William P. Creasman
2800 Cantrell Road
Suite 500
Little Rock, AR 72202
Phone: 501.375.1122
Fax: 501.375.1027
Direct Dial: 501.707.5523
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Current Position and Duties within the Firm: Of Counsel
Admissions: 1977, North Carolina; 1993, Arkansas; 2003, Texas.
Practice areas: Communications, Advertising, Marketing, Commercial, Franchising, and Corporate Law; I P Licensing
Membership: Arkansas Bar Association.
Education: 1974, B.A., Johns Hopkins University; 1977, J.D., Wake Forest University.
Biography: For most of his career, Mr. Creasman has served as Chief Legal Officer or General Counsel of various publicly and privately held companies. Immediately before joining the firm he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Alltel, the Little Rock based telecommunications company that merged with Verizon in January, 2009, in a $28 Billion transaction. He has served as General Counsel and/or Chief Legal Officer for communications, information technology, foodservice, distribution, and manufacturing companies, including the frozen yogurt franchisor "TCBY" based in Little Rock and the European headquarters of the Wrangler blue jeans manufacturer based in Brussels, Belgium. While serving as General Counsel, at one NYSE-listed company he held the additional office of Risk Manager and at an NASDAQ-listed company he also served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer.
Other: Mr. Creasman has over the years served as a Commercial Panelist for the American Arbitration Association. He has also taught The Law of Franchising and The Law of Advertising seminars as an Adjunct Professor at the School of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Among his various pro bono activities, Mr. Creasman serves as a member of the Board of Directors of The Center for Arkansas Legal Services.