John D. Coulter

Member
Little Rock, Arkansas
Phone: 501-492-3872
jcoulter@jamescarterlaw.com
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John Coulter focuses his practice in the areas of labor and employment law, family law, and commercial litigation.
Mr. Coulter graduated from Reed College with a B.A. and from Boston College Law School, cum laude. While in law school, he served as Managing Editor of the Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review. After graduating from law school, he held the position of Law Clerk for U.S. District Judge Billy Roy Wilson, Eastern District of Arkansas. He practiced with Rose Law Firm from 1999 to 2005 and became a member of that firm in 2004.
Mr. Coulter is a member of the Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations. He is a former Chair of the Labor & Employment Law Section of the Arkansas Bar Association. He is also a member of the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association, and William R. Overton Inn of Court. From 2001 to 2005, he served as a member of the Board of Directors of Volunteer Organization of the Center for Arkansas Legal Services (VOCALS). Mr. Coulter was selected as a 2008 Mid-South Rising Star and in 2009 and 2010 as a Mid-South Super Lawyer by Mid-South Super Lawyers & Rising Stars. Mr. Coulter is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been named in The Best Lawyers of America for Labor and Employment Law since 2009.
Mr. Coulter received the VOCALS 2011 Attorney of the Year award from the Pulaski County Bar Association for his pro bono work.


Education: Reed College, B.A., 1992, Boston College Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1998
Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Employment Discrimination; Commercial Litigation; Civil Rights; Family Law; Personal Injury
Membership: Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations; Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association; William R. Overton Inn of Court.
Admissions: 1998, Arkansas and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
Reported Cases: Horton v. Horton, 2011 Ark. App. 361; Western Sizzlin Corp. v. Parks Land Co., LLLP, 2009 WL 1353110 (2009); IBAC Corp. v. Becker, 371 Ark. 330, 265 S.W.2d 755 (2007); Smith v. Sidney Moncrief Pontiac Buick, GMC Co., 353 Ark. 701, 120 S.W.3d 525 (2003); Hogan v. BG Excelsior Ltd. Partnership, 2009 WL 1034763 (E.D. Ark. 2009); 145 Associates Ltd. v. Theatrical Building Corp., 2003 WL 356056 (Ark. App. 2003).
Miscellaneous Information: Managing Editor, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, 1997-1998. Law Clerk, U.S. District Judge William R. Wilson, Jr., Eastern District of Arkansas, 1998-1999.