About John
John Emerson is a founding partner of Emerson Firm, PLLC, based in Little Rock, Arkansas. He has been practicing law for over four decades, specializing in personal injury, antitrust, and commercial litigation. The firm, located at 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1700, serves clients across Arkansas, Texas, and Washington. Born in Little Rock and raised in Houston, Texas, Mr. Emerson earned his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and English from the University of Texas at Austin in 1973. He then obtained his Juris Doctor from South Texas College of Law in Houston in 1979. He was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1980, the Washington State Bar in 2000, and the Arkansas State Bar in 2008.
Throughout his career, Mr. Emerson has been recognized for his legal expertise and ethical standards. He has maintained an "AV Preeminent" rating from Martindale-Hubbell for over 20 years, the highest possible peer review rating. In 2013, he was named one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America by the National Trial Lawyers. In his personal injury practice, Mr. Emerson served as co-counsel in a significant brain injury case involving alleged malpractice at CHI-St. Vincent Hot Springs, which was settled confidentially in 2018.
His antitrust practice includes representing employees and former employees who sustained losses in their public company's retirement plans due to corporate malfeasance, such as in the Enron ERISA Litigation. Mr. Emerson is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd, 5th. 8th Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas; the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; the Western District of Washington; the District of Colorado; and all state courts in Texas, Washington, and Arkansas.
He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the Arkansas Bar Association, and the Washington State Bar Association. He has also served on the Grievance Committee 4-D in Houston from 1991 to 1994 and the Membership Services Committee from 1991 to 1992. Mr. Emerson's office in Little Rock is located at 400 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 1700, Little Rock, AR 72201. He can be reached by phone at (501) 286-4622 or via email at jemerson@emersonfirm.com. The firm's Houston office is at 2500 Wilcrest Drive, Suite 300, Houston, TX 77042, and can be contacted at (800) 551-8649.
