Benjamin D. Jackson

Ben Jackson is an experienced litigator counseling clients when they anticipate potential litigation following an incident, after a lawsuit has been filed, through trial and beyond. He has developed a specific legal practice representing commercial clients, financial institutions, hospitals, medical clinics, physicians, and business organizations in matters of data security, risk management, cyber liability defense and medical malpractice defense. Ben serves as a strategic advisor to his clients helping them prevent and mitigate the risk of future litigation.

Experience

• Counsels businesses, financial institutions and healthcare providers in matters of data security and cyber liability defense litigation.
• Represents clients in commercial litigation defense, mediation and arbitration.
• Counsels and represents clients in in areas of medical malpractice, class action and products liability litigation.
• Advises clients on risk management.
• Counsels clients in matters of civil rights liability defense litigation for correctional healthcare providers.
• Served as lead attorney on behalf of hospital defendant in medical malpractice action, obtaining a defense verdict in Kelly Persons, as Administrator of the Estate of Billy Persons and Sue Persons v. Jefferson Hospital Association, et al., Jefferson County Circuit Court, Arkansas, Case No. CV-2010-405-2.
• Successfully secured unanimous defense verdict on behalf of dental provider and corporation in malpractice action in Barbara Ausbrooks v. Ricky Perry, DDS et. al. Saline County Circuit Court, Arkansas, Case No. 63CV-11-780.
• Successfully obtained unanimous defense verdict for physician defendant in civil rights and medical malpractice action in Michael Burks v. Dr. Oboma Asemota, et al., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Case No. 5:10-cv-358.
• Successfully secured unanimous defense verdict for hospital defendant in negligence action in Blanca Contreras v. Johnson Regional Medical Center, Johnson County Circuit Court, Arkansas, Case No. CV-2010-148.
• Serving as lead attorney, obtained a voluntary dismissal by plaintiff during trial for physician defendant in civil rights action in Ronal O’Neal v. Estate of Dr. James Blackmon, et al. in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Case No. 5:10-CV-153.

Education

• University of Arkansas School of Law J.D., magna cum laude (2006)
• University of Arkansas B.A. in English Literature (2003)

Professional Recognition

• The Best Lawyers in America©: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants (2019-2020)
• Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Star: Personal Injury Medical Malpractice Defense (2012-2019)

Involvement

• Member, International Association of Defense Counsel
• Member, Defense Research Institute
• Member, Professional Liability Defense Federation
  • Chair, Healthcare Malpractice Claims Committee (2018)
  • Vice-Chair, Healthcare Malpractice Claims Committee (2017)
• Member, Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel
• Member, Arkansas Bar Association
• Chair, Mitchell Williams Litigation Practice Group
• Member, Arkansas Zoological Foundation Board of Directors

News & Articles

Firm News

• 29 Mitchell Williams Attorneys Named as 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
• Forty Mitchell Williams Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020 - Six Named as Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year"
• Mitchell Williams Attorney Ben Jackson Presented at the Arkansas Bar Association's Best of Continuing Legal Education Annual Meeting - Presentation titled "Don't Let the Future of Trucking Leave Your Practice Behind"
• Mitchell Williams Attorneys Clay Stone, Ben Jackson and Mandy Stanton Presented at the 85th Annual Arkansas Municipal League Convention - Discussed the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); The Latest on Cybersecurity Best Practices for Municipalities
• 29 Mitchell Williams Attorneys Named as 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
• Mitchell Williams Attorneys Benjamin Jackson and Anton Janik Present at Arkansas BBB Cybersecurity Summit - Discuss Legal Obligations Prior to and After a Data Breach
• Mitchell Williams Attorney Benjamin Jackson Appointed Chair of Professional Liability Defense Federation's Healthcare Malpractice Claims Committee
• Forty Mitchell Williams Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 - Six Attorneys Named as Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year"
• Mitchell Williams Attorney Ben Jackson Presented During the Arkansas Bar Association's Best of CLE 2018 Marathon Week - Discusses the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• Attorneys Anton Janik and Ben Jackson to Present at Cybersecurity Summit in Bentonville
• Mitchell Williams Member Ben Jackson Joins International Association of Defense Counsel
• Thirty-one Mitchell Williams Attorneys Named as 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
• Attorneys Ben Jackson and Zach Steadman to Present at Cybersecurity Summit in Little Rock - Mitchell Williams to Promote Business Cybersecurity with Arkansas Better Business Bureau
• Attorneys Megan Hargraves and Ben Jackson Present at Professional Liability Defense Federation Annual Meeting

Articles

• COVID-19 Update: Governor Issues Liability Protections for Healthcare Workers
• Liability and Patient Standards of Care in Response to COVID-19
• Products Liability Series: What is the Statute of Limitations on a Products Claim Under Arkansas Law?
• Court of Appeals Limits Defendant's Right to Allocate Fault to Nonparties
• Products Liability Series: Does Arkansas Law Require an Expert Witness?
• Product Manufacturer Wins Strategic Victory at the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Products Liability Series: Does Arkansas Law Recognize a Post-Sale Duty to Warn? (Part II)
• Products Liability Series: Does Arkansas Law Recognize a Post-Sale Duty to Warn? (Part I)
• Products Liability Series: What is Arkansas' Law on Joint and Several Liability?
• Skilled Lawyering Saves Defendant from Default Judgment in Products Liability Lawsuit
• The Future of Transportation: Bridging the Gap to the Electrification of Long-Haul Trucking
• Litigating Through Layers of Insurance
• UPDATE - Big Win for Arkansas Hospitals: protecting the quality assurance process
• Big Win for Arkansas Hospitals: Protecting the Quality Assurance Process
• Self-Driving Grocery Delivery Cars Present Interesting Data Security Questions
• Passwords Are Getting Ridiculous, Right? Consider Simplifying Your Company's Two-Factor Authentication With A Physical Security Key
• Don't Let the Future of Trucking Leave Your Practice Behind (Part 2)
• Don't Let the Future of Trucking Leave Your Practice Behind (Part 1)
• Under the Hood of Liability in the Age of Self-Driving Vehicles
• Truck "Platooning" and the Vehicle to Vehicle Network - A Chance To Glimpse the Future of Vehicle Cybersecurity in Action

Publications