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J. Cliff McKinney II

Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 2016.
111 Center Street, Suite 1900 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
(501) 379-1700
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Firm: Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC
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Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC


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Phone Number (501) 379-1700

Cliff McKinney is a transactional attorney and managing member at Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC.  His primary practice is real estate law and business and regulatory matters related to real estate.  A Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Mr. McKinney is listed with The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Real Estate Law and Land Use and Zoning Law, is recognized by Chambers USA’s Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Real Estate, and selected as a Mid-South Super Lawyer in the area of Real Estate by Super Lawyers. He was named the 2020 Little Rock Lawyer of the Year – Land Use and Zoning Law by Best Lawyers® and is rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell.  Mr. McKinney has served as lead counsel on dozens of multi-million dollar transactions throughout the mid-South region.  His projects include one of the largest real estate transactions in the corporate history of a major global retailer.  He also represents restaurant owners, including franchisees of national chains.

In addition to working on the transactional aspects of a project, Mr. McKinney assists clients with financing, business organization, environmental and land use issues.  His practice includes guiding clients through the regulatory process, including obtaining zoning changes and other governmental approvals.  He has extensive experience assisting clients in obtaining appropriate business licenses and approvals, such as alcohol permits and franchise agreements.  He also assists clients with permitting issues related to the Clean Water Act (e.g., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 404 permits), the National Historic Preservation Act (e.g., Section 106 compliance) and the National Flood Insurance Act (e.g., letters of map revision). 

Mr. McKinney also has experience dealing with real estate-related litigation matters, including adverse possession, boundary by acquiescence, prescriptive easements, quiet title, eviction, foreclosure and restrictive covenant disputes, among others.  Mr. McKinney has also been active in the legislative process, including serving on the Arkansas Bar Association's Jurisprudence and Law Reform and Legislation Committees.  He has testified before the Arkansas General Assembly on many occasions and been involved in drafting and vetting real estate-related legislation.    Mr. McKinney is currently serving his sixth term as Chair of the Real Estate Law Section of the Arkansas Bar Association.  In that capacity, he spearheaded the creation of the Arkansas Real Estate Review and currently serves as one of its editors.  Mr. McKinney was the first attorney in the State of Arkansas to obtain the status of LEED® Accredited Professional, which affords him the unique ability to assist clients with environmentally-friendly green building projects.  Mr. McKinney served as the U.S. Green Building Council Arkansas Chapter's Secretary and Treasurer and served on the Arkansas General Assembly's Legislative Task Force on Sustainable Building Design and Practices.  He also serves on the state’s Old State House Commission.    

Mr. McKinney is also involved in the academic side of real estate law.  Mr. McKinney is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law where he teaches Real Estate Finance and Real Estate Transaction Skills.  He has written a number of law review articles on real estate topics, including implied covenants, deed drafting, boundary by acquiescence, adverse possession and landlord/tenant rights. He chaired the committee for the third edition of the Standards for Examination of Real Estate Titles in Arkansas and authored the Arkansas chapter for an American Bar Association book on institutional land use controls.

Mr. McKinney attended the University of Arkansas where he obtained his Juris Doctor (cum laude) and Master of Public Administration degrees.  His focus on real estate began while he was a student at Southern Methodist University earning a Master of Laws degree emphasizing real estate.  Prior to law school, Mr. McKinney was a National Merit Scholar at Baylor University.  He is licensed to practice law in Arkansas (2002, highest score), Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas, and he uses his licenses and experience in these states to assist clients in cross-border transactions.  

Mr. McKinney is President of the board of directors for Habitat for Humanity of Central Arkansas.  He served as Board Chair of Arkansas Rice Depot from 2008-2009 and remained active in the organization through 2015 when he served on the merger committee that resulted in Arkansas Rice Depot merging with Arkansas Foodbank to form the largest hunger relief agency in the state.  Mr. McKinney now serves on the board of Arkansas Foodbank.  Mr. McKinney chaired the Arkansas Bar Association 2011 Annual Meeting and the 2015 Mid-Year Meeting.  He currently serves on the Arkansas Bar Association's Board of Governors and is a tenured member of the House of Delegates. 

Education  

Southern Methodist University (LL.M., emphasizing Real Estate Financing, 2003)  

University of Arkansas School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2002)  

University of Arkansas (M.P.A., 2002)  

Baylor University (B.A., 1999)  

Associations and Affiliations  

Fellow, American College of Real Estate Lawyers

Arkansas Bar Association [Chair, Real Estate Law Section 2006-2010, 2015-Present; Member, Board of Governors 2015-Present; Chair, Business Law Section 2015-2016; House of Delegates 2012-2015 (tenured)]
American Bar Association
Pulaski County Bar Association
Commission on Uniform State Laws (2017-2021)
State Bar of Texas International Council of Shopping Centers
Christian Legal Society  

Civic Activities  

Habitat for Humanity of Central Arkansas Board of Directors, 2010-Present (President, 2015-Present)
Arkansas Food Bank, Board of Directors, 2016-Present [successor by merger to Arkansas Rice Depot, Board of Directors, 2005­-2015 (Chair, 2008-2009)] Old State House Commission (2016-Present) 
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas Board of Directors, 2012-2014 
U. S. Green Building Council - Arkansas Chapter (Board of Directors, 2010-2013; Secretary/Treasurer, 2010-2013)    

Publications (Partial List)  

Chair, Standards for Examination of Real Estate Titles in Arkansas (3rd edition).  

Editor, Arkansas Real Estate Review, a publication of the Arkansas Bar Association (2007-Present).  

With All My Worldly Goods I Thee Endow: The Law and Statistics of Dower and Curtesy in Arkansas, 38 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 353 (2016).  

Justice in the Hinterlands: Arkansas as a Case Study of the Rural Lawyer Shortage and Evidence-Based Solutions to Alleviate It, with Lisa R. Pruitt and Bart Calhoun, 37 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 573 (2015).  

Arkansas, in Implementing Institutional Controls at Brownfields and Other Contaminated Sites (American Bar Association Book 2012).  

Caveat Who?:  A Review of the Landlord/Tenant Relationship in the Context of Injuries and Maintenance Obligations, 35 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 1049 (2013).   

Adverse Possession and Boundary by Acquiescence in Arkansas: Some Suggestions for Reform, with Prof. Lynn Foster, 33 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 199 (2011). 

What legal services does this lawyer offer?
Land Use and Zoning Law
Real Estate Law
Awards
Lawyer of the Year recognition for J. Cliff McKinney II
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
Land Use and Zoning Law, Little Rock (2022)
Land Use and Zoning Law, Little Rock (2020)
Education
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, J.D., cum laude
Graduated 2002
Baylor University, B.A.
Graduated 1999
Southern Methodist University, LL.M., emphasizing Real Estate Financing
Graduated 2003
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, M.P.A.
Graduated 2002
Contact Details and Office Locations
Other: (501) 379-1700
111 Center Street, Suite 1900
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
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