Career of Fighting for What’s Right
After leaving the Department of Justice to establish his own law firm, Sam Perroni was called back to serve as a Department of Justice Special Prosecutor in the first RICO case prosecuted in Arkansas United States v. Allison.
Sam managed The Perroni Law Firm for 29 years before his retirement in 2008. His emphasis was on white-collar criminal defense, and his success earned him many accolades, including a listing in The Best Lawyers in America, Criminal Law, by Naifeh and Smith, Harvard Law School from 1986 until his retirement.
His high-profile achievements in private practice landed him a spot as legal analyst for KARK-TV (NBC), Little Rock, Arkansas and as a regular expert commentator for KARN-FM Radio, Little Rock, Arkansas during the O.J. Simpson case. He was appointed by then-Governor Bill Clinton to serve as Special Associate Justice of the Arkansas State Supreme Court in the case of Addison v. State where he authored the majority opinion. And he was appointed in the early-90s by then-Governor Jim Guy Tucker to serve on the Arkansas State Crime Lab Board.
Professional Achievements
Sam Perroni is an experienced and accomplished criminal law litigator who has successfully prosecuted and defended hundreds of complex criminal cases. Serving as a commentator over the years on CNN, CBS, ABC and NBC, Perroni has shared his professional insight on several newsworthy criminal law topics of national interest. In 2018, he served as a legal expert on the podcast Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood.
“Law, Psychology & Paper Moons”
THE ARKANSAS LAWYER (Spring 1993)
Arkansas Bar magazine
“Kind Eyes”
AMAZON.COM (2009)
Historical fiction novel
“Proposed Sentencing Guidelines: A Sweeping Change”
THE ARKANSAS LAWYER (October 1987)
Arkansas Bar Association magazine
“Impeachment of One’s Own Witness by Prior Inconsistent Statements Under the Federal and Arkansas Rules of Evidence”
THE UA LITTLE ROCK LAW REVIEW (Volume 1, Issue 2, 1978)
University of Arkansas at Little Rock publication
Opening Statements in the trial of State of Arkansas v. John I. Purtle (sitting Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court)
JULIEN OPENING STATEMENTS § 5A.06 (1996) CUMULATIVE SUPPLEMENT AND 2002 CUMULATIVE SUPPLEMENT
Opening Statements in the trial of United States v. David J. Jones (former owner and general manager of a Little Rock TV station)
JULIEN OPENING STATEMENTS § 5A.06 (1996) CUMULATIVE SUPPLEMENT AND 2002 CUMULATIVE SUPPLEMENT