As lead counsel, J.R. has tried numerous matters successfully receiving both defense and plaintiff verdicts for his clients. He serves as an engagement partner in the Fayetteville office focused on representing companies in all sizes from publicly traded Fortune 500 companies to small privately held companies in two main areas: products liability and complex commercial litigation. J.R., as lead counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants, has tried to verdict numerous different areas of litigation.
J.R has been named to The Best Lawyers in America© list by US for the years 2017 through 2023. J. R. has also been named to the top 250 most influential business leaders list in the State of Arkansas for the years 2021 through 2023 by Arkansas Business Journal. In December of 2017, J.R. received a defense verdict on behalf of a product manufacturer in a multi-million dollar wrongful death suit. Hill v. Kubota Corporation and Kubota Tractor Corporation, CV-2012-5795, Pulaski County Circuit Court.
J.R.’s background in accounting along with his legal background has allowed him to focus on all different forms of complex business litigation for his clients. From 2013-2020 J.R. was an adjunct professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law teaching sports law to second and third year law school students. He is also a registered NFL contract advisor and has represented every 1st round player from the University of Arkansas for over a decade.
