Jessica Vaught

Little Rock, ARAdmitted 2003

About Jessica Vaught

Jessica Bass Vaught has practiced with Rainwater, Holt & Sexton since 2008. She grew up in Arkadelphia, earned a B.A. in Political Science from Baylor University, then returned to Arkansas to attend UALR's Bowen School of Law, earning her J.D. in 2002 and being admitted to the Arkansas Bar in 2003. Her primary practice area is Social Security Disability. She has served on the Arkansas Bar Association's Commission on Diversity and taught Law and Literature and Remedies as an adjunct professor at Bowen School of Law. She is a member of the Arkansas Association of Women Lawyers, the Arkansas Bar Association, and the Pulaski County Bar Association.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Rainwater, Holt & Sexton Injury Lawyers

These results are credited to Rainwater, Holt & Sexton Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

Rainwater, Holt and Sexton was one of the founding firms on the coalition legal team that brought 72 Arkansas counties and 210 cities together to sue 65 opioid manufacturers, distributors, and retailers, part of the litigation that produced a $216 million statewide share of the national settlement announced in 2021.

Crittenden County Circuit Court, AR · 2021Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$25.4 millionVerdictTop 20 in Arkansas · #5

A Benton County judge awarded $25.4 million, including more than $19 million in punitive damages, against the owner of a Springdale motel after finding it knowingly facilitated the repeated sex trafficking of a girl beginning when she was 14 years old.

Benton County Circuit Court, AR · 2022Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$3 millionVerdictTop 20 in Arkansas · #15

On December 10, 2013, Aisha Siddiqui, a 22-year-old aspiring surgeon visiting from New York, had her right big toe torn off when her foot was pulled into an escalator at Park Plaza Mall in Little Rock. Park Plaza and the escalator maker Kone admitted fault before trial and contested only the amount. After a three-day trial, a Pulaski County jury awarded $3 million in December 2018.

Pulaski County Circuit Court, Little Rock, Arkansas (Judge Chris Piazza) · 2018Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$477,000Verdict

A Pulaski County jury ordered the owners of the America's Best Value Inn in west Little Rock to pay a sex-trafficking survivor $477,000 after finding they ignored clear signs of ongoing trafficking on their property from August through December 2019.

Pulaski County, Little Rock, AR · 2023Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

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

Education

University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law
J.D., 2002
Baylor University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Arkansas, admitted 2003

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