John E. Tull, III

Mr. Tull is a founding member of Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC. In over 100 jury trials, Mr. Tull has served as lead counsel on behalf of large and small businesses and individuals in cases involving business torts, breach of contract, products liability, toxic torts, environmental litigation, securities fraud, franchise disputes, trade secrets, personal injury, First Amendment, and other matters. Mr. Tull serves as general counsel for the Arkansas Press Association and instituted the Libel Hotline for the Association. Mr. Tull is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award (2006) and the Freedom of Information Award (2018) from the Arkansas Press Association. In 2023, he was appointed to the Freedom of Information Act Review Working Group by Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin. Upon graduation from Vanderbilt University in 1980, he served as a legislative aide to former United States Senator David Pryor.
Mr. Tull has been named one of the leading business litigation lawyers in Arkansas by Chambers USA’s Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business since 2004 and Super Lawyers since 2006. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Bet-the-Company Litigation (Little Rock Lawyer of the Year 2021), Commercial Litigation, First Amendment Law, Litigation – Banking & Finance (Little Rock Lawyer of the Year 2012, 2023, and 2025), Litigation – First Amendment (Little Rock Lawyer of the Year 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022), Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Media Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (Little Rock Lawyer of the Year 2024), Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs (Little Rock Lawyer of the Year 2017 and 2024). He is featured in the Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America guide, recognized as one of the Top 50 Super Lawyers in Arkansas by Super Lawyers, and listed as a Local Litigation Star for Arkansas in Benchmark Litigation. He is rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Tull is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American College of Trial Lawyers.