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Ronald A. May
Phone: 501-212-1231
Fax: 501-376-9442
Email: rmay@wlj.com

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Attorney

Ronald A. May
Present Position: Of Counsel.

Biographical Information

Practice Areas: Fidelity and surety bonds, computers, and commercial litigation.

Admitted to Practice: Arkansas 1953; United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eighth Circuits; Supreme Court of the United States.

Born: Waterloo, Iowa.

Education: University of Iowa (B.A. 1950, with high distinction), Phi Beta Kappa; Vanderbilt University (LL.B. 1953), Order of the Coif, Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review (1952-53), Morgan Prize.

Professional Affiliations: American Bar Association (Science and Technology Section - Chairman 1975-76 - Litigation, and Tort and Insurance Practice Sections); Arkansas Bar Association; Pulaski County Bar Association; International Association of Defense Counsel (Chairman, Fidelity & Surety Committee 1990-91); American Counsel Association; William R. Overton American Inns of Court (Emeritus); Association for Computing Machinery;  Fellow, Arkansas Bar Foundation.

Prior Professional Experience: Daggett & Daggett, Marianna, Arkansas (1953-57).

Related Professional Experience: Faculty member, International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy (1991).

Civic Activities: Arkansas Cancer Research Center (Founding Board of Directors 1984; Chairman 1990-91); Little Rock Museum of Science and Natural History (Chairman 1973); Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute (Chairman 1978-80); Friends of the Library (President 1975); Arkansas Association for Mental Health (President 1968-70); Friends of the Arts (Board).

Public Service: Arkansas State Capitol Grounds Commission; Arkansas State Hospital Board; Arkansas Board of Architects; Arkansas Board of Bar Examiners; University of Arkansas School of Architecture, Professional Advisory Board; Donaghey Project for Urban Studies and Design, Professional Advisory Board; Arkansas Ethics Commission; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Institutional Review Board.

Publications: Contributing author, Fidelity and Surety Law Survey (Defense Counsel Journal, 1983-2003); contributing author, Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law (John Wiley & Sons, 1992); contributing author, Public Contracting Law of the Fifty States (John Wiley and Sons, 1995).