Appellate Practice Litigation - Insurance Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Qui Tam Law
Kimberly D. Young
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Kimberly D. Young has been practicing law with Friday, Eldredge & Clark since 2003 and she concentrates her practice in the field of civil litigation, including products liability, intellectual property and premises liability. She has over a decade of experience representing electric and natural gas utilities in Arkansas, including the successful defense of catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims. While she has represented a diverse set of clients in personal injury litigation, most recently her focus has been in the area of products liability, including the defense of pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in multi-district litigation. Kim also devotes a portion of her practice to appellate work and has appeared as appellate counsel before the Supreme Court of Arkansas, the Arkansas Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals of the Eight Circuit.
Overview
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock, JD, graduated 2003
- Lyon College, BA, graduated 2000
- Arkansas, 2003
- American Bar Association - Member
- Arkansas Association of Defense Council - Member
- Arkansas Bar Association - Member
- Arkansas Children's Hospital - Medical-Legal Partnership
- DRI - Member
- Junior League of Little Rock, - Sustainer
- Pulaski County Bar Association - Member
- Trial Attorneys of America - Member
- United States District Courts of Arkansas
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Arkansas, 2003
- American Bar Association - Member
- Arkansas Association of Defense Council - Member
- Arkansas Bar Association - Member
- Arkansas Children's Hospital - Medical-Legal Partnership
- DRI - Member
- Junior League of Little Rock, - Sustainer
- Pulaski County Bar Association - Member
- Trial Attorneys of America - Member
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock, JD, graduated 2003
- Lyon College, BA, graduated 2000
- United States District Courts of Arkansas
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Little Rock (2025)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Appellate Practice
- Litigation - Insurance
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Qui Tam Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
News & Media
Case History
Cases
- Bank of the Ozarks v Ford Motor Co., 2020 Ark. App. 231.
Bank of the Ozarks v Ford Motor Co., 2020 Ark. App. 231. (Affirming summary judgment in favor of the defense in a wrongful death and strict liability claim involving a Ford Explorer).
- Singleton, et al. v. Arkansas Housing Authorities Property & Casualty et al., 934 F.3d 830
Singleton, et al. v. Arkansas Housing Authorities Property & Casualty et al., 934 F.3d 830 (8th Cir. 2019) (affirming summary judgment in favor of defendant housing authority and smoke alarm manufacturer for claims of negligence and strict liability)
- Multi-district litigation
Member of regional case management team for multi-district litigation involving pelvic mesh surgical implants, handling the defense’s discovery and briefing process for over 100 individual plaintiffs.
- Z.C. v. Wal-Mart, Inc., 574 Fed. Appx. 52
Z.C. v. Wal-Mart, Inc., 574 Fed. Appx. 52 (2nd Cir. 2014) (affirming summary judgment in favor of defendant manufacturer of high-powered air rifle on products liability claims).
- Havner v. Northeast Ark. Elec. Coop., 2017 Ark. App. 111
Havner v. Northeast Ark. Elec. Coop., 2017 Ark. App. 111 (Feb. 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of electric company, holding it owed no duty to maintain cables owned by a third party and attached to electric company’s utility poles).
- Marcotte v. United Parcel Service, Inc., United States District Court, E.D. Ark.
Marcotte v. United Parcel Service, Inc., United States District Court, E.D. Ark. (defense jury verdict in premises liability claim alleging permanent disability).
- Johnson v. First Electric Cooperative Corp.,
Johnson v. First Electric Cooperative Corp., Saline County Circuit Court (defense jury verdict in wrongful death claim arising out of billboard employee’s contact with an energized overhead electrical line).
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