About Milton DeJesus

Milton A. DeJesus is a native of Puerto Rico and a Vietnam-era Navy veteran. He attended Macalester College, double-majoring in Psychology and Political Science, then earned his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School. He trained in trial advocacy at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, earning the Tom C. Clark Memorial Scholarship in 1977. He has practiced immigration law and general civil litigation from Little Rock, appearing in immigration proceedings across the country and at U.S. Consulates in multiple countries.

One of his immigration cases became a precedent decision before the Board of Immigration Appeals, codified in federal regulations. In 2021 he filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court in Herrera-Acosta v. Garland, No. 21-1183. He is admitted in the federal courts of Arkansas, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Texas, the 5th, 7th, and 8th Circuits, the D.C. Circuit, the Court of International Trade, the Supreme Courts of Arkansas and Minnesota, and the United States Supreme Court. He is recognized as a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters.

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 Minnesota Law School
J.D.
Macalester College
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Arkansas
State Bar of Minnesota

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