Current Employment Position(s)

PartnerHead of Medical Malpractice Work GroupMember of Management Committee

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Medical Malpractice Defense
• Products Liability Defense - Drugs & Medical Products

Representative Clients

• First Professional Insurance Company
• The St. Paul Companies
• American Physicians Insurance Exchange
• Baptist Health
• State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company
• Arkansas Children's Hospital
• CNA
• Arkansas Heart Hospital
• Hudson Specialty Insurance Company
• Bayer Corporation
• Orthofix, Inc.
• Blackstone Medical, Inc.

West Practice Categories

Medical Malpractice, Litigation & Appeals, Health & Health Care Law, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

Bar Admissions

• Arkansas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Arkansas Bar Foundation, Fellow and Sustaining Member (Board of Directors (2004 - present))
• Pulaski Bar Association, 1981 - Present (President, 2001, 2002)
• American Inns of Court, Overton Inn (Barrister, Charter Member)
• American Inns of Court, Overton Inn (Master, 1993; President 1997 - 1998)
• American Inns of Court, Woods Inn (Master, Charter Member, 2005)
• Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel, 1981 - Present (Member)
• Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel, 1991 - Present (Member)
• Defense Research Institute, 1991 - Present (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation, 1991 - Present
• Selected in Arkansas Times, Best Lawyers - Medical Malpractice Defense
• Served as Regional Counsel for Baby Brain Damage Cases for St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company
• Served on International Symposia Advisory Board for "The Experts Analyze Brain Damaged Baby Cases" (UC Davis Center for Perinatal Medicine and Law) (1999- 2004)
• Leadership Greater Little Rock, Class XIX
• Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2005 - Present

Education

• University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1981
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
  Honors: Arkansas Law Review
  Honors: University of Arkansas Supreme Court
  Honors: Honor Council, Leflar Law Center
• Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1977
  B.S.
  Honors: SMU Student Foundation
  Honors: Student Advisory Council
  Honors: President, Alpha Delta Pi Sorority

Fraternities/Sororities

• Alpha Delta Pi
• Delta Theta Phi

Address

400 West Capitol Avenue
Suite 2000
Little Rock, AR 72201-3522

Phones

(501) 370-1537 (Direct Dial)

Faxes

(501) 244-5384 ((Direct Fax))

Emails

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Websites

http://www.fridayfirm.com