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Brad Hendricks has a family tradition of dedication to the law. His father was also an attorney in Little Rock, and a former circuit judge in Pulaski County.

Brad has worked for many years as a trial attorney almost exclusively handling medical malpractice cases. His practice focuses on representing children with cerebral palsy or other birth injuries caused by obstetric or pediatric malpractice. Several of the cases he has settled or won at trial have been reported in a number of legal publications.

In 1980, the State of Arkansas called upon Brad Hendricks to bring the prison system into compliance with legal standards. The Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction vested in him the responsibility and authority to do so. This involved numerous issues in an eleven year lawsuit, which was successfully concluded in 1982. In 1981, Brad was named Employee of the Year by the Department of Correction in recognition of his success in reforming the state's prisons. He investigated and corrected problems with security, brutality, racism, inmate discipline, and over one hundred medical, legal and administrative issues. Brad also served as Assistant Warden of the penitentiary at Wrightsville, AR.

Brad has served as an expert witness in the federal litigation which challenged conditions of confinement in the state prisons of Oklahoma, and in similar litigation in three separate Arkansas cases involving county jails.

Caroline Lewis is originally from Gurdon, Arkansas. The first person in her family to attend a four-year college, Caroline obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian and Political Science from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. As an undergraduate, Caroline spent a semester abroad in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where she studied Russian. She earned her Master of Arts degree in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of Kansas in 1998. After taking a year-long hiatus, Caroline enrolled in law school at the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and obtained her law degree in 2002.

While in law school, she served as the Research Editor of the Arkansas Law Review. Caroline was also an active member of the moot court program. As a competitor, she was honored for her writing and oral advocacy skills in the intramural and National Moot Court competitions. Caroline served on the Board of Advocates as the Ben J. Altheimer Moot Court Competition Chair, for which she drafted the problem and bench brief. For her service to the law school and her achievements in moot court, Caroline was awarded the 2002 Outstanding Service to the Law School Award and received the 2002 Appellate Advocacy Prize.

Caroline received the Vincent W. Foster, Jr., Scholarship two years in a row. During her first interview with the scholarship selection committee, she met the Honorable William R. Wilson, Jr., of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, who served on the committee. Not only was she awarded the scholarship, Caroline was invited to serve Judge Wilson as his law clerk for two years after completing law school, an invitation she happily accepted. She has worked in the areas of insurance defense, including subrogation, workers’ compensation defense, complex commercial and antitrust litigation, estate planning and probate law, and the development of business entities in Arkansas. She has submitted appeals to the Full Commission of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission, the Arkansas Court of Appeal, the Arkansas Supreme Court, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Caroline joined The Brad Hendricks Law Firm in January 2009 as the firm’s law clerk, but recently joined the firm as an attorney. Her practice is evolving and includes general civil and appellate litigation. Licensed for seven years, Caroline’s primary focus is to serve the firm and its clients in any requested capacity with the ultimate goal of helping to obtain a favorable result for each client.

Caroline and her husband, Stephen, welcomed daughter Catherine Elizabeth in April 2009. Caroline, Stephen, and Cate, together with their three dogs and three cats, proudly call Little Rock home.

Education

B.S. Computer Engineering, Cum Laude (2005)
Juris Doctorate University of Arkansas at Little Rock, High Honors (2010)
Licensed to Practice

Arkansas
U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western District of Arkansas
Practice Area Emphasis

Small & Large Business Law
Real Estate Law
Corporate Law
Civil Litigation & Personal Injury Law
Business & Real Estate Transactions
Professional Affiliations

Arkansas Bar Association
Pulaski County Bar Association

Bryan is a solo practice attorney concentrating his practice in the areas of Business Law, Commercial Litigation and Transactions, Elder, Estate Planning, Probate Law, Family Law and Real Estate.

Bryan has a passion for Arkansas families and their personal relationships, businesses, assets, and real estate. He is an active member of New Life Church of Arkansas donating his time and education for the enrichment of others lives for the greater good of the community.