Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1980

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Hurst is a partner in the firm and has practiced in the Employee Benefits Practice Group for over 25 years.  Mr. Hurst is currently co-head of the Employee Benefits Practice Group. Mr. Hurst's practice includes extensive experience in the design, implementation and administration of tax-qualified retirement plans (including defined benefit pension plans, profit sharing plans, 401(k) plans and ESOPs), nonqualified deferred compensation plans and health and welfare plans for financial institutions, regular business organizations, professional corporations, governmental and non-profit organizations.  He assists both plan sponsors and fiduciaries with regulatory compliance with both ERISA and HIPAA and also with state and federal tax issues and local legislation which afects retirement and welfare plans. In addition, he acts as counsel to plan sponsors and fiduciaries with respect to ERISA controversies and litigation.

Areas of Practice

• Employee Benefits-Retirement, Health & Welfare
• Executive Compensation

Representative Clients

• Dillard's, Inc.
• Entergy Corporation
• Stephens Inc.
• Acxiom Corporation
• Baptist Health
• Arkansas Children's Hospital
• State of Arkansas Deferred Compensation Plan
• Arkansas Best Corporation
• Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corporation

West Practice Categories

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employer, Taxation Law

Bar Admissions

• Arkansas, 1980
• U.S. Tax Court, 1981

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Arkansas Bar Association, 1980 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association, Tax Section, 1980 - Present (Member)
• Pulaski County Bar Association, 1980 - Present (Member)
• Southwest Benefits Association (Member)
• ESOP Association (Member)
• American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries, 1999 - Present (Associated Professional Member)
• National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (Member)
• The Gulf Coast Area TE/GE Council, 2001 - Present (Member)
• PWBA Dallas Regional Office Practitioner Group, 2001 - Present (Member)
• Second Presbyterian Church
• Quapaw Council, Boy Scouts of America, 2000 - Present (Board Member)
• The Arkansas Arts Center, 2001 - Present (Trustee)

Honors and Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America under Employee Benefits, 1989 - Present

Education

• New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1981
  LL.M. Tax, Master of Law(s) in Taxation
• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1980
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: With Honors
• Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1977
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude
  Major: Business
  Minor: Accounting
  Minor: Computer Science

Fraternities/Sororities

• Kappa Sigma
• Phi Delta Phi

Address

400 West Capitol Avenue
Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522

Phones

(501) 370-1590

Faxes

(501) 244-5306
(501) 376-2147

Emails

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Websites

http://www.fridayfirm.com