About Stephen Plyler
Stephen Plyler is a lifelong Arkansan from Glenwood who attended Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Political Science. Before law school he worked as a field director for the United States Senate, working with constituents across Arkansas. He then attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. After earning his law degree, he began his career at a small firm in Hot Springs handling personal injury and contract matters before joining Rainwater, Holt & Sexton.
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.
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.
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.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.