Riverfront Plaza

1 Allied Drive, Suite 1110

Little Rock, AR 72202
Phone: 501-960-0491
Fax: 501-375-1027

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Position and Duties within the Firm: Of Counsel

Education: J.D., Bowen School of Law, BSEd, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Admissions to Practice: Supreme Court of Arkansas, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Estate Planning, Civil Court, Admin-Hearing Representation.

Membership: Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys.

Biography:

Judy Kaye Mason is the newest addition to Jack Nelson Jones, PLLC. She brings over two decades of litigation skills in court and jury trials in District and Circuit Courts in central Arkansas as a deputy prosecutor, prosecuting cases from DWI to Murder, and City Code Violations as a prosecutor for the City of Little Rock. As a deputy city attorney, she also honed her civil trial skills representing the City in both plaintiff and defense actions in municipal, state, and federal courts.  

Ms. Mason also worked for the Arkansas Attorney General’s office in the Medicaid Fraud Unit, eventually leading the Division as Deputy Attorney General. This required a knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations governing the care given to Medicaid recipients by nursing homes licensed by the State (including state-run homes), employees, and working/living conditions that put recipients and caregivers at risk. Investigations covered neglect, injury or death of recipients, sham billing by providers of services ranging from pharmaceuticals, therapists (psychiatric, physical), actual abuse of a recipient by a service provider, to over-billing for services provided. 

After the Attorney General’s office, Ms. Mason went to the Department of Education to assist in drafting and putting into action the Rules for Professional Conduct for educators in public schools. Arkansas was an early participant in the national movement to hold educators accountable for violation of Rules with possible action against the license, but only after an intense investigation, notice of the findings, and providing the educator with due process. As a licensed teacher herself, Ms. Mason also has a great respect for the need for educators to have access to competent counsel to represent them in an administrative action, civil action, or if charged with a crime.

Ms. Mason now represents both Plaintiffs and Defendants in civil actions, as well as those charged with criminal offenses. She also provides her clients with guidance in drafting, reviewing, and up-dating their Wills, Powers of Attorney, and Living Wills.