# Richard H. Mays Richard H. Mays is a Little Rock attorney and founding partner of **Mays Gore Gipson, PLLC**. He appears in the corpus as the author of a **July 6, 2026** letter to the members of the Pulaski County Quorum Court urging caution on data-center approvals and enclosing the Virginia JLARC study *"Data Centers in Virginia"* ([[Letter to Quorum Court]]). ## Role and affiliations Founding partner at Mays Gore Gipson, PLLC (2226 Cottondale Lane, Suite 210, Little Rock). In his letter he identifies himself as a former resident of the Northern Virginia "Data Center Alley" area, offering that region's experience as a comparator for central Arkansas ([[Letter to Quorum Court]], `Letter to Quorum Court (1).pdf`, p. 1). ## Appearances in the corpus - [[Letter to Quorum Court]] — authored (with co-signer Hannah Gore Gipson on the letterhead) the 2026-07-06 letter and JLARC enclosure submitted into the Quorum Court's moratorium record. ## Notes A private submitter into the county decision record, not a county official. His letter is advocacy for the caution/regulate position; the JLARC study it encloses is Virginia public-record context, not Arkansas evidence.