Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC is pleased to announce that 22 lawyers have been included in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence, earning the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals. Its first international list was published in 2006 and since then has grown to provide lists in over 75 countries. Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America® list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.
Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC would like to congratulate the following lawyers named to the 2026 The Best Lawyers in America® list:
Brandon B. Cate – Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Litigation – ERISA, and Litigation – Labor and Employment
Meredith M. Causey – Commercial Litigation
Vincent O. Chadick – Agriculture Law, Commercial Litigation, and Media Law
E. B. (Chip) Chiles IV – Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Litigation – ERISA, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Joseph R. Falasco – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Litigation – Labor and Employment, and Litigation – Real Estate
Shelley Fleisch-Djurica – Banking and Finance Law
Timothy W. Grooms – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation – Real Estate, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Real Estate Law
Michael B. Heister – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Energy Regulatory Law, Environmental Law, and Oil and Gas Law
John M. Jewell – Information Technology Law
Jeb. H. Joyce – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, and Real Estate Law
Sarah Keith-Bolden – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Labor and Employment
Scott M. Lar – Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates
J. Cliff McKinney II – Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law
Joseph W. Price II – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, and Litigation – Real Estate
Steven W. Quattlebaum – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation – Health Care, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Michael N. Shannon – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
Geoffrey B. Treece – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
John E. Tull III – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, First Amendment Law, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – First Amendment, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Media Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
David B. Vandergriff – Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, and Litigation – Real Estate
Thomas G. Williams – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Thomas H. Wyatt – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
R. Ryan Younger – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Best Lawyers also honors a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area as a “Lawyer of the Year.” Four attorneys from our firm earned this distinction in Little Rock for 2026: J. Cliff McKinney II for Land Use and Zoning Law; John E. Tull III for Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs; Joseph W. Price II for Litigation – Real Estate; and Michael N. Shannon for Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law. Jeb H. Joyce was named Lawyer of the Year for Banking and Finance Law and Real Estate Law in Fayetteville. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments. Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism, and their integrity.
Six lawyers from QGT have been included in the 2026 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, which recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. Lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America are divided by geographic region and practice areas, reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise, and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.
Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC would like to congratulate the following lawyers recognized in the 2026 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America:
S. Katie Calvert – Commercial Litigation
Andrew S. Dixon – Commercial Litigation
Glenn Larkin – Commercial Litigation
Laura L. O’Hara – Commercial Litigation
Philip A. Elmore – Commercial Litigation
Ann Carol Farmer – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, and Real Estate Law
A complete list of these and other rankings can be found on our Honors & Recognition page.