Practice Areas

Construction- Our firm represents owners, contractors, construction managers, developers, design professionals, sureties, insurance companies and suppliers in all aspects of the construction process. This includes bidding, document preparation, contract negotiation and formation, contract performance, financing, warranty issues, litigation, mechanics and materialmen liens, claim resolution, and lobbying for legislation beneficial to the construction industry. We are experienced in the licensing requirements for construction contractors in all fifty states and serve as local counsel for two national lien clearinghouses. We serve our clients by maximizing their bonding capacities through our knowledge of the industry and our long-standing relationships with numerous bonding companies.

Alternative Dispute Resolution- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is the process of resolving legal conflicts without going to trial. ADR is usually the most inexpensive and time efficient means of resolving a legal claim. Most construction contracts provide for the use of ADR as an alternative to going to trial. Our firm is in the forefront of this area, advising clients on arbitration, international dispute resolution, mediation, mini-trials, and private judging. We have extensive expertise in determining when a form of ADR is in the best interest of clients and meets their needs better than traditional litigation. We have substantial experience and training in ADR and routinely advise our clients on the legal consequences flowing from particular terms and conditions of all ADR options.

Business and Commercial- We provide a wide variety of services to our business clients from assisting in selecting the type of organizational entity under which to operate, preparation of agreements, sale and purchase of businesses, obtaining financing and funding for business operations, employee relations, and dissolution.

Business Organizations- The form of business chosen for a business entity potentially affects every aspect of its operations. Our firm assists our clients in formation and business planning in deciding whether they want to operate as a closely held business, limited liability company, partnership, or corporation. We advise our clients about directors' and officers' liability, dissolution, franchising, reorganization, trade association membership and activity, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, business successions, and shareholders' rights.

Bankruptcy- Our firm represents business clients in bankruptcy proceedings. Our CPA's and Attorneys work to reorganize debt structure to assist in continuing the business entity while ensuring the maximum payout to creditors.

Taxation- Our firm represents individual and business clients in matters in all areas of state and federal tax to include structuring business transactions to minimize taxes and avoid inherent tax problems, offers in compromise, sales and compensating use tax appeals, and real property tax appeals. We prepare all types of tax returns and provide annual tax planning to those clients who request it.

Estate Planning- Estate Planning deals with the distribution of an individual's property at his or her death, taking into account wills, taxes, insurance, property, and trusts so as to gain maximum benefit of all laws and, at the same time, carrying out the person's wishes. Our firm of CPA's and Attorneys is capable of handling all sizes and types of estate plans.

Probate & Estate Administration- Our firm works in Probate and Estate Administration. Probate is the legal process by which a person's debts are paid and assets are distributed upon her or his death. Estate Administration includes the probate process as well as non-probate transfers of the deceased's assets. Individual state laws direct the probate court how to distribute the deceased's estate. State laws and procedures vary greatly, so, it is important to consult a firm with expertise in this area to ensure that the deceased's assets are distributed correctly in accordance with Arkansas law.

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