Jack Lassiter

Jack Lassiter is the founding partner of Lassiter & Cassinelli in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he transitioned to an of counsel role in 2020. He has practiced criminal law since 1975 and has handled a wide variety of criminal cases. His work includes major trials, appellate questions, and representation during federal investigations. He remains available to assist the firm’s attorneys, drawing on years of experience with criminal defense and courtroom procedure.

Lassiter earned a B.A. in Political Science from Southwestern at Memphis, now Rhodes College. He later graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law. After law school, he clerked for the Arkansas Supreme Court and litigated criminal cases for the Arkansas Attorney General’s office. He entered private practice in 1977. His early professional positions provided experience in appellate research, public sector criminal cases, and litigation before private defense work.

Lassiter’s practice has included appearances before the US Supreme Court and representation of individuals connected to the Whitewater investigation. His official biography reports that he won the second Whitewater criminal trial. Throughout his career, he has addressed many types of criminal charges and legal issues. He has served on Arkansas committees concerning criminal sentencing, criminal practice, jury instructions, racial profiling, and revision of criminal laws.

Jack Lassiter received the Arkansas Bar Association’s James H. McKenzie Professionalism Award in 2012 and has been recognized in Best Lawyers publications. His professional service included decades on the Arkansas Crime Information Center Supervisory Board and leadership roles on criminal law committees. His of counsel work continues to draw on experience with trials, investigations, and legal policy. The central theme of his practice remains criminal defense and procedural rights.

Law Office Affiliations

• Founding Partner, Lassiter & Cassinelli
• Member, Arkansas Bar Association
• Chair, Arkansas Bar Association Task Force Committee on Criminal Sentencing Statutes
• Chair, Arkansas Bar Association Criminal Law Section
• Member (five years), Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Criminal Practice
• Member, Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Model Criminal Jury Instructions
• Bar representative, Criminal Code Revision Commission
• Member, Arkansas Crime Information Center Supervisory Board (29 years)
• Member (ten years), Governor’s Task Force on Racial Profiling

Licensed State

• Arkansas

Education

• Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College)
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science

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