Hugh R. Laws has over 30 years of legal experience. Hugh is a fourth generation native of the Arkansas River Valley.

Hugh's practice focuses on civil and criminal casework. His extensive trial experience ranges from capital murder to a civil trial verdict in excess of a million dollars. Throughout his career, he has worked thousands of cases for the accused, the wronged and those victimized in society.

Hugh is married to Tamara Hodges Laws. They have two children – Harrison and Alix Ann.

Education
• Dardanelle High School – 1981
• Bachelor of Arts Degree – History / Political Science, Arkansas Tech University – 1985
• Juris Doctorate, University of Arkansas School of Law – 1988

Accomplishments
• Voted 3 times as Best Attorney by readers of the newspaper The Courier
• House of Delegates to the Arkansas Bar Association
• President and Board of the River Valley United Way
• President of Russellville Jaycess
• Legal council to Arkansas Jaycess

Memberships
• Arkansas Trial Lawyer Association
• Arkansas Bar Association
• Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Admitted to Practice
• Arkansas – 1988
• United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
• United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
• United States Supreme Court