About Robert Cearley Jr.

Bob Cearley has served as a trial lawyer in Little Rock, Arkansas for over 50 years and is certified in civil trial advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocates. He is listed in Martindale Hubbell's Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America. His areas of practice include plaintiff's personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, product liability, insurance disputes, and commercial litigation. Bob Cearley is a past president of the Arkansas Bar Association and has been elected by his peers to the American Board of Trial Advocates, American College of Trial Lawyers, and International Academy of Trial Lawyers.

He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and has served on the Board of Governors of the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association, which recognized him with its Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award in 1997. His career has included many notable cases: he was lead counsel in McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education, 529 F.Supp 1255 (E.D. Ark.

1982) (the "Creation Science Case"), which invalidated state law mandating the teaching of "Creation Science" in Arkansas public schools. His cases involving catastrophic injuries caused by air rifles have been featured on ABC's 20/20 and in Lawyer's Weekly and ATLA Products Liability Law Reporter. Bob Cearley is experienced in complex litigation and is proud to offer personalized legal services to his clients.

Proven verdicts and settlements

Dr. Trent Pierce, then chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board, found a spare tire propped against his car on the morning of 4 February 2009. A hand grenade was duct-taped to it, rigged to fire when the tire was moved. He lost the sight in his left eye and the hearing in his left ear. The man who sent him there was a physician whose prescribing authority the board had revoked.

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Little Rock firms

McMath Woods
McMath Woods
$17.6 Million Default Judgment After 911 Dispatcher Failed to Dispatch Water Rescue in Fatal Pond Emergency
Rainwater, Holt & Sexton Injury Lawyers
Rainwater, Holt & Sexton Injury Lawyers
$216 million · Arkansas Counties and Cities Win $216 Million Opioid Settlement Against 65 Pharma Defendants
Duncan Firm, P.A.
Duncan Firm, P.A.
$17 Million Verdict for Driver Hit by Dump Truck Merging Onto a 65 mph Highway Around a Road Grader
Reddick Law, PLLC
Reddick Law, PLLC
$15.71 Million Judgment for Woman Who Died of Bedsore Sepsis After Nursing Home Stopped Defending Case
Gates Law Firm, PLLC
Gates Law Firm, PLLC
$110.04 million · $110 Million Verdict for an Infant Left With Skull Fractures at an Unlicensed Mena Daycare

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.