LITIGATION
An experienced team of attorneys concentrates in civil litigation
including personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death,
product liability, toxic torts, nursing home claims, insurance
litigation, and administrative law. The Firm is, and has always
been, committed to excellence in the courtroom. The Firm's
success achieved on behalf of its clients evidences this commitment.
We represent our clients professionally and passionately,
with an emphasis on sensible and prompt resolution. Considering
how litigation can affect our clients’ lives, we attempt
to conclude litigation as quickly and as positively as possible,
whether through settlement or trial.
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
The Firm has four attorneys whose practice is concentrated
in the area of domestic relations. Collectively, these attorneys
have over 40 years of experience in this area. Their services
include divorce, child custody, child support, visitation,
relocation, adoption and guardianships.
APPELLANT
Our attorneys are extremely capable of handling Arkansas’s
most complicated legal issues. Perhaps this experience
is best shown by the cases we have tried in the Arkansas Court
of Appeals and Arkansas Supreme Court.
CRIMINAL LAW
The law firm of Dodds, Kidd and Ryan has wide-ranging knowledge
and experience defending people arrested and/or accused of
criminal offenses. Our attorneys are knowledgeable of the
relevant laws regarding search and seizures and other pretrial
issues. If a trial is necessary, we pride ourselves on being
true trial lawyers capable of presenting the case to the
jury. We handle all types of criminal cases, including misdemeanors,
DWI charges and other traffic violations. Moreover, we have
experience handling serious felony indictments in both State
and Federal Court.
WORKERS COMPENSATION
The primary purposes of the workers' compensation laws are
to pay timely temporary and permanent disability benefits
to all legitimately injured workers who suffer an injury or
disease arising out of and in the course of their employment,
to pay reasonable and necessary medical expenses resulting
therefrom, and then to return the worker to the work force;
to improve workplace safety through safety programs; to improve
health care delivery through use of managed care concepts;
to encourage the return to work of injured workers; to deter
and punish frauds of agents, brokers, solicitors, employers,
and employees relating to procurement of workers' compensation
coverage or the provision or denial of benefits; to curtail
the rise in medical costs associated with the provision of
workers' compensation benefits; and to emphasize that the
workers' compensation system in this state must be returned
to a state of economic viability. A.C.A. § 11-9-101
(2005)
SOCIAL SECURITY AND DISABILITY LAW
The Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability
programs are the largest of several Federal programs that
provide assistance to people with disabilities. While these
two programs are different in many ways, both are administered
by the Social Security Administration and only individuals
who have a disability and meet medical criteria may qualify
for benefits under either program. Cite http://www.ssa.gov/disability/
Our attorneys are well educated in the complicated workings
of the social security administration.
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