CONTACTS

Tel: 479-587-8423

   

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Wrongful Death→
Tractor Trailer Accidents →
Nursing Home Abuse →

EDUCATION

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Ouachita Baptist University

T
AKING YOUR INJURY PERSONALLY.
Mr. Elliott is a founding partner of the Elliott and Smith Law Firm, where he handles personal injury cases involving 18-wheeler tractor-trailer collisions, motor vehicle collisions, motorcycle collisions, nursing home neglect, injuries arising from defective products, as well as a multitude of other personal injury claims. Before starting the Elliott and Smith Law Firm with partner Tim Smith in September of 2006, Mr. Elliott was a partner at the Odom and Elliott Law Firm located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, for 24 years.

EDUCATION & COURT ADMISSIONS

Mr. Elliott was admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1978. He is also admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts of Arkansas, 8th Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court. He received his education from Ouachita Baptist University (B.A., cum laude, 1975) where he was a four-year letterman on the Tiger football team; and University of Arkansas School of Law at Fayetteville (J.D., 1978). He was the research editor of the Arkansas Law Review for 1978. He also became a certified public accountant (currently inactive), Arkansas, 1980. Don Elliott also served in the Arkansas National Guard from 1975-1981 and attained the rank of captain.

LEADERSHIP, MEMBERSHIP & HONORS

He served as a special justice, Arkansas Supreme Court, 1994. He was also on the Arkansas Model Jury Instructions Committee-Civil in 2000-2006. He served as president of the Washington County Bar Association in 1991-1992 and served in the Arkansas Bar Association House of Delegates 1987-1990; Executive Council, 1990-1991, and Board of Governors 2014-2016.

Don Elliott was president of the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Associates in 2013-2014. He also served on the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association Board of Governors in 1993-1996; 2000-2001 and 2008-2013. He was voted Outstanding Trial Lawyer by the Arkansas Trial Lawyer Association for 2010. He was also served on the APITLA – Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America from 2011-2021.

He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); American Inns of Court (Emeritus; President, 2004-2005). Fellow: Arkansas Bar Foundation (Board of Directors, 2005-2011). Mr. Elliott was named a Mid-South Super Lawyer for 2008-2018. He also teaches as an adjunct law instructor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Law School 2013-2018 on the subject of depositions.

About

  • Bar Admissions

    1978
    Arkansas

    1983
    U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas

    1997
    U.S. Supreme Court

    2000
    U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit

  • Education

    Juris Doctor Degree
    1978

    University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas

    Law Review
    1977-1978

    Arkansas Law Review, Research Editor

    Bachelor of Arts
    Cum Laude

    Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas

    Major: Accounting

  • Classes/Seminars

    • Emeritus, American Inn of Court
    • Fellow, Arkansas Bar Foundation
    • Named Outstanding Trial Lawyer in 2010 by ATLA
    • Arkansas Model Jury Instruction Committee – Civil 2000-2006
  • Honors and Awards

    • Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association, President Elect 2012
    • ABOTA American Board of Trial Advocates, Advocate, 2007 – Present
    • AAJ – American Association for Justice
    • 1991-1992 President of Washington County Bar Association
    • 2004-2005 President of Inn of the Court,
    • APITLA – The Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America
  • Professional Associations and Memberships

    • Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association, President Elect 2012
    • ABOTA American Board of Trial Advocates, Advocate, 2007 – Present
    • AAJ – American Association for Justice
    • 1991-1992 President of Washington County Bar Association
    • 2004-2005 President of Inn of the Court,
    • APITLA – The Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America 2011-2021
  • Past Employment Positions

    • Niblock and Odom, Associate, 1978 – 1982
    • Odom and Elliott, Partner, 1982 – 2006
  • Pro Bono Activities

    Former President, Northwest Arkansas Legal Services, 1995 – 1996

  • Additional Licenses

    CPA – Certified Public Accountant – Inactive

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