The attorneys of Womack, Landis, Phelps &
McNeill are renowned newsmakers and community advocates.
Womack Landis, Phelps & McNeill recognized as top medium-size
law firm in Arkansas for Business and Transactions
September 2011- Womack,
Landis, Phelps & McNeill, P.A. has been recognized as the
top medium-size law firm in Arkansas for Business and
Transactions in the 2011 Business Edition of Super Lawyers.
Womack, Landis, Phelps & McNeill, P.A. is the only firm in
the state to receive this honor.
Super Lawyers selects attorneys and law firms for
recognition based upon “a rigorous, multiphase rating
process” combining peer nominations and evaluations and
third party research. Super Lawyers magazine reaches more
than 13 million readers nationwide. The 2011 Business
Edition of Super Lawyers, featuring outstanding attorneys
and law firms selected from 29 business practice areas, will
be distributed to in-house counsel and presidents and CEOs
of Fortune 1000 companies.
Adam Fogleman Named Craighead County 2011 Volunteer
Attorney of the Year by Legal Aid Of Arkansas
2011- Adam Fogleman has been
named the Craighead County 2011 Volunteer Attorney of the
Year by Legal Aid of Arkansas. He currently donates his
services through Legal Aid’s Equal Access to Justice Panel,
as well as volunteering for Arkansas Volunteer Lawyers for
the Elderly (AVLE). In 2010, Mr. Fogleman devoted over 64
hours to pro bono work through the Legal Aid organization
helping to service low-income and elderly clients in
Craighead County.
July 1, 2011- Womack, Landis, Phelps & McNeill, P.A. has recently announced the additions of Wade Bowen and Allison Waldrip as associate attorneys in the Jonesboro, Arkansas office.
A native of Jonesboro, Mr. Bowen is a 2007 cum laude graduate of the University of Arkansas, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree. Wade obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 2010, where he was a member of the Journal of Food Law and Policy. Wade furthered his legal studies at Southern Methodist University, where he received his Master of Laws in Taxation in 2011.
Mr. Bowen is licensed to practice in Arkansas, and is a member of the American, Arkansas, and Craighead County Bar Associations. His practice will focus mainly on the areas of business law, trusts and estates, and partnership and corporate taxation.
Originally from Moro, Arkansas, Ms. Waldrip is a cum laude graduate of the University of Arkansas, where she earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in both English and Broadcast Journalism in 2007. Ms. Waldrip obtained her Juris Doctor in 2010 and her Master of Laws in Agriculture and Food Law in 2011 from the University of Arkansas School of Law, where she served as Vice Chair of the Board of Advocates.
Ms. Waldrip is licensed to practice law in Arkansas, and is a member of the American, Arkansas, and Craighead County Bar Associations. She will be practicing primarily in the areas of general litigation, agriculture law, and appellate practice.
Tom Womack Sworn in as the President of the Arkansas Bar
Association
June 2011 –Tom D. Womack of
Jonesboro will be sworn is as the president of the Arkansas
Bar Association on June 10, 2011. The swearing-in ceremony
by Chief Justice Jim Hannah will take place during the
Association’s annual meeting at the Hot Springs Convention
Center at noon on Friday. Mr. Womack is the president of
Womack, Landis, Phelps & McNeill, P.A. in Jonesboro.
Mr. Womack is currently a member of the Association’s Board
of Governors and has served as chair of the Probate and Tax
Law Section. He has been honored with the Charles L.
Carpenter Award for his exemplary service to the
Association. He has served multiple terms on the
Association’s House of Delegates and was a member of the
Executive Council. He is a longtime Sustaining Member of the
Association. He is a Sustaining Fellow of the Arkansas Bar
Foundation. He is also a fellow of the American College of
Trust and Estate Counsel where he serves on the Professional
Responsibility Committee and is the past Arkansas State
Chair. He is a past president of the Craighead County Bar
Association. He is a longtime member and trustee of Walnut
Street Baptist Church in Jonesboro. He is a board member and
has served as chair of the Jonesboro Chamber of Commerce. He
is currently a director of the Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Foundation and has served as director of the Arkansas
Community Foundation. Mr. Womack obtained his undergraduate
degree in accounting from Arkansas State University with
distinction and his Juris Doctor from the University of
Memphis School of Law.
The Arkansas Bar Association is a voluntary, statewide
organization with 5,000 members. Among its purposes are the
advancement of the administration of justice and the
fostering among its members of high ideals of integrity,
learning and public service.
Mid-South Super Lawyers
Names Five from WLPM
Several attorneys from the law
firm of Womack, Landis, Phelps & McNeill have once again
been selected as Mid-South Super Lawyers. Tom D. Womack,
John V. Phelps, Paul D. McNeill, Richard A. Lusby, and
Jeffrey W. Puryear were all recently recognized by the
Mid-South Edition of Super Lawyers, as outstanding attorneys
in their areas of practice. Womack, Phelps, and McNeill also
received the additional distinction of being chosen as three
of the top fifty lawyers in Arkansas for the fifth
consecutive year.
Tom D. Womack of Jonesboro
is the New President-Elect of the Arkansas Bar Association
ARKANSAS BAR ASSOCIATION - LITTLE ROCK – Tom Womack
assumed the office of President-Elect of the Arkansas Bar
Association at the Association's Annual Meeting on June 12,
2010 [View Full
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Puryear Recognized for Pro
Bono Service
JONESBORO – Partner Jeffrey W. Puryear was recently
recognized by the Arkansas Pro Bono Partnership for his
exemplary service to Arkansas Volunteer Lawyers for the
Elderly (AVLE). In a special Winter 2010 publication of The
Arkansas Lawyer highlighting the Arkansas Pro Bono
Partnership, Puryear was commended for his commitment to pro
bono service. Puryear attributes this commitment to his
desire to give back to those in need of legal advice who
lack the necessary resources, and he regards the Arkansas
Pro Bono Partnership as providing him “the opportunity to
help those who want so badly to believe in our court system
and seek justice.” To read the full article, please
visit:
http://www.arlegalservices.org/node/352
Jonesboro Attorneys
Featured as Mid-South Super Lawyers
Tom D. Womack, John V. Phelps, Paul D. McNeill, Richard
A. Lusby, and Jeffrey W. Puryear, of Womack, Landis, Phelps
& McNeill, P.A., were all recently included in the
prestigious Mid-South Super Lawyers publication as premier
attorneys in their fields. Womack, Phelps, and McNeill
received the additional honor of being included among the
top fifty lawyers in Arkansas.
Mid-South Super Lawyers is a prestigious annual publication
that recognizes outstanding lawyers nationwide. Lawyers are
selected for the publication based upon peer recognition and
professional achievement. The objective of the Super Lawyers
publication is “to create a credible, comprehensive and
diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as
a resource for attorneys and consumers searching for legal
counsel.”
Candidates for inclusion in the Super Lawyers publications
are subjected to its “blue ribbon review” and peer review.
They are evaluated based on such factors as verdicts and
settlements, transactions, experience, honors and awards,
bar association involvement and other professional activity,
community service, scholarly lectures and writings,
education, and other outstanding achievements. No more than
5 percent of the lawyers in any state are included in the
annual Super Lawyers state and regional editions.
Local Law Firm Continues to
Broaden its Talents with the Addition of New Associate, Adam
Fogleman
JONESBORO- Adam B Fogleman has
joined the Jonesboro law firm of Womack, Landis, Phelps &
McNeill, P.A.
Fogleman received his
bachelor's degree in aviation from Henderson State
University in Arkadelphia in 2004. He flew as a
commercial pilot for Premier Air Charter in Memphis,
Tennessee prior to attending law school. Adam
graduated in May 2009 with a Juris Doctor from the
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen
School for Law and passed the Arkansas bar examination given
in July 2009.
During law school, Fogleman
competed in the National Institute of Trail Advocacy's
Tournament of Champions Trial Competition, as well as the
National Trial Competition's Regional Trial Advocacy
Competition. He is the recipient of the 2009
Outstanding Student Service Award from UALR's Student Bar
Association.
A member of the Craighead
County, Arkansas, and American Bar Associations, Fogleman is
the son of Judge John and Nancy Fogleman of Marion.
Womack Elected Arkansas Bar
Association President-Elect Designee
Firm president Tom D. Womack
was elected to serve as Arkansas Bar Association
President-Elect Designee on October 31, 2009. Womack is an
active member of the Association's Board of Governors, a
Sustaining Member of the Association, and a Sustaining
Fellow of the Arkansas Bar Foundation. He has served as
chair of the Probate and Tax Law Section and recently
received the Association’s Charles L. Carpenter Award.
Womack will assume the office of President-Elect at the
Association’s June 2010 Annual Meeting.
Woodard Attends Respected
Trial Academy
JONESBORO- Associate
Jared Woodard completed the International Association of
Defense Counsel’s Trial Academy at Stanford Law School on
July 31, 2009. The IADC Academy is an intensive seven-day
program led by leading defense trial lawyers from across the
United States. The Academy began in 1973 and is designed to
enhance the advocacy skills of young, talented defense
attorneys.
The Academy, like the IADC itself, is designed to foster
excellence and professional development in the legal
community. The IADC was founded in 1920, and its membership
primarily consists of corporate and insurance defense
attorneys. Woodard described his experience with the Academy
as “seven days of rigorous training, learning and practicing
trial skills with several of the best defense attorneys in
the country.”
Womack Honored by Arkansas
Bar Association
Tom D. Womack was honored by
his peers at the June 2009 Annual Meeting of the Arkansas
Bar Association, where he received the prestigious Charles
L. Carpenter Award. The Charles L. Carpenter Memorial Award
is presented annually to a member of the House of Delegates,
Board of Governors, or a Chair of a Section or Committee who
has distinguished himself or herself by extraordinary
service to the Association.
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