Bryant Cranford

Bryant K. Cranford practices in the areas of employee benefits and executive compensation, tax, estate planning, and probate. His practice focuses on advising employers and plans on maintaining tax-qualified status of retirement plans; advising buyers and sellers on options and risks associated with employee benefit plans in merger and acquisitions; advising employers on options and requirements for their employee benefit plans associated with PPACA, COBRA, HIPAA, ERISA, USERRA, and the Internal Revenue Code.  Additionally, Bryant assists clients with their estate planning, probate and general tax matters.

Bryant's more recent experience includes:

• Advised on the merger of employee benefit plans (retirement, health and cafeteria) associated with a business acquisition to maintain plan qualification and preserve grandfathering status of the health plans under PPACA.
• Representing an employer before the IRS under the voluntary compliance program to correct a disqualified plan.
• Represented a buyer in its review of a potential seller’s employee benefit plans, including an underfunded multiemployer pension plan.
• Representing an Arkansas resident regarding the U.S. tax effects of inheriting from a foreign estate.
• Drafted wills, revocable trusts, and powers of attorney for a married, farming couple to pass the farm to the next generation.
• Represented a taxpayer before the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration disputing a sales and use tax assessment. 

Arkansas Business "40 Under 40" (2004)

Best Lawyers in America - 2008-2010 Editions - Employee Benefits & Tax Law 

Treasurer, Rose Law Firm, 2002-present

United Way of Pulaski County, Agency Allocations Committee, Co-chair, 2001-2005; Board of Directors, 2005-present 

Arkansas Bar Association, Arkansas Bar Tax Section, Chair, 2009-2010

Certified Public Accountant, Inactive, Arkansas, 1987

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Pulaski County, Arkansas and American Bar Associations

National Association of Public Pension Attorneys

St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Vestry, 2010-present

University of Arkansas, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (honors), 1986

University of Arkansas, Juris Doctor (honors), 1990

Research Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 1990

University of Florida, Master of Laws (Taxation), 1991

Arkansas, 1991