Samuel E. Ledbetter

Sam is recognized as one of Arkansas’s best environmental law and litigation attorneys. Since 1985, he has represented individuals, communities, environmental organizations, and companies in a variety of environmental cases, including air, surface water and groundwater pollution cases, protecting Arkansas’s free-flowing rivers and streams, damage to downstream property owners from irresponsible development, and challenging permits to new facilities that threaten to harm the environment. Sam served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2001-2016 and on the Arkansas State Board of Education from 2008-205. Recognized for his excellence in environmental litigation, Sam has been selected annually for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America since 1998 and Mid-South Super Lawyers since 2008.

Professional Background

Partner, McMath Woods P.A., 1998-present
Partner, Nichols, Wolff, Ledbetter & Campbell, 1990-1997
Law Clerk for the late Judge Jim Cooper of the Arkansas Court of Appeals, 1983-1985
Fellow, Arkansas Bar Foundation
Arkansas Bar Association-Environmental Law Section (Chair 1999-2000)
American Bar Association- Sections on Litigation and Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law
Admitted to the Arkansas Bar (1983); Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Member, Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Civil Jury Instructions, 2007- 2014