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General Defense
Laser Law Firm, P.A.
101 South Spring Street, Suite 300
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-2488
Telephone: 501-376-2981
Fax: 501-376-2417
E-Mail: laser@laserlaw.com
www.laserlaw.com


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(Fayetteville, AR Office: 4083 North Shiloh Drive, Suite 9, 72703)
     (Tel: 479-587-8440)
     (Fax: 479-442-6342)
     ( www.laserlaw.com)
Established: 1952
Insurance Defense
Firm Profile
The Laser Law Firm, P.A., was founded by Sam Laser and two other original partners in 1952. For over the last 35 years, the firm has been principally engaged in a civil defense practice specializing in all areas of corporate and insurance defense litigation, serving virtually all 75 counties in the state of Arkansas. The Firm presently consists of 9 partners, 5 associates and 3 paralegals.

The firm's reported cases include Farm Bureau Policy v. Farm Bureau Mutual, 335 Ark. 285, 984 S.W.2d 6 (1998); National Security Fire & Casualty v. Barnes, 65 Ark. App. 13, 984 S.W.2d 80 (1999); Gourley v. Crossett School District, 333 Ark. 178, 986 S.W.2d 56 (1998); Scott-Huff Insurance Agency v. Sandusky, 318 Ark. 613, 887 S.W.2d 516 (1994).


Client Information
Insurance Company Clients
AIG Domestic Claims, Inc.AIG-The Truck Insurance Group
Allstate Insurance CompanyAmerican International Group, Inc.
Ameriprise Auto & Home InsuranceAMEX Assurance Company
AXA Re Property & CasualtyBurlington Insurance Company
Church Mutual Insurance CompanyCNA Claim Plus
CNA Environmental & Mass Torts ClaimsCNA Insurance Companies
Encompass Insurance CompanyFarm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Arkansas, Inc.
Farmers Insurance GroupFirst Financial Insurance Company
GEICOGeneral Star
Great West Casualty CompanyGulf Insurance Group
Harco National Insurance CompanyInfinity Insurance Company
Lancer Insurance CompanyLexington Insurance Company
Mercury Insurance GroupMid-Century Insurance Company
National Interstate Insurance CompanyNationwide Group
Nationwide Mutual Insurance CompanyPenn Millers Insurance Company
Progressive Casualty Insurance CompanyProgressive Commercial Auto Claims
Reliance Insurance CompanySafeco Insurance Companies
The St. Paul CompaniesScottsdale Insurance Company
Sentry Select Insurance CompanyShelter Mutual Insurance Company
Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance CompanyState Farm Insurance Company
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyTraders Insurance Company
United States Liability Insurance GroupUtica National Insurance Group
Western Heritage Insurance Company
Non-Insurance Company Clients
AIG Claim Services, Inc.Arkansas Department of Education
Arkansas Insurance Adjusting CompanyCambridge Integrated Services
Crawford & CompanyEngle Martin Claims Administrative Services (EMCAS, Inc.)
Federal ExpressGallagher Bassett Services, Inc.
Mattei Insurance Services, Inc.Nobel Insurance Company
Pilot Travel Centers, LLCSpecialty Risk Services, Inc. (SRS)
Terminix International Company, L.P.Waste Corporation of America
York Insurance Services Group, Inc.

Personnel Information
Firm Members
DAN F. BUFFORD — 1945 — Ouachita Baptist University, B.A., 1967; University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., 1972 — Admitted to Bar, 1972, Arkansas — Member American, Arkansas and Pulaski County Bar Associations; National School Boards Association; Defense Research Institute; Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel - E-Mail: dbufford@laserlaw.com
FRANK B. NEWELL — 1944 — Columbia College, B.A., 1966; Columbia Law School, J.D., 1969 — Admitted to Bar, 1969, Arkansas; 1969, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court — Member Arkansas Bar Association - E-Mail: fnewell@laserlaw.com
KEVIN STATEN — 1960 — University of Arkansas, B.A., 1982; University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., 1985 — Admitted to Bar, 1985, Arkansas — Member American, Arkansas and Pulaski County Bar Associations; Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel; American Judicature Society - E-Mail: kstaten@laserlaw.com
BRIAN A. BROWN — 1962 — Rhodes College, B.A. (cum laude), 1984; University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, J.D., 1988 — Admitted to Bar, 1988, Arkansas — Member American, Arkansas and Pulaski County Bar Associations - E-Mail: bbrown@laserlaw.com
JON P. ROBINSON — 1965 — Park College, B.S. (magna cum laude), 1988; University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., 1990 — Admitted to Bar, 1991, Arkansas; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas — Member American and Arkansas Bar Associations; American Inns of Court; Defense Research Institute; Association of Defense Trial Counsel — U. S. Army [1984-1988]; Army Acheivement Medal (AAM); The Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM) - E-Mail: jrobinson@laserlaw.com
KEITH M. MCPHERSON — 1963 — Centenary College of Louisiana, B.A., 1986; University of Nebraska at Omaha, M.A., 1989; University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, J.D., 1991 — Admitted to Bar, 1991, Arkansas; 1993, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas — Member American and Arkansas Bar Associations - E-Mail: kmcpherson@laserlaw.com
TODD WOOTEN — 1968 — University of Central Arkansas, B.S., 1990; University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law, J.D., 1994; University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, LL.M., 20011994, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court — Member American, Arkansas, and Pulaski County Bar Assoications; Defense Research Institute; Association of Defense Counsel - E-Mail: twooten@laserlaw.com
ANDY L. TURNER — 1971 — University of Central Arkansas, B.S., 1994; University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, J.D., 1997 — Admitted to Bar, 1997, Arkansas; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas — Member American, Arkansas and Pulaski County Bar Associations; Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel - E-Mail: aturner@laserlaw.com
JOSEPH C. CUNNINGHAM — 1970 — University of Arkansas, B.S., 1993; University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., 1997; The George Washington University, LL.M., 1999 — Admitted to Bar, 1997, Arkansas; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas — Member American, Arkansas (Environmental Law) and Pulaski County Bar Associations — Arkansas Assistant Attorney General, 1999-2000 - E-Mail: ccunningham@laserlaw.com
Associates
CHRISTOPHER G. WALSH — 1974 — University of Arkansas at Little Rock, B.B.A. (Dean's List), 1996; University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law, J.D., 20042004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas — Member American, Arkansas and Pulaski County Bar Associations; American Trial Lawyers Association - E-Mail: cwalsh@laserlaw.com
MARY CAROLE CRANE — 1980 — Ouachita Baptist University, B.A. (cum laude), 2002; The University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 2005 — Admitted to Bar, 2005, Arkansas; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas — Member American, Arkansas and Pulaski County Bar Associations - E-Mail: mcrane@laserlaw.com
AMANDA J. ANDREWS — 1979 — University of Arkansas at Monticello, B.A., 2002; University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law, J.D., 2005 — Admitted to Bar, 2005, Arkansas; 2006, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas — Member American, Arkansas and Pulaski County Bar Associations - E-Mail: aandrews@laserlaw.com
BRENT A. CORRELL — 1977 — University of Missouri, B.S., 1999; M.B.A., 2003; University of Missouri School of Law, J.D., 2003 — Admitted to Bar, 2003, Kansas; 2003, Missouri — Member American and Kansas Bar Associations, The Missouri Bar; American Inns of Court - E-Mail: bcorrell@laserlaw.com
DAVID A. MAZZANTI — 1978 — Arkansas State University, B.A., 2003; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, M.B.A., 2004; University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., 2005 — Admitted to Bar, 2005, Arkansas — Member American and Arkansas Bar Associations; American Inns of Court - E-Mail: allen@laserlaw.com
Of Counsel
SAM LASER — 1919 — University of Arkansas, LL.B. — Admitted to Bar, 1947, Arkansas — Member American, Arkansas and Pulaski County Bar Associations; The Best Lawyers In America, 1983-2000; William R. Overton Inn of Court; Federation of Insurance Counsel; Defense Research Institute
WILLIAM LAVENDER — 1938 — University of Arkansas, B.S.E., 1962; University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., 1971 — Admitted to Bar, 1971, Arkansas; 1987, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eighth Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Claims Court — Member American and Arkansas Bar Associations, State Bar of Texas


 

 

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