Don A. Eilbott
2800 Cantrell Road
Suite 500
Little Rock, AR 72202-3472
Phone: 501.375.1122
Fax: 501.375.1027
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Current Position and Duties within the Firm: Of Counsel
Admissions: 1974, Arkansas Bar Association; 1974, U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; 1974, Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court.
Practice Areas: Real Property, Real Estate Litigation and Commercial Litigation.
Public Services: Arkansas State Police Commission (1991-1998, Chairman 1997); Arkansas Student Loan Authority (1984-1991, Chairman 1989-1991); Jefferson County Arkansas Election Commission (Chairman 1980-2000); Arkansas Election Commission (1996-1998).
Legal Associations/Professional Memberships: Jefferson County Arkansas Bar Association (President-2001); Pulaski County Arkansas Bar Association; Arkansas Bar Association; Fellow, Arkansas Bar Foundation.
Education: University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, Arkansas, BSBA 1971, Honors; University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, Arkansas, J.D., 1974.
Club or Civic Memberships/ Community Involvement: Baptist Health Foundation (2000-2008, President 2008).
Awards: Distinguished Service Medal-Arkansas State Police.
Select and Limited Representative Client List: Arkansas Title Insurance Company (General Counsel 1982-2003); Stewart Title Guaranty Company; Stewart Title of Arkansas, Inc.; McKennon Farms, Inc; Haywood Farms, Ltd.
Biography:
Don A. Eilbott was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the fifth generation of his family to live there. His father, Reggie Eilbott, was a Pine Bluff attorney from 1939 to 1977 and was a noted criminal defense attorney. At a young age, Don Eilbott began attending trials with his father. He attended Pine Bluff schools and graduated from the University of Arkansas with a BSBA and JD. While attending U of A, he was active in his college fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and various campus organizations including Beta Gamma Sigma, an honorary business society.
After graduation in 1974, as the youngest attorney in Arkansas at the time, he returned to Pine Bluff and began practice with Reinberger, Eilbott, Smith, and Staten. He continued to practice in Pine Bluff until 2003. During that time, his varied practice took him to trials in over 60 counties in Arkansas, ranging from capital murder defense to insurance litigation.
In 1982 Eilbott and a group of associates founded Arkansas Title Insurance Company. It was and has remained the only Arkansas domiciled title insurance underwriter. He has handled all aspects of the representation of Arkansas Title from 1982 to current. In addition he has represented other title insurance underwriters in regards to claims in Arkansas and various other states. Arkansas Title was subsequently sold to Stewart Title Guaranty Company in 1998.
In 2003, Eilbott joined Stewart Title as President and CEO of Stewart Title of Arkansas, CEO of Arkansas Title, and CEO of National Land Title Insurance Company, an underwriter doing business in 11 states.
Eilbott returned to private practice in 2007. He has continued his representation of various Stewart Title companies and others in the title insurance industry.
Eilbott and his wife, Mari Cousins Eilbott, a noted artist, live in Little Rock. They have three children; Lee Elizabeth Eilbott, of Memphis, a certified public accountant and director of financial reporting for an airline; Matt Seale, information technology, and Jo Ann Moss, a graphic artist for a national firm.
Eilbott and Mari love to relax in their cedar log cabin in Heber Springs. It’s located on the bank of the Little Red River where they enjoy spending time trout fishing and the pleasure of their dogs, Handsome and Gauge.