Attorney at Law L. Cody Hayes Recognized for Excellence in Real Estate Law

    FORT SMITH, AR, March 19, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Hayes Alford Johnson Attorney L. Cody Hayes has been recognized for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in real estate law.

Attorney Hayes and his partners at Hayes Alford Johnson have 200 years of combined legal experience in a myriad of practice areas including civil litigation, business law, real estate, oil and gas law, probate and estate, and family law. Attorney Hayes, who was exposed to real estate development work and time share projects during and right after law school, began specializing in real estate law in 1972. His practice areas include title insurance, deeded timeshare inventory records and accounting, state and local government regulations and registration laws, business and commercial transactions, oil and gas title services, lease and surface damage negotiations and litigation, and commercial real estate financing services. Mr. Hayes is AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell and was voted to Super Lawyers of the Mid South and one of Arkansas' Top Lawyers by AY Magazine.

Mr. Hayes began representing Wyndham Vacation Resorts when he arrived in Fort Smith, AR, in 1972. In 1977, he was instrumental in helping to create Wyndham's first timeshare project in North Carolina. Since that time, he has created timeshare systems for developers in the South, Mid-South and Southwest and become quite knowledgeable about title insurance, state and local government regulations & registration laws, and zoning concerns. Mr. Hayes was also the co-author of the Arkansas Time Share Statute, along with Joe Gunter.

In addition, Mr. Hayes co-founded the title company Gunter-Hayes and Associates, LLC and Capital Abstract and Title Company in Fort Smith, a traditional title and closing company, serving the Fort Smith vicinity.

He is a title agent for Fidelity Title and Stewart Title Guaranty Company, as well as a licensed title agent in the states of Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Most recently, Mr. Hayes has expanded his practice to include oil and gas transactional work and arbitration.

He earned his JD from The University of Texas and is a Fellow in the American College of Mortgage Attorneys as well as a member of the American Bar Association, Arkansas Bar Association, Arkansas Bar Foundation, Texas Bar Association, and the American Bar Association's Real Estate Section. In 2011 he was selected as a State Chair for the Arkansas Chapter of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys. He is also a former member of the American Bar Association's Title Insurance Committee.

For more information about Hayes Alford Johnson, visit http://www.hajattorneys.com.

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