Abbie Decker Rucker
Partner
Phone: (501) 975-7132
Email: adecker@fc-lawyers.com
Abbie Decker Rucker is from Mountain View, Arkansas and has been practicing law in Little Rock since 2002. She attended the University of Arkansas for her undergraduate and legal education. She served as an intern clerk for the Honorable Robert T. Dawson, U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas and the Arkansas Attorney General. Her primary areas of practice are employment law, business law, product liability and commercial litigation. She has a passion for helping clients understand and navigate employment laws and regulations so that they can focus on operating their businesses. Abbie works closely with owners and management teams on a wide variety of issues, including employee hiring, discipline, terminations, separation agreements, handbooks, benefits, such as 401(k) and insurance, non-competition covenants, contracts, policies, DOL and ICE investigations and EEOC charges and compliance with state and federal laws (FLSA, FMLA, Title VII, ACA, ADA, ADEA, ACRA, FCRA, USERRA, ERISA, OSHA, IRCA and Form I-9 requirements). She conducts supervisor and human resources training and internal compliance audits. In addition to her employment law practice, Abbie serves her clients in a general counsel capacity and is involved in strategic planning, general operations, drafting policies and contracts, managing due diligence processes in transactional opportunities, succession and risk management planning and regulatory navigation. She has successfully defended clients in both the state and federal courts of Arkansas as well as government enforcement proceedings.
Education:
• J.D., cum laude, University of Arkansas School of Law School, Fayetteville, 2002; Phi Delta Phi legal honors; Dean’s List 1999-2002; Board of Advocates; Student Bar Association; Environmental Law Society Co-Founder and President; Trial and Moot Court Competitor; and William B. Putman Inn of Court
• B.A., summa cum laude, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1999; Phi Beta Kappa; Research- Corrections System in Arkansas; Top Student Award-Pre-Law; Rhodes Scholar Nominee; Chancellor’s List 1996-1999; 1998 Homecoming Queen (Platform, Prevent Child Abuse America); Kappa Delta Sorority Vice President; University Football Run Chair; Northwest Arkansas Arthritis Foundation Committee Member; University Programs Security Committee; Student Government Association; Golden Key National Honor Society; Mortar Board National Honor Society; Order of Omega
Noteworthy:
• The Best Lawyers in America® 2026:
o Employment Law – Management
o Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Super Lawyers (Named Rising Star in 2013)
• 2025 AMP Legal Elite
• Arkansas Times Best Lawyers
• AY Best Lawyers
• Little Rock Soirée Best Lawyers
• NCL Little Rock Laura Paczewitz Founder’s Award
• CLE Speaker and Contributor – Employment Law; Business Strategic Planning
Associations & Service:
American Bar Association; Arkansas Bar Association; Pulaski County Bar Association; Henry Woods Inn of Court; American Inns of Court; Defense Research Institute; Society for Human Resource Management; National Charity League (2026 President Elect); 20th Century Club; City Connections; Junior League of Little Rock; Fellowship Bible Church; Zeta Gamma Capital Campaign Committee; Arkansas Children’s Hospital Committee for the Future; UofA Forever Queens, Volunteer Parent Coach
Bar Admissions:
Arkansas, 2002
United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
