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About John Rainwater

John Rainwater is a Little Rock native and lifelong Arkansan who has practiced personal injury law in Arkansas since 2009. He earned his B.S. in Business Administration in Accountancy from the Sam Walton School of Business at the University of Arkansas and his J.D. from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law in 2009. He is admitted to the Arkansas Bar and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas.

He focuses on complex personal injury matters including catastrophic injury and wrongful death, and has also handled bankruptcy, disability, class action, and civil rights cases. He has been selected for Best Lawyers in America since 2020 and recognized by The National Trial Lawyers as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer. He serves on the Board of Governors of the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association.

Practice areas

Education

University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law
J.D., 2009
University of Arkansas, Sam Walton School of Business
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Arkansas, admitted 2009

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Little Rock firms

McMath Woods
McMath Woods
$17.6 million · $17.6 Million Default Judgment After 911 Dispatcher Failed to Dispatch Water Rescue in Fatal Pond Emergency
Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys
Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys
$18 million · Jefferson County Jury Awards $18 Million to Afghanistan Combat Veteran Struck on I-22 Shoulder After Insurer Offered $12,500
Reddick Law, PLLC
Reddick Law, PLLC
$15,706,166 judgment ($5,706,166 compensatory plus $10,000,000 punitive) · She Could Not Turn Herself Over in Bed. The Bedsore That Followed Killed Her, and the Chain That Owned the Home Stopped Defending the Case Entirely.
Cearley Law Firm, P.A.
Cearley Law Firm, P.A.
$122,500,000 ($17,500,000 compensatory plus $105,000,000 punitive, affirmed) · A Hand Grenade Was Taped to a Spare Tire Outside His Front Door. The Doctor Who Put It There Is Serving Life, and a Crittenden County Jury Put $122.5 Million on Him.
Duncan Firm, P.A.
Duncan Firm, P.A.
$17 million · The Dump Truck Had to Enter a 65 mph Highway at an Angle to Get Around a Road Grader. Neither Driver Could See the Other.