Dustin works with some of America’s largest corporations and law firms to assist with state attorneys general-related issues arising from both sides of the aisle. He served as Arkansas’s 55th Attorney General (AG) from 2007-2015 before departing the office due to constitutional term limits and served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2005-2007 before being elected AG. As AG, Dustin served as the southern region chairman of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) (2009-2011), co-chair of the NAAG Tobacco Project (2009-2011), and co-chair of the NAAG Energy and the Environment Committee (2013-2014). He co-chaired the Democratic Attorneys General Association (DAGA) from 2009 – 2011, and currently serves as the national co-chair of the Society of Attorneys General Emeritus (SAGE). Before joining Cozen O’Connor, he was a founding partner of the Little Rock law firm of McDaniel Wolff, PLLC.
Dustin helps clients manage AG investigations, consumer protection and administrative law issues, multistate litigation, antitrust, tobacco, gaming, Medicaid fraud, digital privacy laws, and more. An example of Dustin’s recent work is serving as lead counsel for Cherokee Nation Entertainment in securing a billion-dollar Arkansas casino license. The matter came before the Arkansas Supreme Court five times, with four victories for the client. Over the course of six years, Dustin and his team won countless local government, administrative, courtroom, and political battles on the road to securing the license.
Dustin is currently listed among the best government relations attorneys in Arkansas by Best Lawyers in America and is active in a number of professional, public service, and charitable organizations. He graduated cum laude from the William H. Bowen University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, where he now serves on the dean’s Advisory Council and as an adjunct professor of law. He is a graduate of the Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and served on the national board of directors for the University of Arkansas Alumni Association. Dustin is a member of 50 For the Future and is a member of the board of trustees for the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS). He also serves as a volunteer sheriff’s deputy and legal counsel to the sheriff of Poinsett County, Arkansas.
Dustin and his wife Bobbi have three children. Bobbi is the director of development at Camp Aldersgate, which has served special needs individuals in Arkansas since 1947.