CURRENT CASE LIST

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This  list is updated weekly when the appellate courts are in session.



  • SAM Group, LLC v. CR Crawford Construction, LLC, No. CV-18-724 (appellant minority shareholder's counsel on appeal, briefing stayed due to bankruptcy)
  • Stacy v. Stacy, No. CV-18-920 (appellant's co-counsel on appeal, interlocutory appeal of injunction, brief filed)
  • Anita G., LLC v. Centennial Bank, No. CV-18-227 (co-counsel on appeal for defendant, interlocutory appeal involving easement, brief filed)
  • Hearst v. Newcomb, 2018 Ark. App. 573 (appellant's counsel on appeal, legal negligence case, affirmed))
  • Brewer v. Massey, 2018 Ark. App. 529 (appellee's counsel on appeal, guardianship, affirmed)
  • Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration v. Clear Creek Medical, et al, 2018 Ark. 224 (co-counsel on appeal for appellee-license applicant, reversed and dismissed due to lack of subject matter jurisdiction).
  • Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration v. Natural State Agronomics, Inc., 2018 Ark. 224 (co-counsel on appeal for appellee license applicant, reversed and dismissed due to lack of subject matter jurisdiction).
  • Apprentice Information Systems, Inc. v. Datascout, LLC, 2018 Ark. 146, co-counsel for appellee in appeal, interlocutory appeal of injunction, reversed).
  • Amason v. City of Calion of Union County, Arkansas, No.  CV-18-618, co-counsel on appeal for appellant, eminent domain, opposition  to sewage discharge project, real property, brief filed)
  • Aydelott v. Circuit Court of Boone County, No. CV-18-51   (co-counsel for petitioners, guardianship jurisdiction, Petition for Writ  of Prohibition denied)
  • Miesner v. Estate of Allred, No. CV-16-946  (Petitioner's counsel, Petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis denied)
  • Roberts v. Riege, 2018 Ark. App. 262 (default judgment on      counterclaim and defense verdict on complaint, co-counsel on appeal for appellee, affirmed)
  • McGahhey v. McGahhey, No. CV-17-835 (marital property      appeal, co-counsel on appeal for appellee, brief filed)
  • Phifer v. Cowin, et al, No. CV-17-989 (probate,  co-counsel on appeal for appellees Cowin) (appellant dismissed appeal)
  • Cooper v. Merweather, 2018 Ark. App. 282 (appellant's  counsel on appeal, custody, affirmed)
  • McCoy v. Robertson, 2018 Ark. App. 279 (co-counsel on appeal      for appellant, medical negligence case, service issue, affirmed)
  • Reed v. Smith, 2018 Ark. App. 313  (appellants' counsel on  appeal, trust, affirmed dismissal order, but modified to dismissal without prejudice)
  • Townsend v. Townsend, 2018 Ark. App. 256 (appellant's  counsel on appeal, jurisdictional challenge to modify Hawaii decree, reversed and dismissed)
  • Riley v. WelcomeToTulum Investment Properties, LLC,      2018 Ark. App. 91 (appellant's counsel on appeal, real estate contract,   affirmed)
  • James v. Walchli, 2017 Ark. App.. 645 (appellee's  co-counsel on appeal, order to sign passport application, fees, child  support, affirmed in part and reversed in part)
  • Kraft v. Limestone Partners, LLC, 2017 Ark. App. 315   (co-counsel for petitions for rehearing and review, denied)
  • Roberts v. Riege, 2017 Ark. App. 408 (co-counsel on  appeal for appellee, land case, my motion to dismiss appeal granted); following remand and new appeal, Roberts v. Riege, 2018 Ark. App. 262 (co-counsel  for appellee on appeal, default judgment and damages, affirmed).
  • Wakefield v. Bell, 2018 Ark. App. 120  (co-counsel  on appeal for appellant, child custody, affirmed)

   

  • Riley v . Welcometotulum Investment, LLC, No. 17-311      (appellant's counsel, my motion to stay granted in Supreme Court during      appeal)
  • Brewington v. Keener, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 24679 (8th Cir. 2018) (civil rights case, excessive force, affirmed) 
  • Grantham v. Hornbeck Agricultural Group, LLC, 2017 Ark.      App. 520 (co-counsel on appeal for appellant, workers' compensation,      affirmed) (petitions for rehearing and review filed)
  • Barnett v. Cleghorn, 2017 Ark. App. 641 (co-counsel on      appeal for appellant, multi vehicle collision, reversed and remanded, my      responses to petitions for rehearing and review filed)
  • Marks v. Saville, 2017 Ark. App. 668 (appellants'      counsel on appeal, discovery sanction, affirmed) (petition for rehearing      and for review filed)
  • Darr v. Billeaudeau, 2018 Ark. App. 16 (co-counsel for      appellant on appeal, will contest, affirmed)
  • Miesner v. Estate of Joyce Priest Allred, 2017 Ark.      App. 390 (appellant's counsel on appeal, family settlement agreement,      affirmed)
  • Barton v. Brockinton, 2017 Ark. App. 369 (appellant's      co-counsel on appeal, survey, affirmed) (petitions for rehearing and for      review filed)
  • Hortelano v. Hortelano, 2017 Ark. App. 98 (appellant's      co-counsel on appeal, child custody, affirmed)
  • Sexton v. Local Police and Fire Retirement System, 2016      Ark. App. 496 (Appellant's counsel, cancer disability case arising from      fume exposures as firefighter, reversed and remanded)
  • Lagios v. Goldman, No. 15-1418, United States Supreme      Court (substitute counsel for petitioner, adoption), cert. denied, 2016      U.S. LEXIS 4765 (2016)
  • Emis v. Emis, 2017 Ark 52 (co-counsel for appellant on      petition for review, granted, and reversed and remanded to court of      appeals)
  • Razorback Cab of Fort Smith, Inc. v. Amon, 2016 Ark.      App. 352 (appellants' co-counsel for petition for rehearing and review)      (denied, 2016))
  • Perry v. Wolfe, 858 F.3d 1141 (8thCir. 2017) (co-counsel for appellee on appeal, immunity, affirmed)
  • Murphey v. Fuller, 2017 Ark. App. 164 (appellee's      counsel in appeal, their appeal dismissed without prejudice)
  • Morris v. Knopick, No. CV-16-373 (appellee's/cross      appellant's counsel on appeal, breach of contract and negligence, brief filed)
  • Apprentice Information Systems, Inc. v. Datascout, LLC,      No. CV-16-575 (co-counsel on appeal for appellee, interlocutory appeal,      injunction, motion to reassign to Supreme Court granted, brief filed))
  • Fowlkes v. Director Department of Workforce Services,      2017 Ark. App. 56 (appellant's counsel on appeal, unemployment, affirmed)
  • Morris v. Grand Savings Bank, No. CV-16-308 (co-counsel      on appeal for appellees, contract and tort claims) (appeal resolved while      briefing underway)
  • Harris v. Beth, 2017 Ark. App. 186 (co-counsel on      appeal for appellee, immunity, affirmed)
  • Hood v. Hood,, 2016 Ark. App. 266 (appellant's      co-counsel on appeal, guardianship.reversed and remanded)
  • Carlton v. Rice, No. 2016 Ark. App. 128 & 2016 Ark.      App. 129 (en banc) (appellant's co-counsel on appeal in two probate cases,      appeals dismissed as moot due to reversal in companion case)
  • Copeland Holdings, LLC v. Serio, et al, 2017 Ark. App.      280 (for appellants, interlocutory appeal from judgment, reversed and      remanded)(responses to petitions for rehearing and review filed)
  • Patterson v. Heritage Manor, Inc., 2016 Ark. App. 301      (appellant's co-counsel on appeal, landlord liability, affirmed)
  • Hadder v. Heritage Hill Manor, Inc., 2016 Ark. App. 303      (appellant's co-counsel on appeal, landlord liability, affirmed)
  • Walchli v. Walchli, 2015 Ark. App. 562 (appellee's      co-counsel on appeal, attorney fee award, affirmed)
  • Hortelano v. Hortelano, No. CV-15-193 (appellant's      co-counsel on appeal, child custody, brief filed)
  • Blevins v. Hudson, 2016 Ark. 150 (co-counsel for      appellant on appeal, quasi-judicial immunity, affirmed) cert. denied, 2016      U.S. LEXIS 5154 (2016)
  • Edmondson v. Lockett, 2015 Ark. App. 571 (co-counsel      for appellee on appeal) (retirement and contempt, affirmed)
  • Morris v. Knopick, 2015 Ark. App. 653 (appellee's      counsel on appeal) (their appeal dismissed for lack of final order)
  • Trujillo v. TK Martial Arts Academy, LLC, 2015 Ark.      App. 606 (appellant's counsel on appeal, wrongful death, release,      affirmed)
  • Barton v. Brockington, No. CV-15-200 (co-counsel for      appellants on appeal, land dispute) (appeal dismissed without prejudice      because of finality issue, petitions for rehearing and for review filed)
  • Tarasenko v. University of Arkansas, 616 Fed. Appx.      214, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 17240 (8th Cir. Ark. 10-1-15) (8th Cir., appeal      from employment termination, counsel for appellant, affirmed) (petition      for writ of certiorari to United States Supreme Court denied)
  • Boyd Corley Construction, LLC v. Cummins Mid-South,      LLC, 2015 Ark. App. 229 (co-counsel on appeal for Appellee, contract,      reversed) (petition for review denied, with one dissent)
  • Fry v. Fry, 2015 Ark. App. 339 (Appellant's counsel on      appeal, property division, affirmed)
  • Davis v. Davis, 2016 Ark. 64 (Arkansas Supreme Court,      considering certified question on jurisdiction, and remanding to Court of      Appeals for decision on merits); No. CV-14-933 (co-counsel for Appellee in      divorce appeal, brief filed)
  • Cason v. Lambert, 2015 Ark. App. 41 (Appellant's      counsel on appeal, trust, affirmed)
  • Rottinghaus v. Hollowell, No. 14-2471, 8th Cir. 2014      (co-counsel on appeal, excessive force and death, civil rights, affirmed)
  • Foust v Montez-Torres, 2015 Ark. 66 (Appellee's counsel      on appeal, visitation former same-sex friend, affirmed)
  • Fletcher v. Stewart, 2015 Ark. App. 105 (co-counsel for      appellees on appeal, adverse possession, affirmed)
  • Planchon v. Local Police & Fire Retirement System,      2015 Ark. 131 (Supreme Court denying motion for revivor and granting      alternative motion to remand) No. CV-13-1133, Appellant's counsel on      appeal, firefighter's disability (briefs filed in Court of Appeals and      also Supreme Court
  • Horne v. Henson, 2014 Ark. App. 687 (for appellant,      breach of contract judgment, dismissed without prejudice due to lack of      final order, from pro se notice of appeal)
  • Smith v. Norris, No. 14-1273 (8th Cir. 2014) (assisting      counsel in civil rights appeal, brief filed)
  • Dickson v. McHugh, No. 14-1289 (8th Cir. 2014)      (co-counsel on appeal for Appellant, Title VII and ADEA) ( brief filed)
  • Hymes v. Pinewood Health & Rehab., 2014 Ark. App.      320 (Appellant's counsel on appeal, workers' compensation, affirmed)
  • Burks v. Liberty Bank of Arkansas, 2014 Ark. App. 672      (Appellants' counsel on appeal, property, affirmed)
  • Kendall v. Golden, No. CV-13-745 (co-counsel for      Appellees on appeal, adverse possession, appeal dismissed)
  • Travelers Casualty & Surety Co., BCC Construction      LLC, Boyd Corley Construction v. Sweet's Contracting, Inc., 2014 Ark. 484      (co-counsel for Appellee/Cross Appellant, affirmed in part, reversed in      part)
  • Lafferty v. Everett, 2014 Ark. App. 332 (co-counsel for      Appellants on appeal, adverse possession, affirmed)
  • Venable v. Fred's, Inc., et al, 2014 Ark. App. 286      (co-counsel for Appellants on appeal, expert opinion on causation,      affirmed)
  • Fritts v. State, 2013 Ark. 505 (assisted Appellant's      counsel in murder appeal, suppression issue, affirmed)
  • Carr v. Garland County Circuit Court, No. 13-697      (co-counsel on appeal, response to petition for writ of prohibition,      constitutionality of John Doe statute, Petition denied, without prejudice)
  • Piping Industrial Company, Inc. v. Future Fuel Chemical      Company, 2013 Ark. App. 549 (provided assistance in Reply Brief for      Appellant's counsel, breach of contract, affirmed in part, dismissed in      part)
  • Carter v. Cline, 2013 Ark. 398 (co-counsel for      Appellant on appeal, consultation in breach of contract appeal, affirmed)
  • Joshlin Brothers Irrigation v. Sunbelt Rental, Inc.,      2014 Ark. App. 65 (co-counsel for Appellant on appeal, commercial      litigation involving liability of partner, affirmed)
  • Skalla v. Canepari, 2013 Ark. 415 (co-counsel for      Appellant on appeal, fiduciary duty claim between co-tenants, affirmed)
  • Gulfco of Louisiana, Inc. v. Brantley, 2013 Ark. 367      (co-counsel for Appellant on appeal, declining to enforce contracts from      Louisiana, which would be usurious in Arkansas, affirmed)
  • Crittenden County, Arkansas v. Davis, 2013 Ark. App.      655 (co-counsel on appeal for Appellee, contract, reversed)
  • Patel v. Trivedi and New York Life Insurance Company,      2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 22169 (8th Cir. 2013) (counsel for Appellants on      appeal, affirmed in part, and reversed in part)
  • Queen v. Nortel Networks, 2013 Ark. App. 523      (co-counsel for Appellant on appeal, workers' compensation case, affirmed)
  • May v. Goodman, 2013 Ark. 82 (co-counsel for Appellant      on appeal, in a case of first impression regarding interpretation of the      per curiam changing summons requirements, reversed and remanded)
  • Scudder v. Ramsey, 2013 Ark. 115 (co-counsel for      Appellee on appeal, of first impression on its facts where a mother is      adopted by her cousin and argues this terminated previously-ordered      grandparent visitation with the mother's child, my petition to transfer to      Supreme Court granted, and reversed on visitation, affirmed on contempt,      remanded on fee award)
  • Porocel Corporation v. Washington, 2013 Ark. 172      (co-counsel for Respondent on appeal, Petition for Writ of Prohibition,      exclusivity of remedy, writ granted)
  • Reynolds Metals Company v. Kirksey, 2013 Ark. 287      (co-counsel for Respondent on appeal, exclusivity of remedy, writ granted      with two dissenting opinions)
  • Hughes v. Dalton, 2013 Ark. App. 142 (counsel for      Appellant on appeal, involving a testamentary trust and deeds, affirmed)
  • Bradley Timberland Resources, LLC v. Webster Business      Credit Corp., 712 F.3d 401 (8th Cir. 2013) (co-counsel for Appellant on      appeal, removal and statutes of limitations, affirmed)
  • Blankenship v. USA Truck, 515 Fed. Appx. 622 (8th Cir.      2013) (Appellant's counsel on appeal, involving fraudulent inducement,      previously reversed and upon remand, we again appealed, affirmed)
  • McVesting, LLC v. Heirs of Macie McGoon, 2012 Ark. App.      541, (co-counsel for Appellees on appeal, standing and sufficiency of      notice of appeal, reversed and remanded)
  • Stuart v. Stuart, 2012 Ark. App. 458, (for Appellant's      counsel, alimony, affirmed)

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