Carney Bates & Pulliam

What Carney Bates & Pulliam does

Carney Bates & Pulliam PLLC is a Little Rock, Arkansas-based plaintiff-side law firm specializing in class action and complex litigation against large corporations. Founded in 1987 and organized as a privately held partnership among its three named equity partners (Hank Bates, Allen Carney, and Randy Pulliam), the firm operates with 11 attorneys admitted across multiple federal jurisdictions and serves clients on a nationwide basis from a single office. Its practice spans consumer protection, data privacy and security, securities and shareholder litigation, employment law, whistleblower claims, defective products, M&A shareholder work, and ESOP disputes. The firm has recovered over $1 billion in cumulative settlements for class members across landmark cases against defendants including Wal-Mart, Bank of America, State Farm, Google, Facebook, Philip Morris, Target, Home Depot, LifeLock, and Delta Dental, with individual matters ranging from single-digit millions to over $200 million.

The firm generates revenue almost entirely through contingency fee arrangements on class action matters, with clients owing nothing absent a successful recovery; this is supplemented by occasional hourly or fee-based work on individual matters. There is no public pricing, no subscription or platform revenue, and no technology product; the underlying "technology" is legal-process infrastructure (case management, court filings, class certification strategy) rather than software. Go-to-market is referral- and PR-driven: the firm acquires class members through direct outreach, free consultations, court-mandated class action notices, and press coverage of high-profile verdicts and settlements, rather than paid advertising or digital marketing. Headcount is small (11 attorneys plus of-counsel and support), ownership is concentrated in the three named partners, and the firm operates with no outside institutional investors, parent company, or subsidiaries.

Name

Carney Bates & Pulliam

Legal name

Carney Bates & Pulliam PLLC

Website

https://cbplaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Carney Bates & Pulliam is a Little Rock, Arkansas-based plaintiff-side law firm specializing in nationwide class action and complex litigation against large corporations, serving consumers, investors, and employees in consumer protection, data privacy, securities, employment, and whistleblower matters on a contingency fee basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plaintiff Class Action Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111), Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG), Claims Advocacy & Loss Recovery Services (FSAEADAH)

Keywords

• Class action litigation
• Consumer protection law
• Data privacy litigation
• Securities litigation
• Employment class actions

Headquarters

HQ city

Little Rock

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Class Action Litigation Fees: The firm operates on a contingency fee basis for class action litigation, representing plaintiffs without clients owing fees unless cases are successful. For individual matters, the firm likely charges standard hourly or contingency fees for legal services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Carney Bates & Pulliam is a plaintiff-side law firm based in Little Rock, Arkansas that represents individuals, small businesses, and groups in nationwide class action and complex litigation. The firm prosecutes cases against large corporations for consumer fraud, data privacy violations, securities fraud, employment discrimination, defective products, and environmental harm, typically operating on a contingency fee basis with no upfront cost to clients.

Product overview

Carney Bates & Pulliam is a class action law firm offering a unified portfolio of legal services centered on plaintiff-side class action and complex litigation. The firm operates as a single-service practice with specialized practice groups including Consumer Protection, Data Privacy Litigation, Securities Litigation, Employment Law, Whistleblower Claims, Defective Products, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPS). These practice areas are integrated under one firm structure, enabling coordinated litigation strategies across multiple domains of corporate wrongdoing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Class Action Litigation

Quantifiable outcome

• $21.7 million common fund for 7,630 Arkansans in State Farm case
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Arkansas Advocates for Children and FamiliesminorOthersHank Bates serves as President of the Board of Directors for Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, a nonprofit advocacy organization.
• Arkansas Journal of Social Change and Public ServiceminorOthersHank Bates serves on the Advisory Board for the Arkansas Journal of Social Change and Public Service, an academic journal.
• Arkansas Sierra ClubminorOthersHank Bates received Sierran of the Year award from Arkansas Chapter of Sierra Club, demonstrating environmental advocacy partnership.
• Arkansas Public Policy PanelminorOthersHank Bates received Civil Rights Activist of the Year award from Arkansas Public Policy Panel.
• Treatment Homes, Inc.minorOthersHank Bates received the Angel Award from Treatment Homes, Inc., which provides training for therapeutic foster care parents.
• Public JusticeminorOthersHank Bates serves as Arkansas State Coordinator for Public Justice, a consumer advocacy organization.
• Arkansas Bar AssociationminorOthersHank Bates served as Chairman of the Environmental Law Section of the Arkansas Bar Association.
• American Bar AssociationminorOthersHank Bates served as Vice-Chairman of the American Bar Association's Committee on Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know.
• UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law Center for Racial JusticeminorOthersConnor Thompson previously managed policing research for the Center for Racial Justice and Criminal Justice Reform before joining the firm.
• Historic Arkansas MuseumminorOthersCourtney Ross Brown serves as Vice President of the Board of Trustees for the Historic Arkansas Museum.
• decARcerateminorOthersConnor Thompson serves on the board of decARcerate, a criminal justice reform organization.
• National Lawyers Guild Arkansas ChapterminorOthersConnor Thompson serves as Board Member of the National Lawyers Guild Arkansas Chapter.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Labaton Sucharow: Plaintiff-side securities class action firm with strong consumer protection practice. Competes for lead counsel in securities fraud and shareholder class actions.
• Hagens Berman: Plaintiff-side class action firm with consumer protection, securities, and data privacy practices. Comparable firm competing for class certification and lead-counsel roles in similar matters.
• Motley Rice: Plaintiff-side complex litigation firm with major practice areas in consumer protection, securities, and mass torts. Direct peer competing for nationwide class action appointments.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein: Plaintiff-side class action firm with national practice in consumer protection, securities, and privacy litigation. Direct competitor for lead-counsel appointments and consumer class action matters.
• Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll: Plaintiff-side complex litigation firm with strong consumer protection, securities, and civil rights practices. Direct competitor for high-impact class action appointments.
• Scott+Scott: Plaintiff-side class action firm focused on securities, consumer protection, and antitrust. Comparable plaintiff-side boutique competing for similar case pipeline.
• Pomerantz LLP: Plaintiff-side securities class action firm with consumer protection practice. Direct competitor for shareholder and consumer class action lead-counsel appointments.
• Berger Montague: Philadelphia-based class action and complex litigation firm covering consumer protection, antitrust, securities, and employment. Comparable plaintiff-side practice competing for similar lead-counsel appointments.
• Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd: Largest plaintiff-side securities and consumer class action firm, regularly appointed lead counsel in major class actions. Competes with Carney Bates & Pulliam for securities and consumer lead-counsel roles.
• Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check: Plaintiff-side class action firm focused on securities fraud, corporate governance, and consumer protection. Direct competitor for securities class action lead counsel appointments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cbpfirm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/carney-bates-pulliam-pllc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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