Joseph Henry (Hank) Bates , III
CARNEY BATES & PULLIAM, PLLC
- Address of record
- One Allied Drive, Suite 1400, Little Rock, AR 72202, 501-312-8500
- hbates@cbplaw.com
- Phone
- (501) 312-8500
- Fax
- Fax 501-312-8505
Contact details as filed with the court in the cases below.
Case history
Publicly tracked matters where this attorney is listed as counsel.
Evolve Bank & Trust Data Breach Settlement
Evolve Bank & Trust experienced unauthorized access to its information systems in February and May 2024, affecting personal banking customers and Evolve FinTechs customers. Private information including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, bank account numbers, and contact information were included in files affected by the data incident. The defendant denies any wrongdoing.
- Claim deadline
- October 30, 2025
- Represents
- Kendra Buchanan, Samantha Walker, 2743, Britney Sipa, Tamika Osby, Joanna Franz, Mark Hingle, Tracy E Starling, Andrew Fernandez, Jackson Dubray, Jasmine Mack, William Britton, Trae Santiago, Terrance Pruitt, Teresa Faulkner, Julie Ritchey
State Farm Total Loss Litigation
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. allegedly paid its insureds in Arkansas less than the actual cash value of their total loss vehicles. A settlement has been reached with total payments of $15,583,700 available to the entire settlement class.
- Settlement fund
- $15.6M
- Claim deadline
- August 19, 2026
- Represents
- Rose Chadwick
“Recovery” and “exposure” refer to total disclosed settlement funds in associated cases, not money personally won or lost by an attorney. Settlements generally resolve disputed allegations without a finding that either side won. Data comes from public court dockets and may be incomplete.