Perry Lee Wilson

  Professional Experience
   Perry Wilson concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate and business law, commercial litigation and construction law and litigation. He is a member of the firm’s Business and Corporate Law Practice Group and Construction Law Practice Group. As part of his corporate and business law practice, Perry serves as general legal counsel for a number of businesses in Arkansas. He has negotiated and formalized the sales and acquisitions of numerous small and mid-sized businesses. He has litigated over 35 jury trials to verdict during his career, and he has significant experience in handling multi-party, multi-district litigation. From 2000 to 2002, he served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the Sixth Judicial District of Arkansas. Perry joined the firm in 2002.

  Practice Areas

• Corporate and business law
• Commercial litigation
• Construction law and litigation 

  Court Admissions

• Arkansas state courts
• Tennessee state courts
• U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas

  Professional Associations

• Arkansas Bar Association member
• Pulaski County Bar Association member
• Henry Woods Inn of Court member
• Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel member

  Community Involvement

• Currently serves as a Director of Economics Arkansas
• Current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Lyon College.
• Current member of a leadership council in Arkansas State University.
• Current member of the University of Virginia Jefferson Scholars regional section committee for Arkansas.

  Presentations and Thought Leadership

• Authored ‘Family Businesses Need to Plan Ahead”article, June 2011.
• CLE program focused on legislative changes to Arkansas statutory lien law and how those changes impact construction companies.
• How To Avoid Lawsuits presentation for CPAs.
• How To Use Forensic Accounting In Business Litigation presentation.

  Noteworthy

• Named one of The Best Lawyers In Little Rock by Little Rock Soiree, 2011 and 2012.
• Selected for inclusion in the 2011 Arkansas Business “40 Under 40” list.
• Currently serves as managing trustee for one of the larger private foundations in Arkansas.
• Currently serves on the board of a family-owned business in the poultry industry in Central Arkansas. 
• Formerly served on the board of directors of a family-owned agri-business in northeast Arkansas, 2000-2010.
• Served on board of directors of a regional bank in northeast Arkansas, 2002-2005.
• First state-level prosecutor in Arkansas to be trained and certified in computer forensics.
• Served as a law clerk for Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Robert L. Brown.
• Interned for Senator David Pryor in Washington, D.C. during college.

  Education

• J.D., University of Arkansas in Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, 1999
• B.A. in English and Political Science, Southern Methodist University, 1996