Attorneys of McMath Woods P.A. in Little Rock, Arkansas (AR)



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	PHILLIP H. McMATH 711 West 3rd Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Phone 501-396-5400 Direct Dial 501-396-5416 Fax 501-374-5118
PROFESSIONAL President, McMath Woods P.A. Recipient of American Juris Prudence Award for Study of Conflicts, 1972. Member: Governor's Revision Committee for Workmen's Compensation Law, 1976-1977. Lecturer: University of Arkansas, School of Law, 1979-1981. Lecturer, Hastings College of Advocacy, Hastings Law School, University of California, 1977, 1980, 1981. Co-chairman, Amicus Curiae Committee, Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association, 1979-1980. State Committeeman for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1976- Member: American, Arkansas & Pulaski County Bar Associations; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Admitted to the Arkansas Bar (1973); U.S. District Court; Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; U.S. Supreme Court. Working knowledge of Spanish. EDUCATION Hendrix College and University of Arkansas, B.A. 1968. University of Arkansas, School of Law, J.D., 1973. CIVIL SERVICE Secretary and Co-Founder of the Porter Fund, a literary prize for Arkansas writers. Of Counsel, Wildwood Center for the Performing Arts MILITARY Active Duty U.S. Marine Corps Officer, 1967-1970. Platoon Commander and Company Commander serving in the Republic of Vietnam, 1969-1970. Discharged with rank of Captain. HONORS & AWARDS Arkansas Times "Best Lawyers in Arkansas" 2000 edition: runner-up; Best Medical Malpractice Lawyer.
	JAMES BRUCE McMATH 711 West 3rd Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Phone 501-396-5400 Direct Dial 501-396-5403 Fax 501-374-5118 e-mail bruce@mcmathlaw.com
AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Personal injury, especially related to product defects; pharmaceuticals and toxic substances; railroad grade crossing accidents; crash worthiness and passenger restraint system failures; commercial and crop damage related to pesticides either through misuse or product defects; pollution-related property damage and personal injury claims; multiple plaintiff causes of action. PROFESSIONAL Managing Partner, McMath Woods P.A. Member, Inner Circle of Advocates Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers Fellow, Southern Trial Lawyers Association Fellow, Arkansas Bar Foundation Lecturer, Hastings College of Advocacy, Hastings Law School, University of California. Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates. Association of Trial Lawyers of America: State Delegate, 1985-1986; Amicus Curiae Committee, 1989-1990; Peoples Law School Committee, 1986-1987; Public Relations Committee, 1989-1993, Board of Governors, 1990-1996 Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association: Political Action Committee, Chairman,1985-1986; Secretary, 1986-1987; President Elect, 1987-1988; President, 1988-1989: Trial Lawyer of the Year, 1995 Arkansas Bar Association House of Delegates,1990-1991; Co-chair, Federal Practice Committee, Eastern District of Arkansas, 1986-1989 Admitted to the Arkansas Bar (1975); Unites States District Court; Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Claims Court EDUCATION University of Arkansas at Little Rock, B.A. 1972 University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., 1973 CIVIL SERVICE Central Arkansas Astronomical Society: President, 1985, Secretary, 1986-1996 Arkansans for Environmental Reform: Founding Member and Vice President,1989-1992, President, 1993 Arkansas Aerospace Education Center: Board Member, 1994-1999 Arkansas Chapter of the Sierra Club; Executive Committee Chairman, 1995-1998 Arkansas Public Policy Panel Board, 1992-2001 HONORS & AWARDS Trial Lawyer of the Year, 1994 & 1995 Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association- Presidents award, 1985 & 1986 Listed in Best Lawyers in America> Arkansas Public Policy Panel-Dragon Slayer of the Year Award, 2000. Arkansas Times "Best Lawyers in Arkansas" 2000 edition: winner; Best Products Liability Lawyer; runner up Environmental (to Sam Ledbetter)
	SAMUEL E. LEDBETTER 711 West 3rd Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Phone 501-396-5400 Direct Dial 501-396-5405 Toll Free 800-362-6284 e-mail sam@mcmathlaw.com
AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Environmental Law, including litigation in state and federal courts and appearing before state and federal regulatory agencies. Representation of individuals, businesses and environmental groups in a variety of matters including toxic tort cases, pollution related property damage cases, cost recovery actions, and administrative permitting and enforcement actions. PROFESSIONAL Partner, McMath Woods P.A., 1998-present Partner, Nichols, Wolff, Ledbetter & Campbell, 1990-1997 Law Clerk for the late Judge Jim Cooper of the Arkansas Court of Appeals, 1983-1985 Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association Association of Trial Lawyers of America Pulaski County Bar Association Arkansas Bar Association-Environmental Law Section (Chair 1999-2000) American Bar Association- Sections on Litigation and Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Admitted to the Arkansas Bar (1983); Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals EDUCATION Hendrix College and University of Colorado, B.A., 1979 University of Arkansas at Little Rock, J.D., 1983 CIVIL SERVICE Member, Arkansas House of Representatives, 2001-present Arkansas Chapter of the Sierra Club, Chapter Vice Chair 1996-1997 Quapaw Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Board Member 1995-present Arkansas Wildlife Federation, Board Member 1990-1995 HONORS & AWARDS Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association, Consumer Advocate Award-2002 Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2001-2002 Edition Arkansas Times "Best Lawyers in Arkansas" co-winner; Best Environmental Lawyer, 2000
	WILL BOND 711 West 3rd Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Phone 501-396-5400 Direct Dial 501-396-5412 Jacksonville Office 501-982-9081 Fax 501-374-5118 e-mail will@mcmathlaw.com
AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Trial work related to car and truck wrecks, personal injury, wrongful death, insurance disputes and business disputes on a contingency fee basis. PROFESSIONAL Partner, McMath Woods, P.A., 2006 to present Partner, Bond & Chamberlin, 2002-2006 Partner, Bond & O’Brien, 1996-2001 Associate, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, 1995-1996 Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors 1998-2002) Arkansas Bar Association Association of Trial Lawyers of America American Bar Association Pulaski County Bar Association Admitted to practice law in all state and federal courts in Arkansas, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. EDUCATION Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN - B.A. 1992 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville – J.D. 1995 CIVIL SERVICE Member, Arkansas House of Representatives, 2003-Present Past President of Jacksonville Boys & Girls Club Board of Directors Member, Jacksonville Rotary Club Member, First United Methodist Church, Jacksonville HONORS & AWARDS AV Rated (Rated very high for legal ability and ethical conduct by the nation’s oldest and most reliable law directory – Martindale-Hubbell.) 2005 Appointed member of Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Model Jury Instructions-Civil 2005-2006, Chair, Arkansas Code Revision Commission 2006 Chosen Mid-South Super Lawyer 2005 Chosen Top 10 Legislator by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 2005 Chosen by Arkansas Business as a member of the “40 Under 40” List honoring young leaders. Member, William R. Overton Inn of Court 1998 Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association “Best Member New Lawyer Division”
	NEIL CHAMBERLIN 711 West 3rd Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Phone 501-396-5400 Direct Dial 501-396-5411 Fax 501-374-5118 e-mail neil@mcmathlaw.com
AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Products Liability; Insurance Disputes; ERISA Claims PROFESSIONAL Partner, McMath Woods P.A. Private Practice since 1993 Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education Seminars, Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association Member, Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors, 2004 -- ); Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Arkansas Bar Association Admitted to the Arkansas Bar (1993); U.S. District Court, Arkansas; U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. Supreme Court. EDUCATION Hendrix College, B.A., 1989 University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, J.D., 1993 PUBLICATIONS “Why Arkansas Should Overturn its Anti-Stacking Precedent: A Look at Aggregating Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage,” 21 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review 413 (Spring, 1999) " The Myth of ‘Reasonable Medical Certainty,’” Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association Docket (Spring, 2006)

	CHARLES HARRISON 711 West 3rd Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Phone 501-396-5400 Direct Dial 501-396-5431 Fax 501-374-5118 e-mail charles@mcmathlaw.com
PROFESSIONAL McMath Woods P.A., 2000-present Law Clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Elsijane Roy, 1985-1999 Cearley, Gitchell, Mitchell & Roachell, 1981 to 1984 Law Clerk, Arkansas Supreme Court Justice John F. Stroud, Jr., 1980 Law Clerk, Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Carleton Harris, 1979 Lecturer, Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association Continuing Legal Education Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association Association of Trial Lawyers of America Pulaski County Bar Association Arkansas Bar Association, Alternate Dispute Resolution Section American Bar Association Admitted to the Arkansas Bar (1979); U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals EDUCATION Attorney-Mediator Institute, 1997 University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D. 1979 University of Arkansas, B.A. 1976 CIVIL SERVICE Arkansas High School Mock Trial Competition advisor, 1998, 1999 Youth baseball and basketball coach, 1988-1999 Ongoing support of youth activity including sports events, ballet and theatre PUBLICATIONS Co-author, Proposed Arkansas Model Fraud Jury Instructions, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Journal, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Fall 1997)
	MART VEHIK (OF COUNSEL) 711 West 3rd Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Phone 501-396-5400 Direct Dial 501-396-5408 Fax 501-374-5118 e-mail mart@mcmathlaw.com
AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Motor vehicle crash injuries; construction, electrical and work site injuries; injuries from defective products; drug and medical product injuries; antitrust litigation; consumer and commercial litigation; class actions. PROFESSIONAL Partner, McMath Woods P.A Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, 6th Judicial District, 1971-1972 Private Practice since 1973 Lecturer; Continuing Legal Education Seminars; Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association Member; Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations; Association of Trial Lawyers of Arkansas and America Admitted to the Arkansas Bar (1966); U.S. District Court, Arkansas; U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, 1982 EDUCATION University of Arkansas, B.A., 1964 University of Arkansas, LLB, 1966 London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, England. LLM, 1970 PERSONAL Date of Birth: 2/6/42 Place of Birth: Viljandi, Estonia Marital Status: Married to Joan Vehik, three children, Liisa, Adam and Rebecca

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