Kathryn Bennett Perkins

Kathy Perkins has been recognized by Best Lawyers since 2006 and by Mid-South Super Lawyers since 2007.  In 2011, she was named one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in the Mid-South.  Ms. Perkins focuses on both intellectual property and general litigation.  She regularly prosecutes and defends trademark and copyright litigation matters and has filed more than two hundred trademark and copyright applications for clients.  As to general litigation, she tends to focus on complex commercial litigation including class actions.  Recent matters include the following:

• successfully obtained summary judgment in defense of a class action in a dispute involving claims of deceptive trade practices and fraud related to the charging of and collection of sales tax.
• currently representing clients in defense of two class actions pending in Arkansas state court involving issues of the collection and remittance of hotel occupancy taxes and illegal exactions.
• currently representing three clients in defense of asbestos claims.
• currently representing local client in defense of welding rod claims.
• oversees lemon law and warranty breach claims in the state for the world's largest automobile manufacturer.

Best Lawyers in America, 2007-2012 Editions - Intellectual Property Law

Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2007-2011 - Civil Litigation Defense

Mid-South Super Lawyers Top 50 Women Lawyers in the Mid-South, 2011

Mid-South Super Lawyers, Intellectual Property, 2006

Benchmark Litigation, Future Star, 2010

Arkansas Business "40 Under 40" (2004)

 Pulaski County, Arkansas, and American Bar Associations

Arkansas Bar Association Uniform Laws Committee, Website/Technology Committee and Judicial Nominations Committee

International Trademark Association Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Committee and the Problem and Bench Brief Subcommittee (2006-2013)

International Trademark Association Information Resources Committee, 2004-2005

International Trademark Association's The Trademark Reporter, Editorial Board, 1999-2004

Intellectual Property Model Jury Instructions Editorial Board, 2004-2005

Leadership Greater Little Rock Class XVII

Arkansas Society of Certified Public Accountants

American Society of Certified Public Accountants

Henry Woods American Inn of Court - Member

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute Board of Directors, 2008-present

Junior League of Little Rock, member since 1995, various officer and board positions ending with President in 2005-2006

Junior League of Little Rock, Financial Planning Chair 2009-2010

Junior League of Little Rock Financial Planning Committee, 2005-present

Camp Aldersgate, Aldersgate After Dark Co-Chair, 2010-2011

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Gala Co-Chair 2008

Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Auxiliary, 1998–present

Ballet Arkansas, Board of Directors, 1999–2002

Arkansas Easter Seals, Annual Campaign VIP, 2000; Development Council, 1998–2002

University of Arkansas, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (high honors), 1988

Master of Science in Accounting, 1989

Juris Doctor (high honors), 1992

Articles Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 1991-1992

Certified Public Accountant, Arkansas, 1989 (inactive) 

Arkansas, 1992

Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas

Eighth and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals

United States Supreme Court