Hani W. Hashem
Professional Biography:
Hani W. Hashem began practicing law in Monticello, Arkansas in 1984.
Mr. Hashem regularly
represents a wide range of clientele, including insurance companies, banking
institutions, businesses, and individuals with catastrophic injuries. Mr.
Hashem has litigated claims in all state and federal courts in Arkansas and the
United States Supreme court. His practice is focused on litigation
involving injuries from defective products, medical malpractice, construction
site accidents, automobile accidents, and business fraud. Mr. Hashem has
several precedent setting jury verdicts involving medical malpractice, product
liability, and personal injury. He won one of the first ever
cases under the Arkansans With Disabilities Act representing a
wheelchair bound school teacher, where the jury awarded the maximum amount
allowed by law.
Mr. Hashem has been honored on numerous occasions for his work in the legal field. As a legal educator, he has on several occasions been recognized by his contemporaries as one of the best Continuing Legal Education presenters in the State, teaching other lawyers in the fields of medical malpractice, toxic torts, evidence, trial practice, and professional ethics. He is a member of the invitation only American Board of Trial Advocates and International Society of Barristers. Mr. Hashem has been honored by the Governor of Arkansas on four separate occasions with his appointment as a Special Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court. He has also been selected by the Arkansas Supreme Court to serve on the influential Supreme Court Committee on Civil Jury Instructions.
Professional Appointments:
Special Associate Justice
of the Arkansas Supreme Court (4 occasions), appointed by the Governor of
Arkansas; Supreme Court Committee on Civil Jury Instructions, appointed by the
Arkansas Supreme Court.
Professional Memberships:
Arkansas and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Arkansas Trial
Lawyers Association (Past Member, Board of Governors); American Board of Trial
Advocates; Member, International Society of Barristers.
Practice Areas:
Personal Injury Litigation; Defense Law;
Products Liability Law; Medical Malpractice; Business Litigation; Complex Divorce Litigation; and Banking Law.
Admitted:
2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
2001, United States Supreme Court
1993, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
1984, Arkansas and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
Law School:
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, J.D.,
1984.
College:
University of Arkansas at Monticello, B.S., cum
laude, 1981.
Born:
Naples, Texas, July 6, 1959.