Partner
Areas of Special Interest Trial work related to car and truck wrecks, medical negligence, personal injury, wrongful death, and insurance disputes on a contingency fee basis.
Significant Verdicts Patterson v. Northwest Arkansas Hospital-Springdale Washington County, Arkansas Represented a client who had developed a Stage IV pressure ulcer (bedsore) while hospitalized and had suffered severe complications for the bedsore. The jury returned a $1,500,000 verdict on behalf of the client. Co-counsel: Neil Chamberlin, Gene Adams Aguilar v. Triad Transport, Inc. Saline County, Arkansas $1,453,500.00 verdict and judgment for eight families following explosion at hazardous waste transport facility and community evacuation. Co-counsel: Sam Ledbetter, Neil Chamberlin Shaw Group v Marcum 516 F. 3d 1016 (8th Cir. 2008) Soldier accidentally electrocuted in basic training resulting in a $6.5 million dollar verdict Co-counsel: Bruce McMath, Sam Ledbetter, Chris Thomason. The Estate of Jerry Matthew Johnson v SECO Advertising Corporation, et al. CV2006-144-3, verdict October 16, 2008. Sign company worker electrocuted resulting in an $3.63 million dollar verdict Co-counsel: Bruce McMath, Sam Ledbetter FMC Corporation and Agro Distribution v Helton, et al. 360 ARK. 465, 202 S.W.3d 490 (2005) Crop damage case resulting in verdict excess of $1 million – Case reversed, settled Co-counsel Nix, Patterson & Roach, Neil Chamberlin
Professional Admitted to practice law in all state and federal courts in Arkansas, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court Partner, McMath Woods P.A., 2006 to present Partner, Bond & Chamberlin, 2002-2006 Partner, Bond & O’Brien, 1996-2001 Associate, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, 1995-1996 Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors 1998-2002) Arkansas Bar Association Association of Trial Lawyers of America American Bar Association Pulaski County Bar Association
Education Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN – B.A. 1992 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville – J.D. 1995
Public and Civil Service Member, Arkansas Senate 2017 to 2020 Central Arkansas Boys and Girls Club Board of Directors Member, Arkansas House of Representatives, 2003-2008 2005-2006, Chair Arkansas Code Revision Commission Past President of Jacksonville Boys & Girls Club Board of Directors Arkansas Access to Justice Commission 2007-2008 Member, Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church
Honors & Awards AV Rated (Rated very high for legal ability and ethical conduct by the nation’s oldest and most reliable law directory – Martindale-Hubbell) 2006-2023 Mid-South Super Lawyers List 2016-2023 Best Lawyers in America – Selected by peers for inclusion American Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Trial Lawyers, Arkansas Sidney S. McMath Award – Pulaski County Bar Association 2017 – Recognized for “an impeccable record of practice” Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates Arkansas Boys State Hall of Fame 2005 Chosen Top 10 Legislator by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 2005 Appointed member of Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Model Jury Instructions-Civil 2005 Chosen by Arkansas Business as a member of the “40 Under 40” List honoring young leaders. 1998 Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association “Best Member New Lawyer Division”
