Will Bond

He has achieved significant verdicts and settlements for clients all over Arkansas, from Little Rock to Fayetteville to Texarkana to Helena. He has been chosen by his peers in the legal community in the publication Best Lawyers ® since 2016 and named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers® in Little Rock for personal injury litigation in 2023. He has been rated by Super Lawyers® as a member since 2006 and chosen as a member of the Top 50 Arkansas Super Lawyers® since 2022. Bond has a long history of public service having been elected Arkansas State Representative for the Jacksonville, Arkansas area from 2003-2008 and having been elected to the Arkansas State Senate for the Little Rock, Arkansas area from 2017-2020. Bond currently focuses all his professional work on achieving justice for clients injured or wronged, including people injured or killed in automobile and truck wrecks, by medical malpractice and hospital negligence, and folks in coverage disputes with their insurance carriers.

Professional Background

Admitted to practice law in all state and federal courts in Arkansas, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court
Partner, McMath Woods P.A., 2006 to present
Partner, Bond & Chamberlin, 2002-2006
Partner, Bond & O’Brien, 1996-2001
Associate, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, 1995-1996
Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors 1998-2002)
Arkansas Bar Association
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
American Bar Association
Pulaski County Bar Association

Significant Verdicts

Patterson v. Northwest Arkansas Hospital-Springdale

Washington County, Arkansas

Represented a client who had developed a Stage IV pressure ulcer (bedsore) while hospitalized and had suffered severe complications for the bedsore. The jury returned a $1,500,000 verdict on behalf of the client.

Co-counsel: Neil Chamberlin, Gene Adams

Aguilar v. Triad Transport, Inc.

Saline County, Arkansas

$1,453,500.00 verdict and judgment for eight families following explosion at hazardous waste transport facility and community evacuation.

Co-counsel: Sam Ledbetter, Neil Chamberlin

Shaw Group v Marcum

516 F. 3d 1016 (8th Cir. 2008)

Soldier accidentally electrocuted in basic training resulting in a $6.5 million dollar verdict

Co-counsel: Bruce McMath, Sam Ledbetter, Chris Thomason.

The Estate of Jerry Matthew Johnson v SECO Advertising Corporation, et al.

CV2006-144-3, verdict October 16, 2008.

Sign company worker electrocuted resulting in an $3.63 million dollar verdict

Co-counsel: Bruce McMath, Sam Ledbetter

FMC Corporation and Agro Distribution v Helton, et al.

360 ARK. 465, 202 S.W.3d 490 (2005)

Crop damage case resulting in verdict excess of $1 million – Case reversed, settled

Co-counsel Nix, Patterson & Roach, Neil Chamberlin

Education

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, B.A. 1992
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, J.D. 1995
Public and Civil Service
Member, Arkansas Senate 2017-2020
Central Arkansas Boys and Girls Club Board of Directors
Member, Arkansas House of Representatives, 2003-2008
2005-2006, Chair Arkansas Code Revision Commission
Past President of Jacksonville Boys & Girls Club Board of Directors
Arkansas Access to Justice Commission 2007-2008
Member, Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church

Honors & Awards

AV Rated (Rated very high for legal ability and ethical conduct by the nation’s oldest and most reliable law directory – Martindale-Hubbell®)
2006-2024 Mid-South Super Lawyers List
2022-2024 Top 50, Arkansas Super Lawyers
2024- The National Trial Lawyers – Medical Malpractice Top 25
2024- The National Trial Lawyers – Top 100 Civil Plaintiff
2016-2024 Best Lawyers in America – Selected by peers for inclusion
2023 Best Lawyers ® Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year for Little Rock
American Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Trial Lawyers, Arkansas
2011-2024 American Board of Trial Advocates, Member
2019 Legislative Leadership Award - Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
2019 Arkansas Municipal League Distinguished Legislator Award
2017 Sidney S. McMath Award – Pulaski County Bar Association – Recognized for “an impeccable record of practice”
2016 Induction into Arkansas Boys State Hall of Fame
2005 Chosen Top 10 Legislator by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
2005 Appointed member of Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Model Jury Instructions-Civil
2005 Chosen by Arkansas Business as a member of the “40 Under 40” list honoring young leaders
1998 Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association “Best Member New Lawyer Division"