About Keith McPherson

Keith McPherson earned a Master of Arts in Psychology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (1986-1988), then his J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Little Rock in 1991. He practiced as a civil litigation trial attorney at the Laser Law Firm for 25 years, reaching full equity partner status, then joined Watts, Donovan & Tilley in 2016. During his first 30 years he represented insured defendants for insurance companies in auto, trucking, premises, medical malpractice, and workers' compensation cases, and tried over 100 bench and jury trials statewide.

He joined Rainwater, Holt & Sexton in June 2021, bringing his defense experience to the plaintiff's side. He holds an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell (2018), was selected for Super Lawyers of the Mid-South in 2014, inducted into the American Board of Trial Advocates in 2022, and recognized by The National Trial Lawyers as Top 110 Civil Plaintiff in 2023. He is licensed before the Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, all federal district courts in Arkansas, the Eighth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

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.

Practice areas

Education

University of Arkansas School of Law
J.D., 1991

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Arkansas, admitted 1991

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