Joseph R. Falasco

Mr. Falasco’s practice focuses on real estate litigation, product liability, class actions, and appeals. Mr. Falasco was admitted to practice in Arkansas in 2002 and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 2005. He has practiced before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, the Arkansas Supreme Court, the Arkansas Court of Appeals, numerous federal and state trial courts, and many Arkansas administrative agencies. Mr. Falasco is listed with The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Litigation – Labor and Employment, and Litigation – Real Estate and was named Best Lawyers’ 2016 Little Rock Litigation-Real Estate Lawyer of the Year. He is recognized by Chambers USA’s Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of General Commercial Litigation, as a Mid-South Super Lawyer in the area of Business Litigation by Super Lawyers, and named to the Under 40 Hot List (2016-2017), a Future Star in Litigation, and a Labor & Employment Star - South by Benchmark Litigation. He is rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell, a member of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Mr. Falasco was part of the trial team that obtained a defense verdict for two pesticide manufacturers in a case brought by farmers alleging crop damage from widespread drift over several Northeast Arkansas counties. Mr. Falasco’s experience includes serving as lead trial counsel in putative class actions related to improper mortgage practices. In addition, he has successfully helped property developers overcome highly-contested development plans before local cities and has represented landowners in lawsuits to establish and protect ingress and egress rights to property. Mr. Falasco has served as trial counsel in numerous condemnation matters and has retained full-price judgments. Mr. Falasco has also been lead trial counsel for national companies in cases alleging violations of franchising acts and deceptive trade practices. Mr. Falasco has represented clients in matters before numerous administrative agencies, including the Arkansas State Medical Board, the Arkansas State Board of Optometry, the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, the Arkansas Insurance Department, the Arkansas Motor Vehicle Commission, and the Arkansas State Board of Collection Agencies.