Atkins Lawyers

Litigation is our practice. If a case has the potential to go to a trial we want a chance to be engaged. If it is in our client's best interest to settle, we will do so, but only if it is the course chosen by the client.

Brian Light joined wh Law | We Help in 2020. His practice is focused on Bankruptcy matters.

Brian grew up in Little Rock, where he graduated from Little Rock Central High. After earning his undergraduate degree at the University of Central Arkansas he attended the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville.

While in law school, he worked in the school’s Pro Bono Bankruptcy Clinic, where he discovered that helping the people of Arkansas through the bankruptcy process was the best way for him to use his law degree. Since graduating from law school in 2014 he has helped hundreds of...

Formerly a Cop and Judge. Decades in the legal community. Personally available to all clients from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. It costs you nothing to talk for a bit and see how we might help you.

Kacey Ziegler is an Attorney with the Nash Law Firm for six years. Kacey’s practice focuses primarily on estate planning, elder law, probate, real estate, and contracts. She has created hundreds of estate plans with her clients’ needs in mind. Kacey speaks regularly to groups on the subject of revocable and irrevocable trusts, avoiding probate, and advanced directives.

Kacey earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas William H. Bowen School of Law and has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Political Science from the University of Central Arkansas. While attending law school, Kacey was a 3L law clerk...

For forty years, Lamar Porter has handled all aspects of personal injury litigation (motor vehicle, trucking, defective products, and catastrophic injury cases). For the last twenty-five years, Lamar has focused primarily on medical malpractice litigation, representing patients and their families in cases against medical providers who have caused serious injury or death. Mr. Porter heads the medical malpractice and litigation section of the law firm and has been closely involved in the firm’s drug and medical device cases. He has extensive experience in handling birth injury cases (obstetrical malpractice). Although only a handful of malpractice verdicts have ever been handed...

Brad Hendricks has a family tradition of dedication to the law. His father was also an attorney in Little Rock, and a former circuit judge in Pulaski County.

Brad has worked for many years as a trial attorney almost exclusively handling medical malpractice cases. His practice focuses on representing children with cerebral palsy or other birth injuries caused by obstetric or pediatric malpractice. Several of the cases he has settled or won at trial have been reported in a number of legal publications.

In 1980, the State of Arkansas called upon Brad Hendricks to bring the prison system...

Matthew Hartness is committed to helping resolve the legal problems faced by individuals and businesses throughout the state of Arkansas. It is our service that has made The Brad Hendricks Law Firm one of the largest law firms in the state for twenty years. Our Little Rock, Arkansas law firm has had great success with civil litigation cases involving everything from car accidents and trucking collisions, to Social Security Income and Social Security Disability, to personal injury and bankruptcy. Matthew focuses on personal injury, business litigation, trucking litigation, and wrongful death.

I became a lawyer later in life after experiencing first hand as a single mother and business owner how helpless one can feel in a judicial system that seems out of reach to all but those with endless resources. I know what it is like to be faced with the need for legal representation having limited resources and a judicial system that is too often dismissive of those with modest means. I made a vow to never forget how terrified and helpess I felt and how differently many things in my life might have been had I had someone advocating...

Christopher Heil was born in New York City and raised in New Jersey, just outside of Philadelphia. He moved to Little Rock when he was seventeen years old. He feels that living in different places at such an impressionable age has given him an appreciation for the interesting and diverse cultures in our country. This exposure strengthened his sense of justice, of right and wrong, and ingrained a strong compassion so that he understands that right and wrong are not always black and white, but often gray. This compassion and understanding make him a valuable part of The Brad Hendricks...

He has extensive litigation experience as both a plaintiff and defense counsel in the areas of personal injury, product liability, insurance coverage disputes, construction, contract and general litigation matters. He is a member of the Arkansas Bar Association Litigation Section and practices primarily in the commercial litigation field. He has repeatedly been named one of the top Attorney's in Little Rock, in Arkansas and has also been named a Mid-South Super Lawyer.
He has formerly represented several Fortune 500 companies, insurance companies, construction companies, and a national proprietary trade school in its insurance, tort and contract claims matters including student health...

Admitted: United States Supreme Court Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas Arkansas Supreme Court Honors: AV Preeminent Martindale Hubbell Rating, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Mid-South Super Lawyers (Business Litigation), 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Arkansas Bar Association, Frank C. Elcan, II Leadership Award, 2005

Bryan is a solo practice attorney concentrating his practice in the areas of Business Law, Commercial Litigation and Transactions, Elder, Estate Planning, Probate Law, Family Law and Real Estate. Bryan has a passion for Arkansas families and their personal relationships, businesses, assets, and real estate. He is an active member of New Life Church of Arkansas donating his time and education for the enrichment of others lives for the greater good of the community.

David Rawls was born in Glendale, California, September 4, 1949. He graduated with a Bachelors of Art in Philosophy in 1972 and obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law in 1987. Mr. Rawls is a member of the Arkansas Bar Association and was admitted to the Arkansas Bar in 1987 and the Texas Bar in 1988. He is also admitted to practice in U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, and the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

He is a poet, philosopher and musician, as well as a fine lawyer....

Real Estate and litigation. Cases throughout Arkansas. Over 45 years experience.

Dave is a retired military veteran who served in the U.S. Army for more than 20 years. After retirement he attended Williams Baptist College where he earned a Bachelors Degree in Education. He attended graduate School at Arkansas State University and earned a Masters Degree in Political Science. After Graduate School, he attended Law School at the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock. After graduation and admission to the Arkansas Bar, Dave began practicing law as a solo practitioner in the areas of criminal law and family law. Over the years...

Practice includes estate planning, business and tax planning, probate and trust administration, and incorporating various strategies to preserve family legacies. Practice is focused on representing agricultural and farming clients, high-net-worth individuals, and family-owned and closely-held businesses in all aspects of estate planning. Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law, and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Valuable certificate of Blockchain & Law Profession as well as Series 7 and Series 63 Licenses. Native of Magnolia, Arkansas. Practices in all four corners of the...

Have participated in numerous types of cases involving personal injuries, construction disputes and injuries, financial cases and class actions. Have also assisted people in pro bono matters and those without access to funds or legal representation.

I have also mentored younger persons and law students for legal development and awareness of the changing areas in law.

I began my legal career in 1976 after graduating from Nova University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Before attending law school, I earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Florida Atlantic University. Following law school, I pursued a post-doctoral legal Master’s Degree (LL.M.) in International Finance at Georgetown University. In 1993, I moved to Arkansas, where I have been based ever since. For over 30 years, I have practiced in the areas of Elder Law and Estate Planning. During this time, I have created thousands of revocable, irrevocable, and special needs trusts. I have...

Paul A. Schmidt, Jr. proudly joined his father’s law practice after graduating from law school, and has enjoyed carrying on the family tradition of providing high quality legal services to his clients for a fair price. Paul Schmidt, Jr. focuses his practice on Estate Planning, Probate, Civil Litigation, Business Planning, Domestic Relations, and Criminal Law

Sheldon Smith lives in Little Rock with his wife and three children and graduated from Covenant College in 1995 and The University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law in 2002. Mr. Smith is a member of the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association and is licensed to practice in all State and Federal Courts in Arkansas. His areas of practice include commercial litigation, personal injury, civil rights, wrongful death, and product liability.