Jill Riha Jacoway

Attorney/Panel Trustee

Current Position

Jacoway Law Firm, Ltd.
223 S. East Avenue
Post Office Drawer 3456
Fayetteville, AR 72702
USA

Tel: 479-521-2621
Fax: 479-521-4665
Email: jacowaylaw@sbcglobal.net

Class: IX (1998)Circuit: Eighth

Education

University of Florida, B.S., B.A. (1968)
University of Arkansas, J.D. (1976)
Admitted to Arkansas Bar
Admitted to Florida Bar

Professional Career

Jacoway Law Firm, Ltd., (1986-)
Panel Trustee, (1980-)
Herdlinger, Jacoway & Stanley, P.A. (1976-86)
Special Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, (Feb 1989)
Published Concurring Opinion-Spikes Bros. Painting Contractors Inc. v. Worthen Bank & Trust Co., 299 Ark. 79, (1989)
Special Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, (Sep 1995)
Don Cherepski vs. Donald Walker et al, 323 Ark. 43, (1996)
Adjunct instructor with Professor Janet Flaccus, Advanced Bankruptcy Seminar, University of Arkansas Law School, Fayetteville, Arkansas (Spring 1995)
Adjunct instructor with Professor Robert T. Laurence, Consumer Bankruptcy Seminar, University of Arkansas Law School, Fayetteville, Arkansas (1992; 94; 96)
Visiting instructor, University of Arkansas, School of Law, various classes, (1996-)
Visiting instructor on Bankruptcy, University of Arkansas, Business Law Classes (Spring & Fall 1981)
Arkansas Bar Association Client Security Fund, (1990-)
Expert witness on legal malpractice in bankruptcy for Arant & Fox, Attorneys, Washington, D.C., (1989)
Speaker at Arkansas Bar Association Continuing Education, (1999-05)
Speaker at Mid-South Bankruptcy Conference, (1997; 99)
Speaker at US Panel Trustee Seminar, (1991; 93; 94; 96; 02)

Publications

2000-10 Contributor on Arkansas Exemption Law to West's Bankruptcy Series Bankruptcy Exemption Manual
"The Application of Section 553 Set-off Analysis to Pre-Bankruptcy Negative-balance Checking Account Activity," 12 Bankcy. Dev. J. 101, 1995 with Robert T. Laurence

Awards

Selected Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law (2007)
Selected as one of the Best Bankruptcy Lawyers in Arkansas, Arkansas Times (1995; 98; 00; 02-11)
Selected as Best Lawyers in Northwest Arkansas (Bankruptcy), Northwest Arkansas Business Journal (Oct 2001)
Selected as Mid-South SuperLawyers (2007-08)
Selected as Best Lawyers in America-Bankruptcy (2010-11)