Will Bond

He has achieved significant verdicts and settlements for clients all over Arkansas, from Little Rock to Fayetteville to Texarkana to Helena. He has been chosen by his peers in the legal community in the publication Best Lawyers ®  since 2016 and named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers® in Little Rock for personal injury litigation in 2023.   He has been rated by Super Lawyers® as a member since 2006 and chosen as a member of the Top 50 Arkansas Super Lawyers® since 2022. Bond has a long history of public service having been elected Arkansas State Representative for the Jacksonville, Arkansas area from 2003-2008 and having been elected to the Arkansas State Senate for the Little Rock, Arkansas area from 2017-2020. Bond currently focuses all his professional work on achieving justice for clients injured or wronged, including people injured or killed in automobile and truck wrecks, by medical malpractice and hospital negligence, and folks in coverage disputes with their insurance carriers.

Professional Background

  • Admitted to practice law in all state and federal courts in Arkansas, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court
  • 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

Significant Verdicts

Patterson v. Northwest Arkansas Hospital-Springdale

Washington County, Arkansas

Represented a client who had developed a Stage IV pressure ulcer (bedsore) while hospitalized and had suffered severe complications for the bedsore.  The jury returned a $1,500,000 verdict on behalf of the client.

Co-counsel: Neil Chamberlin, Gene Adams

Aguilar v. Triad Transport, Inc.

Saline County, Arkansas

$1,453,500.00 verdict and judgment for eight families following explosion at hazardous waste transport facility and community evacuation.

Co-counsel: Sam Ledbetter, Neil Chamberlin

Shaw Group v Marcum

516 F. 3d 1016 (8th Cir. 2008)

Soldier accidentally electrocuted in basic training resulting in a $6.5 million dollar verdict

Co-counsel: Bruce McMath, Sam Ledbetter, Chris Thomason.

The Estate of Jerry Matthew Johnson v SECO Advertising Corporation, et al.

CV2006-144-3, verdict October 16, 2008.

Sign company worker electrocuted resulting in an $3.63 million dollar verdict

Co-counsel: Bruce McMath, Sam Ledbetter

FMC Corporation and Agro Distribution v Helton, et al.

360 ARK. 465, 202 S.W.3d 490 (2005)

Crop damage case resulting in verdict excess of $1 million – Case reversed, settled

Co-counsel Nix, Patterson & Roach, Neil Chamberlin

Education

  • Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, B.A. 1992
  • University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, J.D. 1995
  • Public and Civil Service
  • Member, Arkansas Senate 2017-2020
  • Central Arkansas Boys and Girls Club Board of Directors
  • Member, Arkansas House of Representatives, 2003-2008
  • 2005-2006, Chair Arkansas Code Revision Commission
  • Past President of Jacksonville Boys & Girls Club Board of Directors
  • Arkansas Access to Justice Commission 2007-2008
  • Member, Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church

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®)
  • 2006-2024 Mid-South Super Lawyers List
  • 2022-2024 Top 50, Arkansas Super Lawyers
  • 2016-2024 Best Lawyers in America – Selected by peers for inclusion
  • 2023 Best Lawyers ® Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year for Little Rock
  • American Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Trial Lawyers, Arkansas
  • 2011-2024 American Board of Trial Advocates, Member
  • 2019 Legislative Leadership Award - Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
  • 2019 Arkansas Municipal League Distinguished Legislator Award
  •  2017 Sidney S. McMath Award – Pulaski County Bar Association – Recognized for “an impeccable record of practice” 
  • 2016 Induction into Arkansas Boys State Hall of Fame
  • 2005 Chosen Top 10 Legislator by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  • 2005 Appointed member of Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Model Jury Instructions-Civil
  • 2005 Chosen by Arkansas Business as a member of the “40 Under 40” list honoring young leaders
  • 1998 Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association “Best Member New Lawyer Division"

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