Areas of Practice:
Public and Private Offerings of Securities
Mergers
Acquisitions
Tender Offers
Proxies
Investment Advisors
Investment Companies
Broker-Dealers
Corporate Trustees
Insurance and Insurance Holding Company Corporate
Reinsurance, Redomestication, Business Block Transactions and Products
Litigation involving Securities
Corporations
Shareholder Suits Officers and Directors
Municipal Bonds and Commodities
Year Joined Organization:
1973
Litigation Percentage:
50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Arkansas, 1970
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1973
U.S. Supreme Court, 1974
Education:
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center, Fayetteville, AR, 1970
J.D.
Law Review: Member, Arkansas Law Review, 1969 - 1970
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1965
B.S.B.A.
Major: Accounting
Representative Cases:
T.J. Raney & Sons, Inc. v. Ft. Cobb Oklahoma Irrigation Fuel Authority, 717 F.2d 1330 (10th Cir. 1983)
Representative Clients:
Bank of New York
BNL Financial Corporation
Brokers National Life Assurance Corporation
The Phoenix Group
PHL Variable Insurance Co.
First Commercial Bank, Little Rock (now Regions Bank)
Simmons First National Bank
Simmons First Mortgage Company
Arvest Trust Company
First National Bank of Fort Smith
Bank of America
Bancorp South
Morgan-Keegan and Co.
Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association, Business Law Section
Member
Arkansas Bar Association, Federal and State Securities Law Committee
Member
Arkansas Bar Association, Group Insurance Committee
Chairman
Pulaski County Bar Association
Member
American Bar Association, Litigation Section
Member
American Bar Association, International Law Section
Member
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Little Rock
North Little Rock Boys and Girls Club
Past Employment Positions:
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Trial Attorney, 1970 - 1973
Ernst & Young, 1968 - 1969
Fraternities/Sororities:
Sigma Chi
Beta Alpha Psi
Birth Information:
December 28, 1943, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America.
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