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Jack N. Boyd, Jr.   Admitted to the Texas Bar in 1985 and the Arkansas Bar in 1990, Jack focuses his legal practice on personal injury work, with a primary emphasis on nursing home negligence, medical malpractice and large toxic tort work.

Jack is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and received his Board Certification in Personal Injury Trial from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in 1994. He is also admitted to practice in the U.S. Claims Court, the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas and Western District of Arkansas as well as the Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit.

Jack graduated summa cum laude from the University of Houston in 1981, and cum laude from the University of Houston College of Law in 1985.  More...


Franklin A. Poff, Jr.   Frank Poff has practiced law with Jack Boyd and Mark Burgess since 1998. He is rated AV (best) by the Martindale-Hubbell attorney rating service. He has litigated civil cases of all sizes and types since 1982. He primarily defends large toxic tort cases, but enjoys handling other litigation, domestic relations cases and personal injury matters for various individuals, insurance companies and corporate clients, including PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, General Refractories Company, GREFCO, Inc., Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Imo Industries, Terex Corporation, American Optical Corporation, and Rite Engineering & Manufacturing Corporation, among many others.

In addition to being admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, the 5th and 8th U.S. Courts of Appeal, U.S. District Courts in Texas and Arkansas and the U.S. Court of Military Appeals in Washington, D.C., Frank has been appointed as a Special Judge for numerous courts over the years, including the Supreme Court of Arkansas.  More...




Mark C. Burgess   Mark is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law. He is admitted to practice in all the Federal District Courts in Arkansas and the Eastern, Southern, and Western Federal District Courts of Texas.

Mark was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1992 and the Arkansas Bar in 1993. He applies his talents in the areas of class action suits, commercial litigation, personal injury, insurance coverage and insurance bad faith litigation.

He graduated from Baylor University in 1987, and the University of Arkansas School of Law in Little Rock in 1992.  More...




David Cotten   David is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law. He was admitted to the Arkansas Bar in 1996 and the Texas Bar in 1989. In addition, David is admitted to all Federal District Courts in Arkansas and the Eastern and Northern Federal District Courts of Texas.

His legal practice includes civil trial and personal injury cases, as well as commercial litigation, particularly complex and multi-party cases.

He graduated from Baylor University in 1986, and the Oklahoma City University Law School in 1989, where he was a member of the Law Review and the National Moot Court Team, as well as clerking for the Oklahoma Supreme Court.  More...




Jonathan R. Prazek Jonathan was admitted to the New York State Bar in 2008 before returning home to northeast Texas in 2009. His primary practice areas include commercial law, intellectual property law, securities litigation, toxic tort litigation, insurance litigation and products liability law.  He is taking the Texas and Arkansas Bar exams in early 2010, but is currently licensed and admitted to practice by New York state and federal courts.  More...



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