Bio

Betsy is a tenacious litigator who handles a wide variety of civil disputes. Her focus and experience is concentrated in three main areas: Creditors Rights, including collections and bankruptcy, Commercial Contract and Tort disputes, and Fiduciary Litigation.

In her representation of creditors, Betsy strives to meet each client’s objectives in the most efficient and cost conscious manner possible while obtaining the highest return in value. Examples of matters in which Betsy has assisted clients include the following:

• Obtaining, registering and enforcing judgments through a number of collection methods, including garnishments and executions against property
• Bringing and defending against replevin actions
• Bringing and defending against unlawful detainer actions
• Representing clients in bankruptcy court by filing proofs of claim, negotiating settlements, filing objections to discharge, conducting discovery in contesting actions and defending and bringing adversary proceedings

In her commercial litigation practice, Betsy has a diversified practice with success representing clients in both contract and tort disputes, including:

• Breach of contract claims, including judgement collection
• Unfair business or trade practices claims
• Construction defects
• Defense of Lemon law claims
• Products liability
• Breaches of warranty
• Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act
• Negligence claims

Fiduciary litigation is a substantial part of Betsy’s practice. She has represented trustees, executors, guardians, beneficiaries and other interested persons in navigating disputes regarding trusts, wills, guardianships and other litigation involving fiduciaries. Betsy is aware of the unique and often personal nature of these disputes and strives to provide compassionate and dedicated service to her clients as they navigate these lawsuits.  Some recent examples of her work in this area are as follows:

• Representing a trustee in defense of a lawsuit seeking to set aside a trust based on incapacity;
• Prosecuting claims on behalf of a beneficiary to obtain the beneficiary’s rightful share of inherited property;
• Representing a guardian of an estate in recovering unauthorized payments to a third party.

Betsy also handles family law disputes with a focus on complex, high net worth divorces. Over the course of her career, Betsy has built a reputation for being a zealous advocate for her clients while providing reasonable and practical “straight talk” advice to her clients. Betsy has experience guiding clients through every aspect of litigation to a successful resolution, whether that may be through the following:

• Mediation
• Arbitration
• Settlement
• Dispositive motion
• Jury or bench trial
• Appeal