502 Garrison Ave.
Fort Smith, AR. 72901
479-782-9147
479-782-3623 (fax)
jbyars@cbhlegal.com
Practice Areas:
- General Civil Litigation
- Personal Injury: automobile accidents, products liability, tractor-trailer accidents, insurance claims, wrongful death, construction accidents, medical malpractice
- Workers’ Compensation: all work-related injuries or death
- Business Litigation: contract disputes, partnership litigation, breach of fiduciary duty, employment discrimination, business torts – deceptive trade practices, franchise law, automobile dealer – manufacturer litigation
- Employment litigation: Title VII Discrimination claims, wrongful termination, Americans with Disabilities Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Whistle blower claims, overtime class actions, FMLA
- Business Transactions: sale of business, real estate transactions, oil & gas
- Wills/Probate: drafting wills/trusts, probate and estate administration, will contest litigation
Education:
Baylor University, Bachelor of Business Administration – 1985
University of Arkansas – Fayetteville, J.D., 1988
Admitted to Practice:
State Courts of the State of Arkansas – April 13, 1995
State Courts of the State of Texas – November 10, 1988
U. S. Supreme Court – June, 1993
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth, Tenth, and Fifth Circuits
U. S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
U. S. District Court for the Northern, Eastern, and Southern Districts of Texas
Representative Appellate Cases:
Reeder-Simco GMC, Inc. v. Volvo GM Heavy Trucks, 374 F.3d 701 (8th Cir. 2004)
Reeder-Simco GMC, Inc. v. Volvo GM Heavy Trucks, 126 S.Ct. 860, 546U.S.164 (S.Ct. 2006)
Dominic v. DeVilbiss Air Power, 493 F.3d 968 (8thCir. 2007)
Moore v. Schluberger Technology Corp. ,2008WL2705569 (July 2008)
Medlock v.Mitchell, 95 Ark. App. 132, 234 S.W.2d 901(2006)
Delt v. Bowers, 97 Ark App. 323, 249 S.W.3d 162 (2007)
Backus v. Mena Newspapers, Inc., 224 F.Supp.2d 1228 (W.D. Ark. 2002)
Feeney v.AT&E, Inc., 472 F.3d 560 (8th Cir. 2006)
Wesson v. Gaddy, 2002 AWCC 226 (Dec. 2002) Worker’s Comp. Commission B (Full Commission)
Rogers v. Lamb, 347 Ark. 102, 60 S.W.3d 456 (2001)
Rigsby v. Rigsby, 346 Ark. 337, 57 S.W.3d 206 (2001)
Burford Distributing, Inc. v. Danny Starr, 341 Ark. 914, 20 S.W.3d 363 (2000)
Marie Chapman v. Western Ark. Anesthesiology, P.A., Case No. 99-3839, U. S. Court of Appeals, 8th Cir., April 19, 2000 (unpublished)
Hindman v. Transkrit Corp., 145 F.3d 986 (8th Cir. 1998)
Morton v. Morton, 61 Ark.App 161, 965 S.W.2d 809 (1998)
Ennen v. The Eye Group, L.L.C., Ark. Court of Appeals, No. CA-97-1130, March 11, 1998