Lisa McPherson
Email: lisam@ldatty.com
Born: May 15, 1967
Residence: Texarkana, Texas
Family: Sons, Marshall and Carter
Education:
- High School: Crossett High School, Crossett, Arkansas, 1985
- Undergraduate: Southern Arkansas University, Bachelor of Arts in Communications, 1989
- Graduate: University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School
of Law, Juris Doctor, 2006
Accolades:
- Recognized as a Rising Star/Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly Magazine, 2013-2017
- Recognized as Texarkana's Top Labor Lawyer by ALT Magazine, 2018
Licenses:
- State Bar of Arkansas, 2007
- State Bar of Texas, 2008
Admissions:
- United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, 2007
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 2008
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Arkansas, 2009
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2014
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Texas, 2017
Professional Memberships:
- Texarkana Bar Association - Past President & Treasurer
- Arkansas Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas
Practice Areas:
- General civil litigation
- Business contract review and drafting
- Employer relations including wage/overtime disputes, employment contracts,
handbooks, non-compete agreements, workplace investigations, harassment,
discrimination, and retaliation claims
- Construction claims including contract disputes, lien and bond claims,
lien foreclosure, collections
- Bankruptcy and creditor's rights
- Personal injury claims including premises liability, motor vehicle accidents,
and non-subscriber claims
- Appellate law
- Family law litigation
Employment:
- Holman & Langdon, L.L.P. (law clerk) - 05/2005 to 12/2006
- Law Office of Hawley Holman - 01/2007 to 07/2008
- Langdon Davis, L.L.P. - 08/2008 to present
Published Cases:
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In the Interest of A.B.O. and E.B.O., Children, 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 4755 (Tex. App. -Texarkana, 2015).
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Stuart C. Irby Co. v. Tipton, et. al, 796 F.3d 918, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 13778, 40 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 705, 165
Lab. Cas. (CCH) P61620 (8th Cir. Ark. 2015).
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Ferrara v. Moore, 318 S.W.3d 487 ( Tex.App. – Texarkana 2010) (Mosely, J., concurring
in part and dissented in part).
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Endsley Electric, Inc. d/b/a Industrial Power Systems v. Altech, Inc., 378 S.W.3d 15 (Tex.App. – Texarkana 2012)
rev'd in part and rem'd in part.
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Morris v. Dickerson, 388 S.W.3d 910, 2012 Ark. App. 129.
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Alexander, et al. v. Tutle and Tutle Trucking, et al, No. 15-2710 (8th Cir. 2016).
Other Experience:
- Ten years as a secondary public school teacher, licensed in Arkansas and
Texas - English, Journalism, Speech, and Communications.
Law School Honors:
- Served on UALR Law Review as an Assistant Executive Editor and Technical Editor
- Student member of the William H. Overton Inn of Courts
- Received awards for Law Review Apprentice of the Year and Top Appellate
Brief in Research, Writing, and Advocacy II