Attorney Bio
Education:
Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1958; LL.B., 1960)
Biography:
John Gill is a shareholder and director with Gill Ragon Owen, P.A. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from Vanderbilt University and joined the Arkansas Bar in 1962. He was a delegate to the 1969 Arkansas Constitutional Convention, and served as special counsel to the Governor for the proposed Arkansas Constitution of 1996. He was on the faculty of the Arkansas College of Trial Advocacy, and an original member of the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure. His areas of practice include utilities, charities, municipal finance, corporate and business law and litigation. A member of the Arkansas Water Code Study Commission in 1981-82, he has considerable expertise in water-related legal matters and is an author of tax-free municipal bond legislation. He is a past President of the Arkansas Bar Association and was a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Practice Areas:
General Corporate and Commercial Law
Complex Commercial Litigation
Administrative Law
Charitable and Non-Profit Law
Railroad Law
International Law
Municipal Finance
Water Utilities Development
Acquisition, Disposition and Financing
Corporate and Municipal Finance
Utilities Law
Eminent Domain Actions
Appellate Advocacy
Accreditations & Awards
News & Alerts
Little Rock Soirée Names Six Gill Ragon Owen Attorneys as Little Rock’s Best Attorneys
Little Rock, AR, December 16, 2025 – Six Attorneys from Gill Ragon Owen, P.A. have been recognized by Little Rock Soirée. The yearly Little Rock Best Lawyers list features 170 locals practicing 29 specialties named by peers and Soirée readers. Beth Echols was recognized for Family Law; Chad Cumming for Mergers & Acquisitions, Commercial Finance, […]
Mid-South Super Lawyers 2025 Lists Four Gill Ragon Owen, P.A. Attorneys
Little Rock, AR, December 9, 2025 – Four attorneys from Gill Ragon Owen, P.A. have been named by Mid-South Super Lawyers 2025. Dylan Potts for Employment & Labor and Jason Campbell for Civil Litigation: Defense were named to the 2025 Mid-South Super Lawyers list. Mitchell Dennis for Business Litigation and Aaron Heffington for Business Litigation […]
Jeanette Morris Joins Litigation Team
Little Rock, AR, September 29, 2025 – Jeanette Morris, a 2025 graduate of UALR William H. Bowen School of Law, joined the Gill Ragon Owen, P.A. litigation team this past week. Morris moved from Colorado with her husband, Brian, and their five children, so she could pursue a law career. “After the pandemic, I realized […]
