Katie W. Branscum

Katie W. Branscum is an associate in the Business Practice Group. She graduated cum laude from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, where she served as Associate Notes Editor on the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review. Katie's practice is primarily focused on securities law, mergers and acquisitions, contract drafting, real estate transactions, commercial transactions and corporate law.

Experience

• Serves as counsel to numerous financial institutions, providing legal guidance on mergers and acquisitions, banking regulatory compliance, and lending and transactional matters.
• Advises corporations and other businesses on general corporate matters, including entity selection and formation, contract drafting and negotiation, and ongoing corporate governance issues.
• Manages various Securities and Exchange Commission filing requirements on behalf of public company clients by drafting and reviewing periodic reports, registration statements, and proxy statements.
• Represents clients in commercial real estate transactions concerning the conveyance, purchase, development, and leasing of property.
• Authored:  The Food Fight over Labeling Genetically Engineered Foods and a Natural Solution to Protect Agricultural Biotechnology in the Natural State, 39 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 461 (2017).

Education

• University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law J.D., cum laude (2017)
• University of Arkansas B.S., Human Environmental Sciences (2012)

Professional Recognition

• Member, Leadership Greater Little Rock, Class XXXIV

Involvement

• Member, Pulaski County Bar Association
• Member, Arkansas Bar Association
• Member, Arkansas Association of Women Lawyers
• Member, Junior League of Little Rock
• Member, Fellowship Bible Church

News & Articles

Firm News

• Mitchell Williams Attorney Katie Branscum Selected to Leadership Greater Little Rock Program
• Mitchell Williams Attorneys Scott Schallhorn, Chris McNulty and Katie Branscum Discuss Agricultural Lending at the Arkansas Bankers Association Mega Conference
• Mitchell Williams Attorneys Scott Schallhorn and Katie Branscum present at Member Cooperatives' Annual Continuing Legal Education Seminar
• Mitchell Williams Announces Bates, Branscum, Dodd and McElroy Join Firm

Articles

• Congress Passes Dodd Frank Rollback Bill
• Supreme Court Upholds Lawfulness of Class and Collective Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements
• Arkansas Legislature Prescribes Contractual Waiver of Jury Trial in Lending Agreements
• SEC Cracks Down on "Initial Coin Offerings"