FRIDAY, ELDREDGE & CLARK, LLP is a full-service law firm representing businesses, nonprofits, healthcare organizations, government entities and individual clients in Arkansas and across the United States. The firm is the largest in Arkansas with 90 attorneys and 100 support personnel.
Recognized as one of the oldest law firms in Arkansas, we have had the privilege of representing clients for 150 years. We attribute our success to a strong foundation of devoted leadership and a continuous, sharp focus on our clients’ needs.
We believe this foundation, along with offering services in more than 50 areas of the law, has allowed us to become the largest law firm in Arkansas with offices in Little Rock (headquarters) and Rogers.
Price C. Gardner, the firm’s managing partner, also serves as Chairman of the Management Committee. William Mell Griffin III is Vice-Chairman of the committee that includes a total of 15 partners.
Known for our rich history and vast scope of services, we are committed to further development and growth within the firm and our community to best serve our clients. Clients are our focus — every day.
We provide wide-ranging business, corporate and commercial legal advice that will help you structure, manage, and grow your business. Our multidisciplinary group has knowledgeable business lawyers who represent a wide range of disciplines including mergers and acquisitions, tax, real estate, estate planning, health care, litigation, labor, and public finance, among others. Many firms provide corporate and business services on a deal-by-deal basis. We work with you as true business counselors as your company progresses from formation, through expansion, to maturity. This holistic approach often provides a better outcome at a lower cost.
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Friday, Eldredge & Clark is a skilled, cost-effective option for defending your IP rights in the courtroom and at the negotiating table. We understand that patents, trademarks, and copyrights are valuable business assets and offer you a strategic, practical approach to today’s emerging issues in the development, protection and profitable leveraging of your intellectual property assets.
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Employers today are facing an ever-changing legal landscape. Our Labor and Employment attorneys take a proactive approach to assist clients in developing and implementing effective strategies to meet these specific needs.
With an eye toward avoiding conflicts, we can guide you through new developments in the law, provide you with options and help you make informed decisions. In those instances where litigation is necessary, our attorneys have the experience to represent you in state or federal court before regulatory agencies and other tribunals.
Our advice is based not only on the years of experience we have in representing clients but also on our thorough understanding of the business landscape. We stay abreast of local, state, and national developments to advise you on labor and employment issues in a holistic context rather than a strictly legal one.
We are active in community organizations such as chambers of commerce, local, statewide and national human resources associations, and diversity commissions to help us help you. The firm is a member of the Employment Law Alliance (ELA). (Read More) This membership allows the firm to have global assistance and resources available for our clients. ELA ( www.ela.law) is a worldwide alliance of law firms leading in employment law, which advises employers globally at the highest level. Friday, Eldredge & Clark was offered the exclusive membership for Arkansas through a comprehensive selection process.
Whether you are a developer, builder, owner, investor, or lender, you know that each real estate transaction involves its own challenges and opportunities. In these difficult economic times, all challenges are intensified, and too much is at stake to choose counsel unwisely. That’s why Friday, Eldredge & Clark has developed a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary real estate practice, with resources focused on the needs of all key real estate players.
Our top-level credentials and our focus on clients every day are your assurance that your interests will be protected, and your objectives achieved, from initial planning to final closing and beyond.
Our real estate work covers a broad range of transactions, regulatory advice, and litigation — from routine purchase agreements to complicated and sophisticated commercial, corporate, tax and environmental work. We provide clients with practical advice and creative solutions, whether they are buying, selling, leasing or operating real property or oil and gas interests in Arkansas or in multi-state transactions. We counsel clients on debt and equity financing, non-recourse financing, project financing, partnerships and limited liability companies, joint ventures and other investment vehicles, as well as on land use, brokerage and management agreements.
In our litigious society, lawsuits are a frequent, but unwanted, source of anxiety for individuals and businesses. At Friday, Eldredge & Clark, we understand the last thing you need is added concern about your lawyer’s ability to guide you successfully through your case.
When represented by Friday, Eldredge & Clark, you are given assurance and confidence that your advocate/attorney can competently and persuasively represent your interests to the end. Our more than 40 trial lawyers have extensive experience and knowledge of the courts in Arkansas has been developed through years of trying cases.
We recognize that each case is unique. Careful collaboration with our clients in developing a strategy for a case is one of our strong suits. Our experience gives you insight into the likely course of a case, and we work with you to develop a case plan to achieve the optimal outcome you deserve. We zealously work for our clients, with your best interest as our chief concern. Exceeding your expectations is our objective.
The growth, preservation and transfer of wealth is the focus of Friday, Eldredge & Clark’s private wealth services for high-net-worth individuals and family-owned businesses. We have developed a multidisciplinary array of estate planning, tax planning, and business planning capabilities that help our clients manage and protect accumulated wealth through effective tax, business and personal planning strategies.
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Friday, Eldredge & Clark’s insurance lawyers have represented insurers (including many large national and regional carriers), self-insured companies and private insureds. We have the trial skill and industry knowledge for successful resolution in insurance regulation, coverage and liability issues, professional liability and insurance defense litigation.
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