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Rylie M. Slone

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Rylie M. Slone

Attorney at Law
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Biography

Rylie M. Slone is an associate in our Rogers office, where she practices in general liability, insurance coverage, labor and employment, medical malpractice, and products liability matters.

Previously a summer associate with HBS, Rylie also externed for the Honorable Mark E. Ford with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. While in undergrad, she gained experience interning with the Benton County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

Rylie earned her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude from the University of Arkansas, where she acted as chair of the Board of Advocates and staff editor of the Arkansas Law Review. She received her Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in Political Science and Christian Studies from Ouachita Baptist University.

Credentials

Admitted

State Courts:

  • Arkansas

Education

  • J.D., magna cum laude, University of Arkansas, 2024
  • B.A., summa cum laude, Ouachita Baptist University, 2021

Memberships

  • Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel
  • Arkansas Bar Association
  • Ouachita Baptist University Young Alumni Advisory Board

Recognition

  • Excellence for the Future Award in Land Use, CALI, Spring 2024
  • Ben J. Altheimer Moot Court Competition, Finalist, 2023
  • Negotiations Competition, Finalist & Awarded Best Negotiator, 2023

In the Press

The HBS Rogers Office Adds Three Attorneys to Its Team

Hall Booth Smith’s Rogers, AR office is excited to welcome the additions of three associates, Bethany A. Michau, Rylie M. Slone, and Travis R. Linn.

Supreme Court Rejects “De Minimis” Standard in Determining Whether a Religious Accommodation Constitutes an Undue Hardship

On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark decision in Groff v. DeJoy, Postmaster General that will require employers nationwide to rethink the approach to religious accommodations under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This case involved an Evangelical Christian who refused to work on Sundays