Bassett Law Firm names new partners

The Fayetteville-based Bassett Law Firm announced that Joel I. Farthing, Amanda R. Moore, and K.C. Dupps Tucker are new partners with the firm.

Farthing’s practice areas include complex tort and commercial litigation, wrongful death and personal injury, tractor‐trailer and automobile accidents, industrial equipment and construction accidents, and premises and product liability actions. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in microbiology and a bachelor’s degree in French. He received his Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from the University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, in 2007.

Moore specializes in assisting her clients with estate planning, corporate organizations and planning, as well as supporting her corporate clients through sales, mergers and acquisitions, and negotiations. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration-accounting from Arkansas Tech University in 2002. In 2006, she received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas School of Law. She also received a Master of Laws degree in Taxation from the University of Missouri in 2007.

Tucker’s practice involves representing individuals and corporations in all phases of complex civil litigation—with a focus on environmental and agricultural issues. Tucker graduated from Colorado College 1995, with bachelor’s degree in political science and theatre. She received in 2007 a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas School of Law. She also has a Master of Laws degree in Agriculture Law from the University of Arkansas School of Law Graduate Program. Tucker was also chosen by the University of Arkansas Law faculty and Wal‐Mart to serve as the first corporate extern in the Wal‐Mart Legal Department working on international service contract review; international lease preparations; and legal research and writing on international labor issues, current European Union legislation, and investor relations.

“We are excited to welcome Joel, Amanda, and K.C. as Partners to the Bassett Law Firm,” Partner Woody Bassett said in a statement. “We feel extremely fortunate to add these individuals as permanent members of ourteam. Their specialized and diverse skill‐sets make these elections a move in the right direction for our clients and the firm.”