Sweet Home Lawyers

Darren O’Quinn is peer-reviewed for the highest possible rating for legal ability and ethics. He has recovered millions of dollars for his clients.

A native of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, he began his legal career in 1985 working as a law clerk at one of Arkansas’s most prestigious and largest law firms, then known as House, Holmes & Jewell (which eventually became Dover & Dixon). After receiving his Juris Doctor, with honors, from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law in 1987, he joined the firm’s Litigation Section as an associate where his practice emphasized the defense of insurers, doctors,...

Caroline Lewis joined The Brad Hendricks Law Firm in 2009, and has served as its Managing Bankruptcy Attorney since 2013. Originally from Gurdon, Arkansas, Caroline obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian and Political Science from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas in 1996. She then earned her Master of Arts degree in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of Kansas in 1998. She concluded her education in 2002, when she received her Juris Doctorate from the Univerity of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She is licensed to practice law in all state and federal...

Tasha C. Taylor is a Partner at Taylor & Taylor Law Firm, P.A., where her practice focuses personal injury litigation and appellate litigation. Tasha co-founded Taylor & Taylor Law Firm with her law partner (and husband), Andy Taylor, in 2010. The Taylors owe their firm’s success to their commitment to providing a unique customer service experience for their clients: “We want all of our clients to know that they are a priority at our firm and that we actually care about them and the outcome of their cases."

Prior to attending law school, Mickey Stevens gained extensive experience working with the state government in the areas of social work and investigation, foster care agencies, and law enforcement. After completing law school at the University of Arkansas, he was admitted to practice before the State of Arkansas in 2012. He worked as an attorney for a state agency and accumulated extensive private practice experience in various areas, including family law, criminal law, administrative law, and civil litigation. Mickey has represented hundreds of disability claimants before the Social Security Administration in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

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.

Andy Taylor is a Partner at Taylor & Taylor Law Firm, P.A. His practice focuses on personal injury claims and appellate advocacy. Andy graduated summa cum laude from Ouachita Baptist University in 2002, with a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics. In 2005, Andy graduated from the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law. While there, he was a member of the Moot Court Board, the UALR Law Review, and the Student Bar Association. After graduation, Andy spent a year working as a real estate attorney for Dillard's, Inc. He then spent three years at the...

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.

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...

Clinton DeWitt specializes in federal and state criminal defense and litigation. Clinton has extensive experience in the courtroom and has served as lead counsel in many jury and bench trials. Clinton serves his clients by developing each case with great care and detail to best prepare for trial. Effective trial preparation results in the best resolution for every case, whether that be a negotiated deal or submission of the case to a jury or judge. Clinton has represented numerous clients in criminal and civil litigation, including IRS tax investigations, arbitration, medical board complaints, and white collar criminal investigations. Clinton offers clients...

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...

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

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...

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....

With eighteen years of experience, Paul White works hard to fashion wills and trusts that meet the needs of Arkansas families, and to help grieving families navigate safely through the probate process. He devotes the majority of his law practice to estate planning, wills & trusts, probate, elder law, and Medicaid planning. He also handles personal injury and other civil litigation matters. Mr. White was formerly General Counsel to the Arkansas Baptist Foundation, and prior to that Deputy City Attorney for the City of Little Rock. Mr. White holds a law degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a bachelor's...

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...

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.