Michael D. Barnes

Michael D. Barnes


Wright Lindsey Jennings

Recognized since 2006

Little Rock, Arkansas

Practice Areas

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2017 - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
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Michael Barnes has been engaged in active trial practice for more than 25 years, with a focus on product liability, trucking and transportation, toxic torts, class actions and insurance defense. Barnes is the leader of Wright Lindsey Jennings' Trial Team.

Barnes’ more recent experience includes:

  • Counsel for an international oil and gas company in litigation resulting from a release of oil from an interstate pipeline.
  • Lead trial counsel in defense of chemical repackaging facility in individual, mass tort and class actions, brought by residents who claimed adverse effects following a massive explosion at the facility.
  • Lead trial counsel for major transportation companies in defense of tractor-trailer accident cases, including wrongful death and catastrophic injury.
  • Lead trial counsel for metal supplier in product liability litigation following nationwide recall of canned goods.
  • Lead counsel for supplier of window coverings in wrongful death action alleging product design defects.
  • Lead trial counsel for sports arena in premises liability litigation.
  • Lead counsel for oil refinery in personal injury and product liability litigation.
  • Lead counsel for several major insurance carriers in various types of insurance coverage disputes.
  • Lead counsel for oil/gas drilling equipment company in product liability and personal injury litigation.

    Before joining the firm, Barnes served as a deputy prosecuting attorney (1992-93) and as an officer in the United States Marine Corps (1988-91).

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Location
  • 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300
    Little Rock, AR 72201
Education
  • University of Arkansas, J.D., graduated 1988
Bar Admissions
  • Arkansas, 1988

Wright Lindsey Jennings
Headquarters: Little Rock, Arkansas

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2017 - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Little Rock (2017)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Special Focus:
  • Product Liability

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