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The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience. It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive. A trial is the resolution of a dispute. Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins. I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution. The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law. The law is reason, free from passion. The law: it has honored us; may we honor it.

Attorneys

J. Randall McGinnis

J. Randall McGinnis • Partner

Phone: 479-573-7236
Email: rmcginnis@warnersmith.com

Randy's estate planning and probate practice includes advising, designing and documenting estate plans for individuals and families, trust supervision and estate administration. Central to these services is the preservation and transfer of family wealth and the reduction of estate taxes within the parameters of the clients' personal needs, goals and objectives. Randy also has a particular expertise and experience in dealing with the sensitive issues involved in handling guardianships or conservatorships for the care and protection of the young, the elderly and the disabled.

Another area of Randy's practice is real estate law representing buyers and sellers in residential and commercial transactions with a particular interest and experience in issues of title insurance. In each transaction Randy diligently investigates all issues to assure his client receives the maximum benefit from the transaction with the lowest possible risk. Within this real estate practice Randy has also developed a particular expertise in the field of timeshare law. His representation of timeshare developers involves drafting and reviewing documents for establishment of the timeshare regimes, registration and title insurance issues, resolution of title issues, deed preparation and processing, and inventory maintenance. His clients include one of the largest developers in the industry. Randy also provides assistance to individual timeshare owners in the sale or transfer of their timeshare interests.

In addition to these real estate matters Randy also assists clients in the oil & gas industry providing title examinations and opinions on mineral interest and ownership rights.

Education

  • University of Arkansas, J.D., 1985, B.A., 1982
  • Westark Junior College

Bar Admissions

  • Arkansas, 1985

Honors & Activities

  • Member, Sebastian County Bar Association
  • Member, Arkansas Bar Association, Trust and Probate Section
  • Member, American Bar Association, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
  • Law Clerk, Hon. Oren Harris, U.S. Senior District Judge, Western District of Arkansas, 1985-1988
  • Member, Christian Legal Society, 1982-1985