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  • Matthew Horan Member

  • Phone: 479-782-1001

    Fax: 479-782-1279

    Email: Matthew Horan ›

Areas of practice
  • Civil litigation
  • Agricultural law
  • Appellate practice
  • Employment law
Admitted to practice
  • Arkansas, 1976
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Eighth, Seventh and Tenth Circuits, 1979
  • 1980–present
    • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • Fifth and Tenth Circuits and U.S. District Court
    • Eastern District of Oklahoma
    • U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas
Education
  • Harvard University, J.D., 1976
  • University of Arkansas, B.A., 1973
    • Phi Beta Kappa
Clerkships, instructor, and special assignments
  • Instructor of Law, University of Arkansas School of Law, 1977–1978
  • Visiting Instructor of Law, Trial Advocacy Program, Harvard University, 1979 and 1980
  • Law Clerk to Hon. H. Franklin Waters, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, 1986–1987
  • Special Justice Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1999
Professional memberships
  • Sebastian County Bar Association
  • Arkansas Bar Association
    • Co-Chairman, Jury Instructions Committee, Business Law Section
  • Arkansas Bar Foundation, Fellow
  • State Board of Law Examiners, Member, 1995-2001
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Arkansas Lawyer Magazine, Member 1994–1996
  • President, Fort Smith Heritage Foundation, 1997
Publications and citations
  • Contributing Editor, "Handling Appeals in Arkansas," Arkansas Lawyer, 1997
  • Author: "Shaw v. Reno: Will it Turn Out Like Koresh v. Reno?" Arkansas Lawyer, 1994
  • Recipient, Writing Excellence Award, Arkansas Bar Foundation, 1994
  • Co-editor, "Proposed Arkansas Model Contract Jury Instructions," 20 U.A.L.R. Law Journal 1 (1997)