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THIS YEAR'S LIST OF LARGEST law firms in Arkansas gained three that probably should have been on Arkansas Business' lists for at least the last few years: the Law Offices of Gary Green, Rainwater Holt & Sexton PA and the Brad Hendricks Law Firm.
All three firms are based in Little Rock, and all are largely--though not exclusively--plaintiffs firms, focusing on areas of the law such as personal injury and product liability.
Otherwise, the list remained remarkably stable with the top five firms holding onto their rankings from the year before. In terms of the number of licensed attorneys in Arkansas, No. 1 Friday Eldredge & Clark LLP of Little Rock maintains its wide lead over No. 2 Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC of Little Rock--96 lawyers compared with 69.
Representatives of several of the firms said business was either stable or looking up compared with last year. However, as Gordon Wilbourn with fourth-ranked Kutak Rock said, "I just feel like in Arkansas we're insulated a little hit from the national scene, and I don't really see that...