Noland Law Firm

04/29/2024

Noland Law Firm spent Friday before the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, securing remand of a permit for a poorly planned, studied, and financed package wastewater treatment plant. The permit now goes back to the Department o Environmental Quality to consider multiple issues related to health and water quality. Noland Law Firm is proud to represent Pinnacle Mountain Community Coalition in their efforts to force DEQ to issue legally and environmentally sound decision.

A state com­mis­sion on Fri­day remanded a per­mit that had been issued for a wastewa­ter treat­ment plant at a pro­posed 76-home sub­di­vi­sion near Pin­nacle Moun­tain, agree­ing with an admin­is­trat­ive law judge that more study was needed on the...

05/24/2023

Noland Law Firm attorney Ali Noland is a strong advocate for public education in Arkansas and serves as an elected school-board member in Little Rock.

Now she’s leading the legal battle against the Arkansas LEARNS Act with a lawsuit that she recently filed against the Arkansas Department of Education, the State Board of Education, and the Secretary of Education, Jacob Oliva, on behalf of a group of Marvell-Elaine School District parents, grandparents, employees, and residents who oppose a planned charter-school takeover of their district and on behalf of the group Citizens for Arkansas Public Education and Students, which is working to repeal the Arkansas LEARNS Act through a citizen-led referendum petition.

The lawsuit seeks declaratory and injunctive relief preventing the State from prematurely and illegally applying the LEARNS Act before it becomes law.

This isn’t the first time that Noland Law Firm attorneys have helped public-school parents exercise their legal rights by challenging the unconstitutional actions of the Arkansas State Board of Education. In 2020, attorney Ross Noland represented a group of LRSD parents in a suit to end the prolonged state takeover of the district.

The many recent headlines in national politics and the lawsuit filed against the LEARNS Act are the focus of this week’s Capitol View.

07/19/2022

Noland Law Firm obtained a $6.3 million settlement for our clients in Bella Vista after an underground fire at an illegal dump damaged their homes and property. Negligence and illegal actions caused the fire. It burned out of control for ten months, significantly interfering with local residents’ daily lives. Three years ago, Noland Law Firm partnered with Bailey & Oliver Law Firm to pursue justice for more than one-hundred and forty people harmed by the fire. Today we are proud to announce a settlement that will compensate our clients for the harm suffered.

Noland Law Firm is an Arkansas plaintiff’s firm specializing in environmental property damage cases. Learn more and contact us at www.NolandFirm.com.

BELLA VISTA, Ark. (KNWA/FOX24) — A more than $6 million dollar settlement has officially been reached in a lawsuit on the Bella Vista stump dump. The property on Trafalgar Road in Bella Vista…

06/03/2021

Ross argued this morning before the Arkansas Supreme Court against the State asserting sovereign immunity when an agency exceeds its statutory authority--specifically in favor of plaintiffs' case below seeking to lift State imposed "guardrails" and unilaterally created exit criteria from the LRSD and its recently elected board.

From a history standpoint, this was likely the last pandemic-era virtual argument before the Arkansas Supreme Court, as it is the last oral argument of this term, before the Court hopes to return in person this fall.

Supreme Court Oral Argument

04/22/2021

Noland Law Firm is proud to work with organizations like Audubon Arkansas that promote renewable energy in Arkansas.

Katie Laning Niebaum is back in the energy game, working part time for a group that has established itself as a somewhat unlikely policy titan in solar power: the Audubon Society.

05/11/2020

Thank you to the Democrat Gazette and Joseph Flaherty for this morning's article on the definition of navigable waters rulemaking, which quotes Ross. Contact Noland Law Firm with your questions about administrative process, the Clean Water Act, and permitting.

Conservationists in Arkansas are looking at the Trump administration's new definition of federally protected waterways to predict how the regulatory rollback will affect the state's wetlands and groundwater.

03/31/2020

This morning Noland Law Firm and Poynter Tucker, An Association of Law Firms filed suit against the Arkansas Department of Education, Commissioner Key, and the State Board of Education Members. The suit seeks to have the Court declare that both the State Board's guardrails on the future LRSD School Board (prohibitions on litigation, recognizing the teacher's union, or hiring/firing a superintendent) and criteria for exiting state control are illegal. The State Board had five years, pursuant to state law, to control LRSD. That time is up, the guardrails and exit criteria cannot apply to the new board. Five years means five years.

12/06/2019

Noland Law Firm appeared on behalf of Audubon Arkansas yesterday before the Arkansas Public Service Commission to advocate for regulations consistent with the purpose and intent of 2019 Ark. Acts 464--to expand and encourage rooftop solar in Arkansas. The law removed restrictions on leasing agreements for installations and raised size limitations. Now, we look forward to Commission rules furthering those intents.

The Arkansas Public Service Commission was urged Thursday to take quick action to resolve rate issues related to solar usage and deployment across the state.

11/19/2019

Last week the Arkansas Public Service Commission issued an important ruling in Docket 19-055-U directing utilities to immediately honor the law as it pertains to 2019 Ark. Acts. 464, a law which lifted artificial limits on solar project size and financing. Noland Law Firm is proud to represent Audubon Arkansas in these efforts--and pleased to see the Commission utilizing some of our research in its findings! The order is found here:http://www.apscservices.info/pdf/19/19-055-U_35_1.pdf

11/13/2019

Today, Noland Law Firm won a court decision directing the LIttle Rock School District to release its “work stoppage plan” ahead of tomorrow’s possible teacher strike. The public interest favors allowing students and parents to know who is responsible for their children tomorrow. This is a win for open government in Arkansas. If a government entity is not forthcoming with with public information, contact Noland Law Firm to better understand your rights and Arkansas Freedom of Information law.

Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen has ruled that the Little Rock School District must release its plan to hold school in the event of a teacher strike tomorrow.