Best Lawyers in Arkansas, United States for Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
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Laura H. Smith is a partner in the firm and a member of the Medical Malpractice Practice Group and her particular emphasis is on defending catastrophic injury cases. Laura’s clients benefit from her experience in defending these cases as lead counsel in more than 80 jury trials for more than 30 years. Because of her track record, she is often called upon to serve as regional counsel in major litigation.
Clifford W. Plunkett began his career with Friday, Eldredge & Clark working in the Little Rock office for several years before moving to the firm’s Northwest Arkansas office in Fayetteville. Cliff handles a broad range of civil litigation, including class actions, professional liability defense in the medical, legal and insurance fields, commercial litigation, product liability, construction, motor vehicle (auto and tractor-trailer) and intentional torts. He has tried more than 20 c...
Ryan Younger handles disputes involving contracts, fraud, deceptive trade practices, trade secrets, insurance, products liability, government regulation, and other matters. He represents clients ranging from individuals to multi-national corporations. He has extensive experience in state and federal courts across the nation and has served as first-chair trial counsel and lead lawyer for appeals. He has defended clients in multiple multidistrict litigation proceedings. Mr. Younger also represe...
Paul McNeill is a partner with RMP LLP and has practiced with the firm since January 2016, where he focuses on litigation matters. He represents defendants in Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation, serving clients throughout Jonesboro, Arkansas, and the surrounding region. Paul earned both his undergraduate degree and Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and graduated from the Leflar Law Center in 1979, magna cum laude. He has served as first chair in ...
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 indi...
Mary Carole Young is a trial attorney with RMP LLP in Little Rock, Arkansas, whose practice focuses on insurance law and litigation involving insurance matters, as well as medical malpractice defense. She represents physicians, nurses, hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, and medical clinics in civil litigation. Her work also includes the defense of public, private, and nonprofit entities, including large healthcare systems across the United States, in medical malpractice, person...
Emily Runyon is a litigation and trial attorney who defends insurance carriers, corporations and health care institutions in personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice and bad faith lawsuits. Combining her years of experience as a litigator with her previous experience as an Arkansas Supreme Court clerk, Emily provides her clients with comprehensive counsel in litigation and insurance coverage matters. From the onset of any matter, Emily strives to understand her clients’ busi...
For over 15 years, Jeff Singleton has had an active litigation practice, with an emphasis in medical malpractice defense, medical products liability defense, commercial litigation and toxic torts. Singleton has served as lead counsel in cases representing medical care providers, corporations and other professionals. His appellate experience includes briefing and argument in multiple reported cases before the Arkansas Supreme Court, Arkansas Court of Appeals and United States Court of Appeals ...
Scott A. Irby is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants and Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants. Scott A., who practices law in Rogers, Arkansas, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Scott A. is held by other top lawyers in the same ...
Donald H. Bacon is a member of Friday, Eldredge & Clark’s Management Committee and a partner in both the Litigation Practice Group and Medical Malpractice Practice Group. While he has represented a diverse set of clients in a variety of litigation, most recently, his focus has been in the area of professional liability representing lawyers, doctors, accountants and insurance agents. In addition to representing them in court, he has represented lawyers before the Office of Profession...
Kyle D. Kennedy is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Labor and Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants. Kyle D., who practices law in Fayetteville, Arkansas, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kyle D. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Allison T. Scott is an Associate with our Little Rock office who focuses her practice on business litigation, general liability, medical malpractice, and premises liability matters. Prior to joining HBS, Allison was an associate with a local firm where she practiced in the defense of personal injury and medical malpractice cases. While she was in law school, she externed with the Honorable Billy Roy Wilson at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. She also serv...
Zachary R. Hill is a partner at RMP LLP in Little Rock, Arkansas, where his practice focuses on a broad range of litigation matters. His work includes commercial litigation, insurance law, construction defect claims, contractual disputes, products liability, and transportation law matters involving trucking and motor carriers. He also represents defendants in medical malpractice law and personal injury litigation, including premises liability cases. Zachary has served as first chair trial cou...
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