Legal News for Fort Smith, Arkansas
Sebastian County
State of Arkansas v. James Palmer
Fort Smith, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree sexual assault. Former Fort Smith band teacher James Palmer, age 40, was accused for allegedly sexually assaulted a student.... More...
(03-14-2026 - AR)States of Arkansas v. Vincent L. Barnes
Fort Smith, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with one count of rape of a persons younger than 14 and one count of first degree sexual assault.... More...
(02-08-2026 - AR)State of Arkansas v. Aljon Smith
Fort Smith, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with bank robbery. Aljon Smith, age 31, was accused of robbing a bank in the 5200 block of Rogers Avenue on January 22, 2026.... More...
(01-23-2026 - AR)Kathy Petersen v. Social Security Administration
Fort Smith, Arkansas social security lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of HHS of her application for Social Security: SSID Tit. XVI benefits.... More...
(01-16-2026 - AR)Raymond Hershel v. Dolgencorp, LLC
Fort Smith, Arkansas, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a premises liability negligence theory. This case was filed in the Circuit Court, Sebastian County, Arkansas, 66FCV-24-01151, and was removed to federal court by Dolgencorp.... More...
$1 (12-17-2025 - AR)Marsha E. Wells v. Social Security Administration
Fort Smith, Arkansas, social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial by HHS for Plaintiff's application for Social Security: SSID Tit. XVI benefits.... More...
(12-17-2025 - AR)United States of America v. Isaac Bishop Charles
Fort Smith, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a machine gun. On July 10, 2023, an Arkansas State Police officer initiated a traffic stop of Charles's vehicle for an illegible temporary paper license in the rear window. While talking to Charles, the officer smelled marijuana in the vehicle. Charles admitted to having marijuana... More...
(11-20-2025 - AR)State of Arkansas v. Charles Isaac Wilson, Jr.
Fort Smith, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking and being a habitual offender. Charles Isaac Wilson filed a petition seeking to correct what he claimed was an illegal sentence. ... More...
(11-13-2025 - AR)United States of America v. Neil Ravi Mehta
Fort Smith, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a destructive device, fraud and perjury.... More...
(07-25-2025 - AR)United States of America v. Benjamien Coney
Fort Smith, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aiding and Abetting/Attempted Use of a Facility of Interstate Commerce to Entice Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity in violaiton of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) and 18 U.S.C. § 2.... More...
(07-07-2025 - AR)State of Arkansas Cedric Taylor, Jr.
Fort Smith, AR criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm The evidence at trial established that, on March 17, 2023, Officer N... More...
(06-04-2025 - AR)United States of America v. Darryl Lavell Williams
Fort Smith, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine and Firearms Possession Hot Springs Man Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine and Firearms Possession O... More...
(01-29-2025 - AR)Kevin Olson, ex rel, United States of America v. Boyd Interiors and Hampton Aviation, Inc.
Fort Smith, Arkansas Qui Tam False Claims Act claim lawyer represented the Plaintiff. The False Claims Act (FCA) is a federal law that protects the government from fraud by prohibiting the submission of false claims to the government. The FCA was signed into law in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln. The FCA makes it illegal to: Knowingly submit false c... More...
(10-17-2024 - AR)Jody E. Broach v. Social Security Administrtion
Fort Smith, Arkansas social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff weeking review of the denial of her application for SSID benefits by HHS. ... More...
(09-27-2024 - AR)United States of America v. Teri Lee Patton
Fort Smith, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking ... More...
(08-20-2024 - AR)United States of America v. Joseph Edward Lowe
Fort Smith, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking ... More...
(08-12-2024 - AR)United States of America v. Stacy Childs
Fort Smith Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking ... More...
(08-02-2024 - AR)United States of America v. Aaron Micheal Ricketts
Fort Smith, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ... More...
(06-06-2024 - AR)United States of America v. Lyle Russell White
Fort Smith, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking. Missouri Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking A Noel, Missouri man was sentenced on Friday, March 1, to 180 mon... More...
(04-05-2024 - AR)Vivian Hernandez v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
Fort Smith, Arkansas insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory. This case was filed in the Circuit Court, Sebastian County, Arkansas, 66FCV-23-01157, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant. The elements on a bad faith claim in Arkansas are: Plaintiff has sustained damages, the insurance company a... More...
$1 (03-22-2024 - AR)Kenneth Colley v. Audrey Colley
Fort Smith, Arkansas family law divorce lawyers represented the parties in a dissolution action. Kenneth Colley appeals from the February 16, 2022 order of the Sebastian County Circuit Court finding that he had not established a material change in circumstances warranting a reduction in child support and awarding attorney's fees to appellee Audrey Colley. He raises three points on appeal:... More...
(02-14-2024 - AR)United States of America v. Thomas Colt Boger
Fort Smith, Arkansas Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking In January 2023, detectives with the 4th Judicial District Drug Task Force received information from a confidential source about ongoing methamphetamine distribution occurring in Northwest Arkansas. During the... More...
(01-10-2024 - AR)L.S. v. Social Security Administration
Fort Smith, Arkansas social security disability lawyer represent the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial by HHS of her application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits. "Workers' Compensation Insurance Waiting Period (WIWC) and Disability Insurance Waiting Period (DIWW) are two different types of waiting periods that are used in Social Security disability cases. WIWC is... More...
(11-07-2023 - AR)Jonah Charlot v. Social Security Administration
Fort Smith, Arkansas social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sought review of the denial of his application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits.... More...
(10-26-2023 - AR)Darian Lance Holman v. Social Security Administration
Fort Smith, Arkansas social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for Social Security: SSID Tit. XVI by HHS. The Court has received proposed findings and recommendations (Doc. 20) from United States Magistrate Judge Christy D. Comstock. There have been no objections. After careful review, the Court concludes that the find... More...
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