Jim Andrews

Jim Andrews is a business attorney at Andrews Law Firm PLLC in El Dorado, Arkansas. He serves businesses that need experienced legal guidance without maintaining a full-time in-house lawyer. His practice includes consulting, commercial transactions, litigation, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance. Andrews works alongside owners and management teams to address legal issues, document business arrangements, manage disputes, and support practical decisions as companies grow and operate.

Andrews earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Southern Arkansas University in 1986, a Master of Business Administration from Baylor University, and a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University in 2000. His combined business and legal education supports a practical understanding of corporate operations, contracts, finance, and organizational decision-making. This background helps him evaluate legal risk in the context of a client’s broader commercial goals and day-to-day business needs.

His business career spans four decades and includes work with start-ups, mid-sized companies, and Fortune 500 organizations. Andrews served as in-house counsel to Deltic Timber Corporation from 2001 to 2018 and later became Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary. His responsibilities included transactions, litigation oversight, compliance, and governance, and he participated in the executive team that negotiated Deltic’s merger with Potlatch Corporation. He also served as general counsel for an Arkansas state department.

Jim Andrews brings additional perspective from service as a Circuit Court Judge in Arkansas’s 13th Judicial District, where he presided over criminal, civil, and probate matters. He has also served as a special justice in Arkansas Supreme Court cases and contributed through economic development, the university, legal services, and community organizations. His corporate, government, and judicial experience helps clients approach business matters with careful judgment, clear communication, and practical legal strategies.

Law Office Affiliations

• General Counsel, Andrews Law Firm, PLLC
• Member, Arkansas State Bar
• Member, Texas State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Arkansas
• Texas

Education

• SMU Dedman School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Baylor University
  Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Southern Arkansas University
  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

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