Angela Artherton

BIOGRAPHY

Angela Artherton combines her experience as a former litigation partner at Arkansas' largest firm with her small-town background to serve individuals, families, and small businesses in North Arkansas and Southwest Missouri with all matters relating to protecting her clients' legacies.  Her practice focuses on probate matters, estate planning and related litigation, real estate transactions and litigation, and similar wealth-preservation matters. 

In 2018, Angela was selected by her attorney peers as a "Rising Star" in Mid-South Super Lawyers. 

Education

• University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2012
• Missouri Southern State University,  B.A., summa cum laude 2008

Noteworthy

• Arkansas Law Review, Member, 2012
• Legal Extern to the Honorable Judge Doug Schrantz, 2010
• Publication: Raped, but not by a Rapist: The Arkansas Rape Statute Provides No Legal Recourse to Some Victims, 65 ARK. L. REV. 317, 2012
• Recipient of the Judge Thomas F. Butt Award for Excellence in Legal Writing, 2011
• Mid-South Super Lawyers, "Rising Star,"  2018

• Key Matters

  • Rooney v. Rock-Tenn Converting Co., et al., 878 F.3d 1111 (8th Cir. 2018)
  • Simmons Foods, Inc. v. Industrial Risk Insurers, 863 F.3d 792 (8th Cir. 2017)
  •  Brittany O. v. Bentonville School District, 683 Fed. Appx. 556 (8th Cir. 2017)
  •  United Food & Commercial Workers Int’l Union v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2014 Ark. 517, 451 S.W.3d 584
  • Parrish v. Bentonville School District, Case No. 5:15-cv-05083, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41149 (W.D. Ark. March 22, 2017)
  • Albright v. Mountain Home School District, Case No. 3:16-cv-3011, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103777 (W.D. Ark. July 5, 2017)
  • Rob & Bud’s Pizza, LLC v. Papa Murphy’s Int’l, Inc., Case No. 5:15-cv-5090, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82927 (W.D. Ark. June 24, 2015) and 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3685 (W.D. Ark. Jan. 12, 2016)
  • Warren v. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, 577 Fed. Appx. 628 (8th Cir. 2014)

  Associations & Memberships

  • Arkansas Bar Association, Member
  • Harrison Lions Club, Member

  Admissions

  • Arkansas, 2012
  • Missouri, 2013
  • Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2014
  • United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri, 2013
  • United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, 2012