Lyn P. Pruitt

Member

Bar Admissions: Arkansas
Language(s): English

Education

B.A., Summa Cum Laude, Ouachita Baptist University, 1980
J.D., with honors, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1984
Assistant Editor, UALR Law Journal
Admitted to practice in Arkansas, 1984
United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, 1984
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1984

Professional Experience

Co-liaison counsel and co-lead trial counsel for national hormone therapy litigation and Arkansas counsel for numerous pharmaceutical and medical device companies.  Co-lead trial counsel on a number of national trial teams in pharmaceutical and medical device cases.

Lead or co-lead trial counsel for other clients in products cases.

Lead or co-lead trial counsel in numerous class action cases, both state and proposed national classes, involving class awards valued from 10 million to 500 million dollars.  Involved in class certification arguments and briefing in both state and federal courts; class certification arguments at the Arkansas Supreme Court level; obtaining, preparing and presenting class action and merits experts; and preparing three class action cases for trial on the merits.

Lead trial counsel in nursing home trials and medical malpractice cases.

Participating in numerous jury trials as lead or co-lead counsel during the last twenty-five years.

Recognized as 2009 Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition (Personal Injury – Products Liability); Mid-South Super Lawyers; The International Who’s Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers; The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers; Chambers and Partners USA: Leading Business Lawyers (Litigation: General Commercial); and The Best Lawyers in America for a number of consecutive years.

Other Activities

Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers; Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America; Member of International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) and served on Faculty of IADC Trial Academy, and on the IADC Board of Directors (2004-2008), and on various committees; Member of American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); Member of Defense Research Institute (DRI) and its Drug and Medical Device Committee; Member of American Bar Association and its Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Member of Arkansas Bar Association, of its Tort Law Committee and Civil Procedure Committee and served as Chair of Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee; Member of William R. Overton Inn of Court; Member of Pulaski County Bar Association; Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy, University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, 2002-2007.