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| Orin Eddy Montgomery | Dale E. Adams |
Orin Eddy Montgomery
Born in Monticello, Arkansas in 1948, Orin Eddy Montgomery served in the U.S. Marine Corps from March 1968 through December 1971, and in the U.S. Army Reserve from September 1978 until June 1991. He is a member of Alpha Chi for his academic excellence and exemplary character and served as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Pulaski County from September 1982 until July 1985. He has been in private practice since that time. He served as one of Pulaski County's civil attorneys while a deputy prosecutor and from July 1985 until January 1988. He has served as special judge for Circuit Courts and District Courts in Pulaski County and has been a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) speaker at National Business Institute (NBI) seminars.
Ed and his wife, Cathy, are members of Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock and have two adult children and one grandchild. Ed enjoys toy trains, fishing, camping, and hunting.
Email: Ed Montgomery
Practice Areas
Admitted to practice
- Arkansas, 1982
- U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1987
Honors
Education
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock, J.D., 1982
- University of Tennessee, M.P.A., 1976
- University of Arkansas at Monticello, B.A., 1975
Memberships
- Pulaski County Bar Association
- Arkansas Bar Association
- Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association—Chair, Domestic Relations Division, 2001-2002
- Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Dale E. Adams
Dale Adams has spent his entire adult life studying or working in the Arkansas criminal justice system. His Masters of Public Administration area of study was in judicial administration. Following graduate school, he worked for the Arkansas Judicial Department (now the Arkansas Office of the Courts) and the Commission on Crime and Law Enforcement.
After graduating from law school and becoming licensed to practice law, he became a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the Sixth Judicial District in 1978, becoming a trial division chief. From 1985-1989, he also served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney.
In 1989, he entered private practice concentrating on criminal defense. He has defended criminal cases throughout Arkansas at the trial level, appellate level, and in post-conviction. He has served as lead counsel in over two dozen capital murder cases. He has also successfully represented several death row inmates in post-conviction proceedings which resulted in the inmates receiving sentences other than death.
Email: Dale Adams
Practice Areas
Admitted to practice
- Arkansas, 1977
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, 1979
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1980
Honors
Education
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock, J.D., 1976
- University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, M.P.A., 1975
- Pittsburgh State University, M.S., 1970
- Pittsburgh State University, B.S., 1969
Qualification
- Death Penalty Qualified by Arkansas Public Defender Commission
Memberships
- Arkansas Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association
- The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
James W. (Jim) Wyatt
Born in Searcy, Arkansas in 1967, Jim Wyatt moved to North Little Rock, Arkansas in 1983. He graduated from North Little Rock Northeast High School, and after graduating from law school, moved back to North Little Rock where he lives with his wife and their two children. Jim and his family are members of Park Hill Baptist Church. He enjoys cycling, snow skiing, hunting, and playing golf.
Jim has argued before the Arkansas Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. He has served as special judge in Pulaski County District and Circuit Courts and has been a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) speaker at criminal law seminars. Jim serves as lead counsel in capital murder/death penalty cases, as well as in all other felony cases, across the state of Arkansas. In addition to his state court practice, Jim also practices in federal court. He has handled a wide range of federal criminal cases, including drug cases, white collar fraud, and federal health care fraud. Further, he maintains a civil litigation practice.
Email: Jim Wyatt
Practice Areas
Admitted to practice
- Arkansas, 1993
- U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1995
Honors
Education
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock, J.D., 1993
- University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, B.A., 1990
Qualifications
- Death Penalty Qualified by Arkansas Public Defender Commission
- C.J.A. panel attorney, U.S. District Court
Memberships
- Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers—President (2008-2009); President-Elect (2007-2008); Secretary/Treasurer (2006-2007); Board of Directors (2005-2006)
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Pulaski County Bar Association
- Arkansas Bar Association
- Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association—Chair, Criminal Defense Division, 1995-1996
- Rotary Club of Little Rock—Club 99
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