Scott D. Provencher

Scott D. Provencher


Wright Lindsey Jennings

Recognized since 2011

Little Rock, Arkansas

Practice Areas

Insurance Law

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2020 - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2015 - Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
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Scott Provencher is a trial lawyer with extensive experience representing hospitals, psychiatric and behavioral health facilities, pharmacies and pharmacists, and physician groups and physicians in civil litigation matters. Scott also handles litigation related to commercial disputes, including claims for breach of contract, tortious interference with business expectancies, misappropriation of trade secrets and a host of other disputes between businesses. He also defends products-liability and mass-tort claims in state and federal courts and multidistrict litigation.

His recent experience includes:

  • Defense verdict for emergency-medicine physician in a claim for alleged failure to diagnose heart attack.
  • Defense verdict for orthopedic surgeon who transected popliteal artery during knee replacement surgery.
  • Defense verdict for emergency-medicine physician in a claim involving death of mother and unborn child due to alleged failure to diagnose pulmonary embolism.
  • Defense verdict for family-practice physician for alleged failure to properly diagnose and treat wound that resulted in necrotizing fasciitis.
  • Defense verdict for pharmacy that improperly filled a narcotic medication, which the deceased later ingested resulting in death.
  • Defense verdict for pediatric anesthesiologist for alleged failure to monitor an IV during surgery, which resulted in compartment syndrome of an extremity.
  • Defense verdict for emergency-medicine physician in case involving alleged failure to diagnose a bowel leak in a patient who recently underwent gastric-bypass surgery.
  • Assisted in defense of multidistrict litigation brought against manufacturer of a statin medication, manufacturer of an anti-coagulant medication, manufacturer of a permanently implanted birth control device, and the manufacturer of a forced-air patient warming device used during surgeries.
  • In multidistrict litigation, assisted with evaluation of claims, defenses and trial strategy.
  • In trial preparation for multidistrict litigation, conducted depositions of key witnesses including plaintiffs, relevant medical providers, and expert witnesses for plaintiffs.
  • In trial preparation for multidistrict litigation, worked with defense experts, including selection and preparation for deposition and trial testimony.

Scott is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, American Board of Trial Advocates, and Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel, among other groups.

Before entering private practice, Scott served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert L. Brown, Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, from 1996 to 1998.

Location
  • 200 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2300
    Little Rock, AR 72201
Education
  • University of Arkansas, J.D. with high honors, graduated 1996
  • University of Arkansas, BA, graduated 1993
Bar Admissions
  • Arkansas, Arkansas Bar Association
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel - Member
  • Arkansas Bar Association - Member
  • Arkansas Law Review - Note and Comment Editor
  • Defense Research Institute - Member
  • Pulaski County Bar Association - Member
  • William R. Overton Inn of Court - Member
State Clerkships
  • Arkansas - Supreme Court

Wright Lindsey Jennings
Headquarters: Little Rock, Arkansas

51 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

4 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2020 - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2015 - Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Little Rock (2022)
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Little Rock (2020)
  • Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants, Little Rock (2015)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Insurance Law
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
Special Focus:
  • Defendants
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers: 2011 - 2012
  • Mid-South Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2012
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Appellate Practice

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