places in the American South where I can say, “Man, that’s really great catfish,” but there’s no other place like this.” What makes “this” so difficult to define is what seems, in large part, to interest Edge. Hazen sits a mile and a half off Interstate 40, familiar to most as a place to stop for gas or lunch somewhere between Little Rock and Memphis. DeValls Bluff, about 6 miles east, is smaller still. Beyond town, the landscape flattens into miles and miles of rice fields and flooded timber, interrupted only by the occasional farm shop and duck lodge tucked away into the timber. Edge, however, maintains that there is considerably more to this place than meets the eye. “This is a deeply rural patch of the American South,” he says. “It also has a magnetic draw to people across the world because of the duck hunting. You know, wealth courses through this county, and yet if you don’t know where to look, you won’t understand it.” During duck season, private jets touch down across the Delta and their passengers disappear behind the gates of their fancy duck clubs — clubs whose memberships, grounds and histories are largely invisible
from their neighbors just down the road. That old contradiction that we as Arkansawyers have come to understand so well — a place that appears modest and, at times, economically devastated, yet draws wealthy sportsmen and businessmen from across the world — became part of the story Edge and Thompson wanted to tell. “Places that are seemingly inscrutable, like the Arkansas Delta, like Prairie County, like Hazen, like DeValls Bluff — those are great places to try and figure out and to bring viewers along as you try,” Edge says. “I love traveling here. Arkansans seem really interested in telling you about who they are and where they come from. When people are proud of their place, and especially when they feel misunderstood, those are great places to travel.” Threading this needle is more or less the premise of “TrueSouth.” While the show is nominally about food, it’s really about telling “an honest story about the complicated, flawed, and beautiful place we call home. … We sidestep nostalgia and myth and stereotype to introduce viewers to Southerners who struggle and succeed, dream and fail, and then try again,” according to Edge. Back at Murry’s, the rhythm of the dining room carries on as it has for decades, and the thread of the cameras keeps searching for its needle. I ask Edge what, after all these years of writing about places like this, he thinks a television camera can see that words cannot. “The camera soaks up so much more than my notebook does,” he says. “The camera gets more than I do.” When the production crew is operating at full capacity, he explains, four or five cameras may be set up in a room collecting the expressions and small moments that no single observer could hope to catch. “If in fact you’re willing to look past the stereotypes, if you’re willing to look past the myths and magnolias and moonlight, the camera can see a lot more than a single writer like me with a notebook.” As he says it, Stanley Young peers into the dining room from behind the kitchen door with the production assistant by his side. “We’re ready for you, John.” With a cheeky “watch this,” he departs from our table and follows his people into the kitchen. A moment later, Edge emerges with a tray propped above his head, his forearm cleverly draped in a white napkin. He looks like a waiter at a fancy restaurant, if fancy waiters wore denim and T-shirts. As he rounds the corner into the dining room, he looks over and shoots me a wink. “Would anybody care for some blackened duck breasts?” he asks. Hands shoot up for first dibs.
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Joshua L. Kennedy, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-4000
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A. Nasser Adjei, MD Baptist Health Cardiology Center 1500 Dodson Avenue, Suite 60 Fort Smith, AR 72901 (479) 709-7325 Zubair Ahmed, MD Walker Heart Institute Cardiovascular Clinic 3211 North Northhills Boulevard, Suite 110 Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 463-8740 Charles R. Caldwell, MD Baptist Health Heart Institute/Arkansas Cardiology Clinic 3343 Springhill Drive, Suite 1035 North Little Rock, AR 72117 (501) 975-7676 B. Scott Chism, MD Walker Heart Institute Cardiovascular Clinic 3211 North Northhills Boulevard, Suite 110 Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 463-8740 David A. Churchill, MD Walker Heart Institute Cardiovascular Clinic 3211 North Northhills Boulevard, Suite 110 Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 463-8740 Nephertiti Efeovbokhan, MD NEA Baptist Clinic Cardiology 4802 East Johnson Avenue Jonesboro, AR 72401 (870) 936-8000 Carl Leding, MD Arkansas Heart Hospital Clinic 7 Shackleford West Boulevard Little Rock, AR 72211 (501) 664-5860 Amr G. El-Shafei, MD Mercy Clinic Cardiology 2708 South Rife Medical Lane, Suite 220 Rogers, AR 72758 (479) 338-4400 Allison M. Shaw-Devine, MD UAMS Outpatient Center Cardiology Clinic Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-5311
Donald E. Steely, MD Conway Regional Cardiovascular Clinic 525 Western Avenue, Suite 202 Conway, AR 72034 (501) 358-6905
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Robert J. Stuppy, MD Mercy Clinic Cardiology 2708 South Rife Medical Lane, Suite 220 Rogers, AR 72758 (479) 338-4400
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Kattie J. Allen, MD True Dermatology 901 Southeast Plaza Avenue, Suite 5 Bentonville, AR 72712 (479) 876-8550
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R. Paul Svoboda, MD Premier Gastroenterology 10915 North Rodney Parham Road Little Rock, AR 72212 (501) 747-2828 Robert T. Wells, MD Mercy Clinic Gastroenterology 2708 South Rife Medical Lane, Suite 300 Rogers, AR 72758 (479) 338-3030 W. Chad Wigington, DO Mercy Clinic Gastroenterology 2708 South Rife Medical Lane, Suite 300 Rogers, AR 72758 (479) 338-3030
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Alexander F. Burnett, MD UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Women’s Cancer Clinic Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-8522
Brian T. Hughes, MD Premier Gastroenterology 10915 North Rodney Parham Road Little Rock, AR 72212 (501) 747-2828
Joseph J. Ivy, MD Mercy Women’s Surgical Oncology 3101 Southeast 14th Street Bentonville, AR 72712 (479) 338-6376
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HAND SURGERY
G. Thomas Frazier, MD UAMS Medical Center 600 Autumn Road Little Rock, AR 72211 (501) 526-1046 C. Noel Henley, MD Ozark Orthopaedics 3317 North Wimberly Drive Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 521-2752 Brian Norton, MD OrthoArkansas 800 Fair Park Boulevard Fayetteville, AR 72704 (501) 500-3500 Theresa Wyrick, MD UAMS Medical Center 600 Autumn Road Little Rock, AR 72211 (501) 320-7776
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Mary Burgess, MD Conway Regional Infectious Disease Center 525 Western Avenue, Suite 301 Conway, AR 72034 (501) 513-5295 Ryan K. Dare, MD UAMS Outpatient Center Infectious Diseases Clinic Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-8000 Mitchell B. Jenkins, MD UAMS Health Infectious Diseases Clinic Outpatient Center Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-8000 Hazel Kathy Liverett, MD UAMS Health Infectious Diseases Clinic Outpatient Center Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-8000 Anna Kendrick, MD Pinnacle Internal Medicine 1400 Kirk Road, Suite 210 Little Rock, AR 72223 (501) 404-2384 Michael Saccente, MD UAMS Medical Center 4301 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-8000
INTERNAL MEDICINE
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Joseph M. Beck, MD CHI St. Vincent Cancer Clinic 10001 Lile Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 552-6100
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
NEONATAL-PERINATAL MEDICINE
Matthew Haustein, MD NEA Baptist Clinic 4802 East Johnson Avenue Jonesboro, AR 72401 (870) 936-8000
Karen S. Merle, MD Mercy Clinic Primary Care Free Ferry 1000 South Waldron Road Fort Smith, AR 72903 (479) 222-9922
Stephen David Snyder, MD Baptist Health Family Clinic 11321 Interstate 30, Suite 101 Little Rock, AR 72209 (501) 455-1331
Muthu Veeraputhiran, MD UAMS Hematology and Oncology Clinic 449 Jack Stephens Drive, 7th Floor Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 296-1200
Rhonda Gentry, MD CARTI Cancer Center 8901 Carti Way, Suite 400 Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 906-3000 Issam Makhoul, MD CARTI Cancer Center 8901 Carti Way, 1st Floor Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 906-3000
John M. Arthur, MD, PhD UAMS Medical Center 4301 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-8000 Sushma Bhusal, MD UAMS Health Kidney Transplant Clinic 4110 Outpatient Circle Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 614-2168 James Bruton, MD Baptist Health Renal Care 1500 Dodson Avenue, Suite 280 Fort Smith, AR 72901 (479) 709-7480 Michael Moulton, MD Renal Specialists of Northwest Arkansas 813 Founders Park Drive, Suite 203 Springdale, AR 72762 (479) 463-2440 Charles Moussallem, MD Baptist Health Renal Care 1500 Dodson Avenue, Suite 280 Fort Smith, AR 72901 (479) 709-7480 Avin D. Rekhi, MD Renal Specialists of Northwest Arkansas 813 Founders Park Drive, Suite 203 Springdale, AR 72762 (479) 463-2440 Dumitru Rotaru, MD Mercy Clinic Nephrology 7303 Rogers Avenue, Suite 200 Fort Smith, AR 72903 (479) 274-4300
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Manisha Singh, MD UAMS Health Renal Clinic 4110 Outpatient Circle Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 661-7910
NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY
Tarek Abuelem, MD CHI St. Vincent Arkansas Neuroscience Institute 6020 Warden Road, Suite 100 Sherwood, AR 72120 (501) 552-6428 Ali F. Krisht, MD CHI St. Vincent Infirmary Arkansas Neuroscience Institute 6020 Warden Road, Suite 100 Sherwood, AR 72120 (501) 552-6415
NEUROLOGY
Rohit Dhall, MD UAMS Movement Disorders Clinic 501 Jack Stephens Drive, 1st Floor Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-5838 Sukanthi Kovvuru, MD UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neuroscience Institute 501 Jack Stephens Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-5838 Scott A. Lucchese, MD UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neuroscience Institute Neurology Clinic Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-5838
T. Glenn Pait, MD UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute 501 Jack Stephens Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-5270
Krishna C. Nalleballe, MD UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neuroscience Institute 501 Jack Stephens Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-5838
Viktoras Palys, MD UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute 501 Jack Stephens Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-5270
Sanjeeva Reddy Onteddu, MD UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neuroscience Institute Neurology Clinic Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-5838
Erika A. Petersen, MD UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute 501 Jack Stephens Drive, 2nd Floor Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-5270 Analiz Rodriguez, MD, PhD UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute 501 Jack Stephens Drive, 2nd Floor Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-5270 Deanna M. Sasaki-Adams, MD, PhD UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute 501 Jack Stephens Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-5270 Brad A. Thomas, MD Arkansas Surgical Hospital Little Rock Neurosurgery Clinic 5201 Northshore Drive, Suite 400 North Little Rock, AR 72118 (501) 558-0200
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Tonya L. Phillips, MD Mercy Clinic Neurology 2713 South 74th Street, Suite 401 Fort Smith, AR 72903 (479) 314-7590 Margaret Tremwel, MD Washington Regional J.B. Hunt Neuroscience Institute 3 East Appleby Road, Suite 402 Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 404-1250 Tuhin Virmani, MD UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neuroscience Institute 501 Jack Stephens Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-5838 Sisira Yadala, MD UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neuroscience Institute 501 Jack Stephens Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-5838
ARKANSAS TIMES
Salman Zahoor, MD Epilepsy and Neurology Clinic 5800 West 10th Street Little Rock, AR 72223 (501) 686-5838 Hillary A. Williams, MD UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neuroscience Institute 501 Jack Stephens Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-5838
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Scott A. Bailey, MD Parkhill The Clinic for Women 3215 North Northhills Boulevard, Suite 3 Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 521-4433 Brian Burton, MD The Woman’s Clinic 9601 Baptist Health Drive, Suite 1200 Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 664-4131 Kay Chandler, MD Cornerstone Clinic for Women 9500 Baptist Health Drive, Suite 100 Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 224-5500 Andrew A. Cole, MD Conway Regional Medical Center Conway OBGYN 2180 Ada Avenue, Suite 300 Conway, AR 72034 (501) 327-6547 Charles Dunn, MD NEA Baptist Clinic 4802 East Johnson Avenue, 3rd Floor Jonesboro, AR 72401 (870) 936-8000 Jennifer S. Gregory, MD Arkansas Women’s Center 9500 Kanis Road, Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 224-6699 Marcus Eugene Gunter, MD Mercy Clinic Obstetrics and Gynecology 3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 600 Rogers, AR 72758 (479) 338-4000 Stuart D. Haraway, MD Mercy Clinic McAuley Women’s Health 3222 South 70th Street Fort Smith, AR 72903 (479) 573-3740
Mary P. Hardman, MD Washington Regional HerHealth Clinic 3215 North Hills Boulevard, Suite B Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 463-5500 Clinton H. Henson, MD CHI St. Vincent Women’s Clinic - Hot Springs 118 Women’s Center Lane, Suite B Hot Springs, AR 71913 (501) 609-2229 Clinton T. Hutchinson, MD Arkansas Women’s Center 9500 Kanis Road, Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 224-6699 Jill K. Jennings, MD The Woman’s Clinic 9601 Baptist Health Drive, Suite 1200 Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 664-4131 Dianna Lea Juarez, MD Mercy Clinic Obstetrics and Gynecology 3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 600 Rogers, AR 72758 (479) 338-4000 Mary Luann Racher, MD UAMS Health - Women’s Center Midtown Medical Park Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 526-1050 Adam T. Sandlin, MD UAMS Health - Women’s Center Midtown Medical Park Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 526-1050 Lawrence E. Schmitz, MD Lifespring Women’s Healthcare 1200 Southeast 28th Street, Suite 2 Bentonville, AR 72712 (479) 271-0005 Lindsey B. Sward, MD UAMS Health - Women’s Center Midtown Medical Park Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 526-1050 Lisa R. Waterman, DO Willow Creek Women’s Clinic 5501 Willow Creek Drive, Suite 203 Springdale, AR 72762 (479) 757-5552
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Amy C. Wiedower, MD Central Clinic for Women 9601 Baptist Health Drive, Suite 500 Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 227-5885
Edward M. Penick, MD Central Arkansas Ophthalmology 5300 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 664-5354
Julie A. Wilkie, MD Renaissance Women’s Healthcare 688 East Millsap Road, Suite 101 Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 582-3366
David R. Rozas, MD Central Arkansas Ophthalmology 5300 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 664-5354
Heather R. Williams, MD UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Women’s Cancer Clinic Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 296-1200
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Serrhel G. Adams, MD, PhD Retina Partners of Northwest Arkansas 601 West Maple Avenue, Suite 205A Springdale, AR 72764 (479) 326-9400 David L. Baker, MD Baker Eye Institute 810 Merriman Street Conway, AR 72032 (501) 329-3937 J. David Bradford, MD Retina Associates 9800 Baptist Health Drive, Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 219-0900 Wade Brock, MD Arkansas Oculoplastic Surgery 900 South Shackleford Little Rock, AR 72211 (501) 223-2244 Christian C. Hester, MD Little Rock Eye Clinic 201 Executive Court, Suite A Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 224-5658 Paul M. Hruby, MD Retina Associates 9800 Baptist Health Drive, Suite 200 Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 219-0900 Lydia F. Lane, MD Little Rock Eye Clinic 201 Executive Court, Suite A Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 224-5658 Matthew Margolis, DO Southern Eye Associates 601 East Matthews Avenue Jonesboro, AR 72401 (870) 935-6396
Thomas M. Stank, MD Southern Eye Associates 601 East Matthews Avenue Jonesboro, AR 72401 (870) 935-6396 Phillip J. Suffridge, MD Ophthalmology Associates of Benton 3 Medical Park Drive, Suite 300 Benton, AR 72015 (501) 778-1113 Monica Verma, MD Children’s Eye Care and Surgery of Arkansas 11825 Hinson Road, Suite 103 Little Rock, AR 72212 (501) 747-1625
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
C. Lowry Barnes, MD UAMS Orthopaedic Clinic 2 Shackleford West Boulevard Little Rock, AR 72211 (501) 614-2663 Robert Bryan Benafield, MD Ozark Orthopaedics 1800 Southeast Moberly Lane Bentonville, AR 72712 (479) 521-2752 Grant W. Bennett, MD OrthoArkansas 800 Fair Park Boulevard Little Rock, AR 72204 (501) 500-3500 Jason C. Brandt, MD NEA Baptist Clinic 4802 East Johnson Avenue Jonesboro, AR 72401 (870) 936-8000 Tyler L. Carllee, MD UAMS Health - Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic in Fayetteville 201 West Van Asche Loop Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 966-4491
Wesley K. Cox, MD UAMS Health - Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic in Fayetteville 201 West Van Asche Loop Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 966-4491 Thomas Day, MD Unity Health - Searcy Medical Center 2900 Hawkins Drive Searcy, AR 72143 (501) 278-2868 Christopher Dougherty, DO The Agility Center 1504 Southeast 28th Street Bentonville, AR 72712 (479) 273-1111 Paul K. Edwards, MD Arkansas Surgical Hospital Bowen Hefley Orthopedics 5220 Northshore Drive North Little Rock, AR 72118 (501) 663-6455 Charles Kristian Hanby, MD Ozark Orthopaedics 3317 North Wimberly Drive Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 521-2752 James L. Head, MD Conway Regional Medical Center Conway Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Clinic 550 Club Lane Conway, AR 72034 (501) 329-1510 Jeffrey W. Johnson, MD Ozark Orthopaedics 3317 North Wimberly Drive Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 521-2752 Jerry Lorio, MD Arkansas Bone & Joint 2010 Active Way Benton, AR 72019 (501) 315-0984 Navin R. Kilambi, MD UAMS Health - Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic in Fayetteville 201 West Van Asche Loop Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 966-4491 Corey O’Neal Montgomery, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-4000 D. Gordon Newbern, MD OrthoArkansas 800 Fair Park Boulevard Little Rock, AR 72204 (501) 500-3500
Jason H. Pleimann, MD Ozark Orthopaedics 3317 North Wimberly Drive Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 521-2752 Regis L. Renard, MD Orthopaedic Trauma Clinic Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 526-1042 Jason A. Smith, MD OrthoArkansas 800 Fair Park Boulevard Little Rock, AR 72204 (501) 500-3500 Joel N. Smith, MD Arkansas Surgical Hospital Martin Orthopaedics 2504 McCain Boulevard, Suite 101 North Little Rock, AR 72116 (501) 406-7640
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H. Scott Smith, MD Conway Regional Medical Center Conway Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Clinic 550 Club Lane Conway, AR 72034 (501) 329-1510 Chad E. Songy, MD UAMS Health - Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic in Fayetteville 201 West Van Asche Loop Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 966-4491 James C. Tucker, MD OrthoArkansas 800 Fair Park Boulevard Little Rock, AR 72204 (501) 500-3500 John L. Vander Schilden, MD UAMS Medical Center 4301 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-7823
OTOLARYNGOLOGY
Stephen W. Cashman, MD ENT & Allergy Center 2100 North Green Acres Road Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 521-0455 Adam Johnson, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-4000
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Bryan K. Lansford, MD NEA Baptist Clinic 4802 East Johnson Avenue Jonesboro, AR 72401 (870) 936-8000 Christine Mirabal, MD Jefferson Regional Ear, Nose and Throat Associates 1801 West 40th Avenue, Suite 1B Pine Bluff, AR 71603 (870) 541-6055 Mauricio A. Moreno, MD UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Women’s Cancer Clinic Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 296-1200 Gresham T. Richter, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-4000 James Y. Suen, MD UAMS Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic Jack T. Stephens Spine and Neuroscience Institute Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-8000 Jumin Sunde, MD UAMS Medical Center 4301 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 296-1200 Ozlem Tulunay, MD UAMS Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic 501 Jack Stephens Drive, 3rd Floor Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-8000 Andre M. Wineland, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 392-8489
PAIN MEDICINE
Ghaleb Ahmed, MD Advanced Spine and Pain Center 11220 Executive Center Drive Little Rock, AR 72211 (501) 219-1114 Jain Sameer, MD Pain Treatment MD 408 Office Park Drive, Suite 3 Bryant, AR 72022 (501) 553-0000 96 SEPTEMBER 2026
PEDIATRICS
Laureen L. Benafield, MD Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas Northwest Arkansas Pediatrics Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 442-7322 Orrin J. Davis, MD Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas Northwest Arkansas Pediatrics Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 442-7322 Lance A. Faddis, MD Mercy Clinic Primary Care 1225 East Centerton Boulevard Centerton, AR 72719 (479) 795-1301 Andrew M. Koehler, MD Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas Northwest Arkansas Pediatrics Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 442-7322 Eugene Lu, MD Arkansas Pediatric Clinic 16115 St. Vincent Way Little Rock, AR 72223 (501) 664-4117 Misty D. Nolen, MD Central Arkansas Pediatric Clinic 2301 Springhill Road, Suite 200 Benton, AR 72019 (501) 847-2500 William Patton, MD East Arkansas Children’s Clinic 901 Holiday Drive Forrest City, AR 72335 (870) 633-0880 Josephine Ta Park, MD Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas Northwest Arkansas Pediatrics Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 442-7322 Daniel E. Rasmussen, MD Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas Northwest Arkansas Pediatrics Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 442-7322 Christopher A. Schluterman, MD Pediatric Partners 7303 Rogers Avenue, Suite 201 Fort Smith, AR 72903 (479) 478-7200
ARKANSAS TIMES
Brentley J. Silvey, MD Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas Northwest Arkansas Pediatrics Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 442-7322 John P. Simmons, MD Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas Northwest Arkansas Pediatrics Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 442-7322 David Slay, MD CHI St. Vincent Primary and Community Care Clinic 100 McGowan Court Hot Springs, AR 71913 (501) 318-6199 James S. Swindle, MD Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas Northwest Arkansas Pediatrics Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 442-7322 Julie L. Tate, MD Living Tree Pediatrics 1110 Southeast 30th Street Bentonville, AR 72712 (479) 282-2966 David M. Weed, MD Central Arkansas Pediatric Clinic 2301 Springhill Road, Suite 200 Benton, AR 72019 (501) 847-2500
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
Sylvia Angtuaco, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-1100 Thomas H. Best, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-4000 Eudice E. Fontenot, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-4000
PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY
Ryan J. McDonough, DO Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (479) 458-0414 Jon D. Oden, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-4000
PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY Travis Ayers, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-4000
Sulaiman S. Bharwani, MD Arkansas Children’s Jonesboro Clinic 520 Carson Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 (870) 336-2175 Megan W. Butler, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-1100 Larry Hartzell, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-4000 Abby Nolder, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-4000 Alejandro Ramirez, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-4000 John M. Rosen, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (479) 487-2590
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PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY
Ranabothu Saritha, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock AR 72202’ (479) 334-3485
PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY
Graham M. Strub, MD, PhD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-4000
PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY Charles M. Glasier, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-1175 Charles A. James, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-1175
PEDIATRIC SURGERY Sid Dassinger, MD Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-4000
PEDIATRIC UROLOGY Ashay Patel, DO Arkansas Children’s Hospital 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 (501) 364-4000
PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION Kevin J. Collins, MD Rehabilitation Medicine Consultants of Arkansas 6020 Warden Road, Suite 200 Sherwood, AR 72120 (501) 945-1888
Rani H. Gardner, MD UAMS Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 801 Cottage Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 221-1311 PLASTIC SURGERY David H. Bauer, MD Arkansas Plastic Surgery 9500 Kanis Road, Suite 502 Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 219-8388
Kasia E. Kania, MD, MPH ARBRA Plastic Surgery 3901 Parkway Circle, Suite 100 Springdale, AR 72762 (479) 322-4244 Adam G. Newman, MD Newman MD Plastic Surgery 130 East 9th Street Mountain Home, AR 72653 (870) 425-6398 Melanie D. Prince, MD Prince Plastic Surgery 8201 Cantrell Road, Suite 150 Little Rock, AR 72227 (501) 225-3333 Kristopher B. Shewmake, MD Shewmake Plastic Surgery 11220 Executive Center Drive, Suite 201 Little Rock, AR 72211 (501) 492-8970 Robert G. Taylor, MD Taylor Plastic Surgery 4803 West Highland Knolls Road Rogers, AR 72758 (479) 521-1500
PSYCHIATRY
Jessica L. Coker, MD UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute Women’s Mental Health Clinic Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 526-8201 Kathryn A. Panek, MD Methodist Family Health Counseling Clinic 74 West Sunbridge Drive Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 582-5565 Shona L. Ray-Griffith, MD UAMS Women’s Mental Health Clinic 4224 Shuffield Drive, 4th Floor Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 526-8201 Hannah H. Williams, MD UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute Women’s Mental Health Clinic Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 526-8201
PULMONARY DISEASE
Samer Homsi, MD CHI St. Vincent Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic 10001 Lile Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 552-0500
Edward L. Jackson, MD Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas Fayetteville Diagnostic Clinic Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 582-7330 Emily G. Kocurek, MD UAMS Outpatient Center Pulmonary Clinic Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-8000 Jason M. Mckinney, MD Mercy Clinic Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine 2708 South Rife Medical Lane, Suite T20 Rogers, AR 72758 (479) 338-3080 Arturo Meade, MD Baptist Health Lung Center 1001 Towson Avenue Fort Smith, AR 72901 (479) 709-7433 M. Allen Moseley, MD Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas Fayetteville Diagnostic Clinic Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 582-7330 Shahla G. Naoman, MD Batesville Pulmonology Clinic 1215 Sidney Street, Suite 201 Batesville, AR 72501 (870) 262-1660 Daniel S. Paul, MD Mercy Clinic Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine 4600 Mercy Lane, Suite T20 Springdale, AR 72762 (479) 338-3080 Glauber Bruno Pereira, MD, PhD Mercy Clinic Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine 2708 South Rife Medical Lane, Suite T20 Rogers, AR 72758 (479) 338-3080 Meredith M. Walker, MD NEA Baptist Clinic 4802 East Johnson Avenue Jonesboro, AR 72401 (870) 936-8000
RADIATION ONCOLOGY Richard L. Crownover, MD, PhD UAMS Health - Radiation Oncology Center 4130 Shuffield Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 664-4568
Xiang Gao, MD, PhD CARTI Cancer Center 8901 Carti Way, 1st Floor Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 906-3000
Charles Mills, MD ARcare 14558 Highway 412 Huntsville, AR 72740 (479) 351-0973
Leslie M. Harrell, DO UAMS Health - Radiation Oncology Center 4130 Shuffield Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 664-4568
Walton Toy, MD Mercy Rheumatology Specialties 1002 South 52nd Street, Suite 200 Rogers, AR 72758 (479) 338-3722
Gary D. Lewis, MD UAMS Health - Radiation Oncology Center 4130 Shuffield Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 664-4568 Sanjay Maraboyina, MD UAMS Health – Radiation Oncology Center 4130 Shuffield Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 664-4568 Christopher C. Ross, MD CARTI Cancer Center 8901 Carti Way, 1st Floor Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 906-3000 Adam R. Wolfe, MD, PhD UAMS Health - Radiation Oncology Center 4130 Shuffield Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 664-4568 Fen Xia, MD, PhD UAMS Health – Radiation Oncology Center 4130 Shuffield Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 664-4568
REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY/ INFERTILITY
Dean M. Moutos, MD Arkansas Fertility & Gynecology 9101 Kanis Road, Suite 300 Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 534-3764
RHEUMATOLOGY
Tamer Alsebai, MD CHI St. Vincent Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic 10001 Lile Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 552-0500 Leslie McCasland, MD Arthritis & Rheumatism Association 2231 Hill Park Cove Jonesboro, AR 72401 (870) 333-2721
SPORTS MEDICINE
Kyle E. Arthur, MD UAMS Health - Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic in Fayetteville 201 West Van Asche Loop Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 966-4491
SURGERY
Nabil Akkad, MD Arkansas Surgical Group 1500 Dodson Avenue, Suite 250 Fort Smith, AR 72901 (479) 573-7940 Chris M. Cate, MD Baptist Health Surgical Clinic of Central Arkansas 9500 Kanis Road, Suite 501 Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 227-9080 Ronda Henry-Tillman, MD UAMS Medical Center 4301 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 296-1200 Brock King, MD Surgical Associates of Conway 525 Western Avenue, Suite 203 Conway, AR 72032 (501) 327-4828 Danny G. Lister, MD White River Health Specialty Care 2202 East Main Street Mountain View, AR 72560 (870) 269-6495 Kyle Joseph Mackin, MD Mercy Clinic General Surgery 1001 South Horsebarn Road Rogers, AR 72758 (479) 273-7700 Daniela Ochoa, MD UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute 449 Jack Stephens Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 296-120
Sonia T. Orcutt, MD, FACS, FSSO UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Surgical Oncology Clinic Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 296-1200
SURGICAL ONCOLOGY Eric C. Burdge, MD, PhD CARTI Cancer Center 8901 Carti Way Little Rock, AR 72205 (855) 552-2784 Michael J. Cross, MD Highlands Oncology 3901 Parkway Circle Springdale, AR 72762 (479) 587-1700 Ronald D. Robertson, MD UAMS Outpatient Center Surgery Specialties Clinic Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-6086 Yara V. Robertson, MD CHI St. Vincent Infirmary CARTI Cancer Center 5001 Bobo Road Pine Bluff, AR 71603 (501) 906-3000
Gail R. Jones, MD Arkansas Urology 1300 Centerview Drive Little Rock, AR 72211 (501) 219-8900
D. Keith Mooney, MD CARTI Cancer Center 8901 Carti Way, 1st Floor Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 906-3000
Nirmal K. Kilambi, MD Northwest Arkansas Urology Associates 5401 Willow Creek Drive Springdale, AR 72762 (479) 521-8980
Jeffrey B. Marotte, MD Arkansas Urology 1375 Superior Drive Conway, AR 72032 (501) 219-8900
Timothy D. Langford, MD UAMS Health Urology Clinic 10915 North Rodney Parham Road, Premier Medical Plaza, Suite F Little Rock, AR 72212 (501) 686-6324
VASCULAR & INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
James C. Meek, DO UAMS Medical Center 4301 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-6124
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THORACIC SURGERY
Matthew Steliga, MD Surgical Oncology Clinic 449 Jack Stephens Drive, 7th Floor Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 686-8211
THORACIC & CARDIAC SURGERY Jay K. Bhama, MD St. Bernards Heart and Vascular 201 East Oak Avenue Jonesboro, AR 72401 (870) 935-6729
Gregory W. Fink, MD Washington Regional Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Clinic 3211 North Northhills Boulevard Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 404-2110 Katy A. Marino, MD UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Surgical Oncology Clinic Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 296-1200
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Caleb B. Bozeman, MD Arkansas Urology 1300 Centerview Drive Little Rock, AR 72211 (501) 219-8900
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CONSIDERING MULTIPLE FACETS AT THE CRATER OF DIAMONDS DIAMONDS ARE NOT FOREVER Shortly after The Observer’s parents separated for the first time, but not the final time, we all — my parents, my younger brother and I — took a trip to the Crater of Diamonds State Park at Murfreesboro in an effort to remain as much of a family as possible despite the fresh schism. I don’t really know what I expected from the diamond mine. The Observer doesn’t remember a whole lot from that period anyway. But I do recall that digging for rocks on my hands and knees in a hot field of dirt all day wasn’t the pick-me-up 12-year-old me needed while navigating this new reality. Constant thoughts of my parents’ crumbling marriage gnawing at the back of my mind as I baked in the sun didn’t help either. The trip was a great opportunity for some Observation, though. The throngs of sunburned-pink, sweaty people trawling through an endless sea of rocky soil in search of treasure are images that have been forever seared into my brain. How many of them think they’re leaving with a diamond? How many times have they combed the volcanic dirt, created millennia ago by an eruption that brought the crater’s diamonds and other stones up to the surface? I was reminded of the Crater of Diamonds many years later, the first time I went to a casino, where I was again confronted with throngs of sunburned, sweaty people trawling through an endless sea — this time of slot machines — in search of treasure. You never know when luck will favor you. Looking back, I appreciate my parents’ well-intentioned effort to maintain some sense of normalcy during a turbulent period, but the outing was a bleak exercise in futility. I didn’t leave with any diamonds, or any lesser stones, despite my effort. My parents couldn’t make it work with each other, despite theirs.
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ONCE IS ENOUGH The Observer has yearned to visit the Crater of Diamonds State Park ever since moving to Arkansas three years ago. My partner, who grew up here, refused to go with me, describing his own family outing to the crater as a small child as a sadistic form of punishment. I thought he was being a wimp. I found an opening when my sister, a former pawn-shop manager with a zest for fine jewelry, came to visit — she was thrilled at the prospect of mining for gemstones. When we arrived at the crater at 4 p.m. on a 97-degree summer day, we set my elderly mother on a bench in the gift shop with a bottle of water; rented a bucket, a shovel and a sifting screen; and walked out the sliding doors to what can only be described as hell on Earth. For anyone who has visited in summertime, you know I mean that literally. An expanse of hard, black, gritty stone stretched out in the distance without a single shade tree in sight. Everywhere we looked, there were oncepasty-white families covered in mud, their sunburned flesh visible in the blinding glint of the sun. The kids were sunburned, too, and many had been put to work, wielding shovels and tools, chipping away at the hard earth. Some families were sheltering under tents they brought with them. It was clear some had traveled far with the intention to set up shop, hoping to strike it rich — and to stay until they accomplished their goal. I’m inclined to compare the experience to a sweatshop, where little children sew clothes, but I did meet a young girl in the museum who had had the time of her life simply finding nifty rocks, even though her parents were on the hunt for something far more valuable. My sister also had a blast. Next time she visits, she intends to get there when the doors open. I haven’t told her yet that she’ll be out there with her bucket and shovel without me.
IGNORE THE NAYSAYERS! IT’S COOL Judging by the reaction when it was brought up at a recent editorial meeting, it appears This Observer is the only person at the Arkansas Times who actually enjoys the Crater of Diamonds State Park. I genuinely don’t understand why. While it isn’t going to make anyone forget about Disney World or the Grand Canyon anytime soon, the park is certainly interesting and fun enough to fill a random Arkansas weekend day. First off, from a purely geographic standpoint, the park is fascinating. You’re telling me that a 500-million-year-old ocean and an underground gas volcano collided 100 million years ago at the place where the Ouachita Mountains run into the West Gulf Coastal Plain and the result was a field in rural Pike County that spits out diamonds? And we can just pay a couple of bucks to dig around and keep what we find? That’s awesome! Even better, there’s no learning curve to the diamond-digging process; there’s really no wrong way to do it. Want to dig just barely inside the park? Go for it! (That’s actually where the biggest diamond ever found at the park was located.) Want to go off to the less disturbed edges of the 37.5-acre field? Rinse a little at a time or fill a whole bucket before you go to the water station? Go right after a heavy rain or wait until everything dries out? Every approach is equally valid, so shoot your shot, diamond hunter! Finally, there’s something quaint about the throwback feel of the place. It’s an anachronism that feels out of place in 2026, when everything feels designed to generate big money for private industry. Crater of Diamonds went through its “let’s mine this for profit” phase a hundred years ago. It wasn’t commercially viable. Rather than just shutter it or let it sit idle in private ownership, the state bought it in 1971 — under the leadership of Gov. Dale Bumpers — and preserved it for future generations to enjoy. That pro-Arkansas foresight seems like a foreign concept today.
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