Current Employment Position(s)

Partner - Tax Department, since 1974

Year Joined Organization: 1974

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Employee Benefits-Retirement, Health & Welfare
• Estate Planning
• Representation of Professionals, Executives and Small Business Owners

Representative Clients

• Professional Service Corporations,
• Tax-Qualified Retirement Plans,
• Non-qualified deferred compensation and executive compensation plans

West Practice Categories

Closely Held Businesses, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer, Estate Planning, Corporate Taxation

Bar Admissions

• Arkansas, 1973
• U.S. Tax Court, 1974

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association, Tax Section, Employee Benefits Committee (Member)
• American Bar Association. Tax Section
• Arkansas Bar Association, Tax Section (Member and Former Chairman of Section)
• Pulaski County Bar Association (Member, Former Board Member)

Honors and Awards

• Blue Key
• Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel, 1992 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

• Easter Seals Arkansas, Board Member and former Chairman of the Board
• Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Board Member and former Chairman
• Arkansas Repertory Theatre Foundation, Chairman
• Little Rock Downtown Partnership, Board Member
• American Heart Association, Former Chairman
• Arkansas Lawyers Assistance Program Foundation
• SCAT, Inc. - Former Chairman

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1974
  LL.M. Tax, Master of Law in Taxation
• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1973
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  
  Law Review: Associate Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 1972 - 1973
• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1970
  B.S.B.A., Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta
• Kappa Sigma

Address

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

Phones

(501) 370-1544 (Direct Dial)

Faxes

(501) 376-2147

Emails

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Websites

http://www.fridayfirm.com