Vince Ward

Partner

Vince Ward is our firm's managing partner and co-leads our tax and corporate law practice. Vince’s practice focuses on a wide range of taxation and business law matters involving a diverse group of industries, regularly providing counsel to multi-state retailers, manufacturers, logistics companies, commercial real estate developers, regulated lenders, and many others.

Vince frequently assists clients with business mergers and acquisitions, commercial real estate transactions, tax controversies, business start-ups, and forming charitable organizations. He also practices in the areas of estate planning, and probate administration. His practice is founded on providing clients with premier legal services with an emphasis on tax planning, while balancing practical considerations and the specialized needs of private individuals, their businesses and their families.

A native of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Vince Ward moved to Little Rock after obtaining his Master of Laws in Taxation from Southern Methodist University.

Vince Ward has been selected by his attorney peers for including in 2014 – 2023 Super Lawyers Mid-South Rising Stars List, Little Rock Soiree's Best Lawyers 2016, 2017 and 2021, AY Magazine's Best Lawyers 2022, and Arkansas Money & Politics Legal Elite 2022. He has also served as a faculty member at numerous National Business Institute seminars including Trusts 101, The Probate Process From Start to Finish, and How to Keep Tax-Exempt Organizations in Compliance.

Bar Admissions

• Arkansas
• Texas
• United States District Court - Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
• United States Bankruptcy Court - Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
• United States Court of Appeals - Eighth Circuit
• United States Tax Court