Michael N. Shannon

Mike Shannon has over 30 years of experience in complex commercial litigation, with a practice that includes eminent domain, class action defense, products liability, e-discovery, toxic torts, medical malpractice defense, bid protests, and issues affecting the outdoor advertising industry.

He has represented a broad range of clients—from multinational manufacturers and financial institutions to closely held businesses and high-net-worth individuals—across various matters, including commercial eminent domain, contract disputes, shareholder litigation, consumer fraud, antitrust, and more.

He has successfully represented national clients in high-stakes government contract protests in Arkansas, including major awards related to Medicaid services, dental benefits, and employee benefits administration. His work has resulted in contract wins and protest dismissals valued in the tens of millions, including a $12 million award upheld in 2022 and a successful protest in 2023 involving pricing violations.

In eminent domain, Mr. Shannon has secured significant trial verdicts and settlements, including a $2.6 million jury award for a church and multimillion-dollar results for commercial property owners—often far exceeding initial offers from condemning authorities. His broader litigation experience includes a $10 million commercial judgment, successful defense of nursing home operators in wrongful death claims, and victory for the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission in a $32 million illegal exaction case, upheld by the Arkansas Supreme Court.

Mike is licensed to practice law in Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri.

Recognition
The Best Lawyers in America® (2006-Present) – Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law (Little Rock Lawyer of the Year 2024, 2026)
Chambers USA (2016-present)
Super Lawyers (2011-present)
Benchmark Litigation (2015-present)
Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent®

Associations and Affiliations
Member, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
American Bar Association (Litigation and Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Sections)
Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel (Instructor, Mini-Trial Academy, 2023, 2025)
Arkansas Bar Association
Pulaski County Bar Association
Kansas Bar Association
Missouri Bar Association
Arkansas Bar Foundation

Publications
Design-Build Highway Projects and How They Change the Landscape for Landowners in the Eminent Domain Process, Arkansas Community Banker (Summer 2018)

Co-Chaired Committee that produced The Guide to Arkansas Statutes of Limitation (4th Ed.) for the Young Lawyers Section of the Arkansas Bar Association

Education
University of Arkansas School of Law (J.D., with high honors, first in class, 1992)
Presidential Scholar, 1991-92
Note and Comment Editor, Arkansas Law Review

Arkansas Tech University (B.A., 1989)
Alfred J. Crabaugh – Most Outstanding Senior Award