Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 17037, Jonesboro, AR 74203-6718
University Attended:
Arkansas State University, B.A., cum laude, 1991
Law School Attended:
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, J.D., with honors, 1994
Year of First Admission:
1994
Admission:
1994, Arkansas
Memberships:
Craighead County Bar Association (Member, Program Chair 1997-8; Secretary-Treasurer 2004-5; Vice President 2014-15; President 2015-16); Arkansas Bar Association (Member: Sections on: Business Law; Real Estate); and American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Business Law); The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies.
Special Agencies:
Commissioner on the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (Appointed by Governor 2015-2019); Commissioner on the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission (Appointed by Attorney General 2017-2023); Special Associate Justice to the Arkansas Supreme Court (Appointed by Governor 2015-2016)
Birth Information:
Paragould, Arkansas
Transactions:
Acquisition of former TapJac Lumber stores in SE Missouri by E.C. Barton & Company, 2000; Acquisition of NEA Internal Medicine Clinic from PhyCor on behalf of NEA Clinic, P.A., 2000; Acquisition of interest in The Surgical Hospital of Jonesboro by NEA Clinic, 2003; NEA Clinic and Triad Hospitals Joint Venture to own and operate Northeast Arkansas Medical Center, a 104 bed hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas, 2004; NEA Clinic and Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation Joint Venture to own and operate NEA Baptist Medical Center, a 104 bed hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas, 2007; Sale of The Surgical Hospital of Jonesboro to NEA Baptist Medical Center, a specialty surgical hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas, 2008; Acquisition of NEA Clinic by Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation and formation of NEA Baptist Health System, a new not-for-profit health system established in Jonesboro, Arkansas, which invested $400 million for the development of a new not-for-profit acute care hospital and 90+ physician not-for-profit clinic, 2010; Sale of former TapJac Stores in SE Missouri from E.C. Barton & Company to Meek Lumber Yard, 2010.
Mr. Gardner and his staff have handled highly sensitive information for us, as well as providing day-to-day minor assistance. In each instances of their involvement, we have been treated in a very pr...
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