Michael Rainwater

Representing the Injured in Arkansas

Born: Little Rock, Arkansas

Education and Work  History: Louisiana Tech University, B.S.B.A., 1972,  Outstanding Senior in College of Business Administration; Corporate Planning  Analyst, Texas Eastern Corporation, Houston, Texas, 1972-1978; South Texas  College of Law, J.D., 1979, Who’s Who of American Colleges, Phi Alpha Delta,  Vice Justice, 1977-1978; admitted to Arkansas Bar, 1979; U.S. District Court,  Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, 1982; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth  Circuit, 1982; U.S. Supreme Court, 1986; Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Sixth  Judicial District, Pulaski County, Arkansas, 1979-1980; Private law practice  since 1980.

Member: Pulaski County Bar Association (Board Member,  1988-1990) and Arkansas Bar Associations; Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association;  The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Fellow, Arkansas Bar Foundation.

Arkansas Supreme Court  Special Justice: Farm Bureau Policy Holders and Members v.  Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. of Arkansas, Inc., 335 Ark.  285, 984 S.W.2d 6 (December 03, 1998);ArkansasCounty Farm  Bureau v. McKinney, 334 Ark.  582, 976 S.W.2d 945 (October 29, 1998);ArkansasBlue Cross and Blue Shield v. Hicks, 349 Ark. 269, 78 S.W.3d 58 (June 13, 2002).

Peer Reviews: AV rating by  Martindale-Hubble since 1995; The Best Lawyers in America, 2006; SuperLawyers of the  South, 2006.