Phone: (501) 376-3800
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Education:
Hendrix College (B.A., 1958);
Vanderbilt University (LL.B., 1960)
Biography
John Gill is a shareholder and director in the Firm. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from Vanderbilt University and joined the Arkansas Bar in 1962. He was a delegate to the 1969 Arkansas Constitutional Convention, and served as special counsel to the Governor for the proposed Arkansas Constitution of 1996. He was on the faculty of the Arkansas College of Trial Advocacy, and an original member of the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure. His areas of practice include utilities, charities, municipal finance, corporate and business law and litigation. A member of the Arkansas Water Code Study Commission in 1981-82, he has considerable expertise in water-related legal matters and is an author of tax-free municipal bond legislation. He is a past President of the Arkansas Bar Association and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Practice Areas
- Eminent Domain Prosecution and Defense
- Railroads
- International Law
- Class Actions
- Municipal Finance
- Water Utilities Development
- Acquisition, Disposition and Financing
- Corporate and Municipal Finance
- Utilities Law
- Appellate Advocacy
- General Corporate and Commercial Law
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Administrative Law
- Real Estate Development and Finance
