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Areas of Practice:
Civil Litigation
Products Liablility
Personal Injury Defense
Antitrust
Commercial/Business Litigation
Jim Simpson is a partner at Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP, and serves as head of the firm's General Litigation Section. He has tried over 130 jury trials to verdict in business litigation and personal injury matters including business torts, products liability, toxic torts and class actions. He is also a regular speaker on these topics.
Litigation Percentage:
95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Arkansas, 1977
U.S. Federal Court, 1978
Education:
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center, Fayetteville, AR, 1977
J.D.
Law Review: Staff and Associate Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 1976 - 1977
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1974
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Published Works:
Insurance: The Products Hazard Exclusion Arkansas Law Review, Vol. 30, Fall, 1976
Representative Clients:
CenterPoint Energy/Arkla
KARK-TV
Dillard's, Inc.
Oaklawn Jockey Club, Inc.
CIGNA Property and Casualty Companies
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Merck & Company, Inc.
CNA
Professional Associations and Memberships:
American College of Trial Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America, Litigation and Antitrust, 1995 - Present
American Board of Trial Advocates
Past President of State Capter
International Association of Defense Counsel
Current Chair of CLE Board
Arkansas Bar Association
House of Delegates
Arkansas Bar Association
Tenured Delegate for Extended Service
Arkansas Bar Association, 2001 - 2006 Board of Governors
Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel Charter Member and Former Secretary
American Bar Association Litigation Section, Member
American Bar Association Antitrust Section, Member
Pulaski County Bar Association Member
Defense Research Institute (D.R.I.)
American Bar Association State Membership Chairman
Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Kappa Phi
Birth Information:
June 9, 1952, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America.
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