SW Arkansas Times

There were three fewer lawyers with active licenses in cities within Union County in the second quarter of 2024 compared to the previous quarter, according to the Arkansas Judiciary.

In total, there were 29 active legal licenses recorded in the county at the time, compared to 32 in the previous quarter.

The highest number of licenses were granted in El Dorado (27).

Arkansas has one of the fewest lawyers per capita in the country, with an average of 2.2 legal professionals for every 1,000 residents or almost half the national ratio of 4 per 1000.

As of June 2024, the average salary for a lawyer in the state is around $93,406 per year, which is below the national average.

The United States has around 1.3 million attorneys, with the lawyer population projected to grow by 8% between 2022 and 2032.

Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this period.

Lawyer Name	Bar Number	Date of Admission
Alex K. Wynn	2017169	09/11/2017
Aubra Hayes Anthony	85002	06/07/1985
Bobby Shepherd	76112	03/17/1976
Bruce Tandy Menefee	76076	09/14/1976
Caren Lee Harp	89028	03/22/1989
Claiborne Payne Deming	79275	08/31/1979
Elizabeth E. Langley	98082	04/20/1998
Gary Ray Burbank	78023	09/01/1978
George Benjamin Seay	82144	04/21/1982
George Ellis Van Hook	73123	09/04/1973
Jack William Barker	90093	08/27/1990
James Edward McMenis	73157	09/10/1973
James Everitt Baine	72003	04/11/1972
Jessica Sharlette Yarbrough	2010048	04/08/2010
Jim F. Andrews	2001105	04/30/2001
Joanna B. Kuhn	2013254	09/23/2013
John Douglas Lightfoot	85089	04/03/1985
Katherine Olivia Dow	2020223	09/16/2020
Margaret West Wynne	2022080	04/28/2022
Mary Thomason	80143	09/04/1980
Michael Richard Landers	71105	04/16/1971
Oliver Worth Camp	63009	07/25/1963
Randee Brooke Molsbee	2018147	09/13/2018
Richard Edwin Ulmer	94161	08/26/1994
Robert Jeffrey Sawyer	2013288	10/22/2013
Robert N. Rushing	2010065	04/14/2010
Timothy D. New	88142	09/01/1988
William Arden McLean	74106	09/12/1974
William Townsend Hegi	2018141	09/12/2018