Practice Areas - Class Action Defense
- Real Estate Litigation
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| Contact Info | Telephone: (501) 688-8850
Fax: (501) 918-7850
http://www.mitchellwilliamslaw.com
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| University | St. Louis University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1994 |
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| Law School | University of Arkansas, J.D., Dec., 1996 |
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| Admitted | 1997, Arkansas |
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| Memberships | Pulaski County, Arkansas, Eighth Circuit and American Bar Associations; William R. Overton Inn of Court. |
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| Biography | Successfully tried and appealed a variety of business suits before Arkansas state and federal trial courts and Arkansas appellate courts and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis, Missouri. Obtained precedent-setting federal court injunction against U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (Pathfinder v. Thompson, 177 F.Supp. 2d 895 (E.D. Ark. 2001)). Obtained favorable first impression ruling in appeal of Freedom of Information Act case (Kristen Inv. Props., LLC v. Faulkner County Waterworks, 32 S.W.3d 60 (Ark. Ct. App. 2000)). Served as Court-appointed liaison counsel for European litigants (In re Genetically Modified Rice Litigation, MDL 1811 (E.D. Mo.). Served as Court-appointed Special Circuit Court Judge for Arkansas' Sixth Judicial District (Pulaski and Perry Counties). |
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| Reported Cases | Reported trial and/or appellate cases include: Usery v. Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 606 F.3d 1017 (8th Cir. 2010); Harry Stephens Farms, Inc. v. Wormald Americas, Inc., 571 F.3d 820 (8th Cir. 2009); First Union Nat'l Bank v. Benham, 423 F.3d 855 (8th Cir. 2005); Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. RLI Ins. Co., 292 F.3d 583 (8th Cir. 2002); First Fin. Bank v. Mazzio's Corp., 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 3407 (8th Cir. 2001); Land v. Baptist Med. Ctr., 164 F.3d 423 (8th Cir. 1999); Franklin v. Zain, 152 F.3d 783 (8th Cir. 1998); Gunn v. Farmers Insurance Exchange, 2010 Ark. 434 (Ark. 2010); Weiss v. Am. Honda Fin. Corp., 200 S.W.3d 381 (Ark. 2004); DaimlerChrysler Servs. N. Am. v. Weiss, 200 S.W.3d 405 (Ark. 2004); Slusser v. Monsanto Company, Inc., 198 S.W.3d 106 (Ark. 2004); Doe v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs., 182 S.W.3d 107 (Ark. 2004); Comm. to Establish Sherwood Fire Dep't. v. Hillman, 109 S.W.3d 641 (Ark. 2003); In re Estate of Owens, 2004 Ark. App. LEXIS 602 (Ark. Ct. App. 2004); Ark. Mech. Servs. v. Jarrett, 2004 Ark. App. LEXIS 97 (Ark. Ct. App. 2004); Superior Fed. Bank v. Mackey, 129 S.W.3d 324 (Ark. Ct. App. 2003); Dev. & Constr. Mgmt. v. City of N. Little Rock, 119 S.W.3d 77 (Ark. Ct. App. 2003); Matthews v. Spencer, 2001 Ark. App. LEXIS 669 (Ark. Ct. App. 2001).Class action cases include: Hunter v. Runyan, 2011 Ark. 43 (2011) (successfully defeated attacks upon trial court's approval of nationwide class settlement of 250,000 insureds); Mittry v. BancorpSouth Bank, 200 S.W.3d 869 (Ark. 2005) (successfully defeated class certification sought by municipal bondholders); Winkler v. Superior Financial Corp., 4:01-CV-00851 SWW (E.D. Ark.) (successfully defeated class certifi cation sought by home buyers); Richardson v. Chase Manhattan Bank, U.S.A., CV-03-4648, Pulaski County Circuit Court (successfully obtained nominal settlement for national credit card company); 4900 Kavanaugh, LLC v. Primedia, Inc., 4-05-cv-1635 JLH (E.D. Ark.) (successfully defended to voluntary dismissal nationwide class sought by property owner). |
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| ISLN | 911259719 |
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