Deborah T. Riordan

Deborah Riordan received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1990. She received her Juris Doctorate degree from Vanderbilt University in 1993 where she served as Associate Editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law and was on the Dean's List.

Prior to joining Wilkes & McHugh, P.A. in 2004, Ms. Riordan worked as Director and of Counsel with Perkins & Trotter, PLLC, and was also an Associate with Shults, Ray & Kurrus.

Since joining Wilkes & McHugh, Ms. Riordan has served as appellate counsel in more than 65 separate appeals to the appellate courts of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th and 8th Circuits. Eleven of those appeals have resulted in reported decisions appearing in the official reports.

Ms. Riordan is licensed to practice law in Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. She is a member of the Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Tennessee Bar Associations, the Pulaski County Bar, the American Bar Association and the American Association for Justice. She is also admitted to practice before the 5th, 6th and 8th U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal. In addition to practicing law, Ms. Riordan has served on the Board of Directors for Junior League of Little Rock.