- DivorceFamily law issues inevitably lead to stress and can even result in full-fledged crisis. We provide guidance, solutions and support when families face legal challenges.
- Child SupportPerhaps you need a post-divorce decree modification to move out of state with your child. You might need to collect child support or ask for modification of child support in the event of an income change. Can you get help from your child’s other parent when your child’s medical or educational expenses dramatically increase? What about stopping child support once your child reaches 18? Do you want to make sure to preserve your parental rights to a child born outside of marriage?
- Child Custody and VisitationYou may find yourself facing any number of family law-related challenges and questions. You may be wondering who can skillfully handle your divorce and help you reach workable settlements regarding your property, child custody and alimony. Most people going through such traumatic events are concerned about the process going smoothly. So many arguments can turn ugly without much warning.
- Adoption
- Paternity
- Premarital Agreement
- GuardianshipParents may also have questions about what would happen to their children if they were no longer able to take care of them. Setting up a guardianship or guardian that would take over for the parents in the event something tragic was to happen is beneficial and comforting to all parties involved.
- Spousal Support
- Annulment
- Criminal DefenseCriminal law involves prosecution by the government of a person for an act that has been classified as a crime. Civil cases, on the other hand, involve individuals and organizations seeking to resolve legal disputes. In a criminal case, the state, through a prosecutor, initiates the suit, while in a civil case the victim brings the suit. Persons convicted of a crime may be incarcerated, fined, or both. However, persons found liable in a civil case may only have to give up property or pay money, but are not incarcerated.
- DUI/DWI
- Wrongful Death
- Sex CrimesCrimes include both felonies (more serious offenses -- like murder or rape) and misdemeanors (less serious offenses -- like petty theft or jaywalking). Felonies are usually crimes punishable by
- White Collar Crimes
- Theft
- Misdemeanors
- Murder
- Juvenile Crimes
- Business Formation
- Business DisputesYou are in business to make money. Legal matters often appear unexpectedly. Business law issues and questions that are not resolved can grow from small distractions into the destruction of your enterprise. In the business world, you need to have an attorney to call on for help.
- Business TransactionsOur practice focuses on our clients. We understand that not everyone chooses to follow the rules followed by most of us. Some people choose to unnecessarily harm people. We help people that have been unnecessarily injured in business transactions, car or truck collisions, real estate matters, construction cases, financial matters, family life or to the community as a whole. We work to protect or re-establish the quality of our clients' lives, of their businesses, and to protect the well-being of the communities
- Limited Liability Companies
- Construction Contracts
- Trade Secrets
- Employment Contract
- Severance Agreement
- Real Estate LitigationOur two-member team of lawyers has practiced business law, contract law, commercial law, construction law and real estate law for more than three decades combined.
- Construction LitigationEven though construction has slowed in Arkansas, and across the country, home and business owners, builders, contractors and subcontractors know that the need for remodeling and for new buildings remains. If you or your business has a need for construction law or litigation legal services, we can help.
- Real Estate Transactions
- Eminent Domain
- Landlord-Tenant Disputes
- Personal InjuryAdmiralty cases, bankruptcy issues, family law matters, personal injury claims, fire loss cases and white collar criminal cases.
- Medical Malpractice
- Estate PlanningHaving estate planning procedures done properly are beneficial in multiple ways, but specifically there can be tax benefits depending on how your estate is set up and you can have the comfort of knowing that your estate will not cause any problems for your heirs and other family members.
- WillsIn most cases, when a family member passes, and whether or not that family member had a last will and testament, the opening of an estate within the court system is required to dispose of and distribute that family member’s property to the other family members.
- Power of AttorneyEstate planning includes the drafting, preparing, execution and interpretation of instruments such as wills, trusts, living wills, health care proxies, powers of attorney, rights of survivorship and any other document dealing with the inheritance or management of property passing from individuals.
- Probate
- Bankruptcy452 B.R. 754, (May 17, 2011) Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Case. Construction Contract issue decided under the Proof of Claim bankruptcy statutes and Arkansas contract law.
- ForeclosureReal Estate litigation could involve issues such as a breach of a contract for the sale of real estate, adverse possession, quiet title, injunctions, restrictive covenants, partition, title, property line disputes, foreclosures, or an action against a real estate agent.