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Steve Niswanger is the managing member of the firm and has about 21 years experience in business and general litigation and transactions, with an emphasis in contracts, creditors' rights (including foreclosure and bankruptcy), real estate, business torts, partner disputes, trade secrets, and construction.  He has been recognized as one of the leading attorneys in the Southeastern U.S.. In addition, he received the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 Awards for Arkansas Corporate Litigation from Corporate International magazine.. Further, Mr. Niswanger is "Peer Review" Rated by Martinedale-Hubbell as Distinguished with a rating of BV. He is "Lead Counsel" rated by Thomson Reuters through .. Mr. Niswanger has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at U.A.L.R. William H. Bowen School of Law. He has spoken at numerous seminars on the topics of real estate, construction liens and disputes, and bankruptcy.  He is a member of the American, Arkansas, and Pulaski County Bar Associations.. He received his B.A. degrees in English and Public Policy from Duke University, cum laude, in 1991; and a J.D. degree with high honors in 1995 from U.A.L.R. William H. Bowen School of Law, where he was an associate editor of the law journal. He was admitted to practice in Arkansas in 1996.He is an alumnus of Greater Little Rock Leadership and the past Lt. Governor of Division 21 of the Kiwanis International Mo-Ark District.  He is the past president of the Downtown Little Rock Kiwanis Club, which supports Camp Pfiefier, a charitable institution dedicated to improving the lives of Arkansas' at-risk 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders in Central Arkansas, and is on the board for the camp.  He also served recently on the Board of Youth Home, Inc., which is a charitable institution dedicated to helping Arkansas' most emotionally troubled adolescents and families become healthier contributing members of the community.

Professional Experience   Perry Wilson concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate and business law, commercial litigation and construction law and litigation. He is a member of the firm’s Business and Corporate Law Practice Group and Construction Law Practice Group. As part of his corporate and business law practice, Perry serves as general legal counsel for a number of businesses in Arkansas. He has negotiated and formalized the sales and acquisitions of numerous small and mid-sized businesses. He has litigated over 35 jury trials to verdict during his career, and he has significant experience in handling multi-party, multi-district litigation. From 2000 to 2002, he served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the Sixth Judicial District of Arkansas. Perry joined the firm in 2002.. Practice Areas. Court Admissions. Professional Associations. Community Involvement. Presentations and Thought Leadership. Noteworthy. Education

Prior to joining his current firm, Janik was a Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.. Mr. Janik joined the Department of Justice as an Honors Law Graduate through the Department of Justice Tax Division's Honors Program. While at the Department of Justice, Janik practiced in the Federal district and bankruptcy courts throughout the Ninth and Tenth Circuits.  His practice included the litigation of substantive tax issues including the Son of BOSS and the cross-border equipment lease-strip tax shelters, tax-exempt corporate status under Section 501(c), "responsible officer" cases arising under the Section 6672 Trust Fund Recovery Penalty, IRS administrative summonses including those involving the Offshore Credit Card Project and the Section 7609(f) "John Doe" provisions, asset valuation, nominee asset transfers, IRS collections due process appeals, judicial foreclosures, quiet title actions, and various issues arising from proofs of claim and dischargeability claims in the bankruptcy courts.. Janik was awarded the U.S. Attorney General's Outstanding Attorney Award in both 2005 and 2006.

Janet L. Pulliam has thirty years of experience in the areas of labor and employment law, health law, commercial litigation, and education law. While she often appears in cases in the state courts of Arkansas, most of her litigation experience has been in the federal district and appellate courts.. She is a member of the peer-selected American Board of Trial Advocates and is listed in Best Lawyers in America under Labor and Employment Law; in Chambers USA as a "Leader" in the field of Labor & Employment; and in Mid-South Super Lawyers in the areas of Health Care, Employment Litigation: Defense and Business Litigation.. She regularly advises and litigates in areas affecting public policy. Presently, her concentration is in the health law industry. She was selected by Super Lawyers as one of the most outstanding attorneys in the Mid-South in the area of Health Care Law for 2008-2011. Janet provides a range of services to health care providers, assisting them with employment issues, commercial disputes, governmental claims, civil and criminal investigations, and peer review.. Janet also serves as general counsel for the Little Rock Cardiology Clinic, where she is involved in general advice and litigation in emerging health care issues, including specialty hospitals, physician ownership and referral, economic credentialing, pay for performance, and antitrust. She served on the Institutional Review Board of Arkansas Heart Hospital from its inception in 1996 to 2007.. Recently, she was lead counsel securing significant victory for Mississippi County hospitals. On June 1, 2011, Judge Brian Miller of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas ruled in favor of the local community hospitals and found as a matter of law that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) interest in Medicare overpayment has priority over a lender's (First Tennessee Bank) security interest in receivables. While not binding, this opinion provides clarity to rural hospital systems across the country regarding Medicare overpayment disputes. Judge Miller ruled: "Although First Tennessee has a valid security interest in (certain) accounts, that interest does not attach until CMS audits and finalizes payments after each fiscal year." Farmers v. Ameris, et. al. No. 3:10CV00173-BSM(E.D.).. From 2004-2008, Janet acted as lead trial counsel in Murphy et al. v. Baptist Health; Pulaski County Circuit Court No. CV 2004-2002. In Murphy, et al., a group of cardiologists she represents, prevailed in obtaining a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of Baptist Hospital's economic credentialing policy. The preliminary injunction was sustained by the Arkansas Supreme Court. Baptist Health v. Murphy, 365 Ark. 115, 226 S.W.3d 800 (2006). Subsequently, a final judgment was entered for the Murphy plaintiffs, granting a permanent injunction. Or. Granting Murphy Pl.’s Mot. Perm. Inj. (Feb. 27, 2009), Murphy, et al v. Baptist Health No. CV 2004-2002 (Pulaski County Ark. 13th Div.). Janet argued the appeal successfully. Baptist Health v. Murphy, 2010 Ark. 358; 2010 Ark. LEXIS 458, September 30, 2010, Opinion Delivered. She was also involved in litigation involving the Patient Protection Act (Any Willing Provider Law) St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center, et al. v. Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Pulaski County Circuit Court No. CV 2006-4935.. She is member of ABA Health Law Section and The American Health Law Lawyers Association. She is an active member of the ABA and participates in several sub-committees relevant to her practice and serves as vice-chair of the Health Sections’ interest group on employee benefits and highly compensated employees.. Recent work with providers has included analysis of the value and possibilities of Hospital Syndications and assisting providers in converting to Electronic Medical Records.. Janet has acted as lead trial counsel representing both individuals and employers in class action employment matters and voting rights cases. See, e.g., Perkins v. City of West Helena, 675 F.2nd 2000 (8th Cir. 1982).. In the area of Education law, Janet has represented school districts, teachers, and students in a myriad of matters, and has assisted in the creation and design of student choice and student assignment plans in Illinois, Florida, and Massachusetts. In the litigation area, she was one of four lead attorneys representing the Little Rock School District seeking an inter-district remedy in a school desegregation case. This was one of the few successful inter-district remedy cases post-Milliken. Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District, 738 F.2d 82 (8th Cir. 1984), 778 F.2d 404 (en banc), cert. denied, 106 S. Ct. 2926 (1986).. In 1995, Janet was appointed by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to serve as legal assistant to the Special Master in the remedy phase of a school desegregation case. She served in that role until the case was concluded in 2002. People Who Care v. Rockford Board of Education School District #205, 111 F.3d 528 (7th Cir. 1997).. Also in 1995, she was appointed by the Governor of Arkansas to serve as Special Justice for the Arkansas Supreme Court.. In 2002, she took a sabbatical from private practice to serve as a senior law clerk for United States District Court Judge Billy Roy Wilson, Jr.. In 1994, she successfully represented a class of hearing-impaired persons in obtaining a ruling that the state statute barring hearing-impaired individuals from jury service was in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. After class certification, the State admitted liability, and the case was resolved by consent decree. Quinn v. Bogard, No. 93-CV-552 (E.D. Ark. 1993).. Janet received a B.A. degree from the University of Arkansas in 1969, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1979. She currently serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Arkansas, Bowen School of Law.

I practice for the people behind the cases.  Dedicated family man, son of an American farmer.  Proudly serving Central and Southern Arkansas.

Harrison Kemp was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas and returned here after law school to raise his own family in the town he knows and trusts. As a third-generation Little Rock trial lawyer, Harrison has the experience and network to handle almost any legal matter that affects his clients. He began his career working with his father in 2008 and, in 2014, he went into practice with Jack Wagoner and Angela Mann at the law firm of Wagoner Mann & Kemp, PLLC.