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Catherine A. Ryan - Little Rock, AR
313 West Second Street Little Rock, AR 72201
Dodds, Kidd, Ryan & Rowan
Little Rock Appeals Lawyer
Overview
Little Rock native Catherine Ryan joined Dodds, Kidd & Ryan in 2016 after fourteen years representing injured parties as a trial lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts. Catherine practices in all areas of civil litigation, with an emphasis in tort and product liability and professional negligence claims. She has successfully brought appeals of both civil and criminal matters to the Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals...
Little Rock native Catherine Ryan joined Dodds, Kidd & Ryan in 2016 after fourteen years representing injured parties as a trial lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts. Catherine practices in all areas of civil litigation, with an emphasis in tort and product liability and professional negligence claims. She has successfully brought appeals of both civil and criminal matters to the Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals...
Little Rock native Catherine Ryan joined Dodds, Kidd & Ryan in 2016 after fourteen years representing injured parties as a trial lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts. Catherine practices in all areas of civil litigation, with an emphasis in tort and product liability and professional negligence claims. She has successfully brought appeals of both civil and criminal matters to the Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. Catherine was elected to become a Member of the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, an organization of legal professionals that is limited to the top one percent of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction. She has successfully represented clients in state and Federal court on a wide-variety of cases ranging from simple auto accidents to contract disputes, multi-district litigation and qui-tam claims.
Catherine has obtained and successfully defended against summary judgment dismissal of a variety of claims including legal malpractice, breach of contract, negligent design and negligent entrustment in both state and Federal court. Catherine successfully defended appeals of lower court victories, including a judgment after a jury’s verdict in her client’s favor for $973,000. Catherine served on the Board of Governors of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, lectures on various topics and is a co-author of the Emotional Distress chapter of the Massachusetts Tort Law Manual. She was recognized as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers publication in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.
Catherine is licensed to practice in the State of Arkansas, as well as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals. She is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a member of the Arkansas Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and the Massachusetts Bar Association.
About Catherine A. Ryan
Practice Areas
- Appeals
- Personal Injury
- Litigation
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts, 2002
- U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 2004
- Arkansas, 2016
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas, 2016
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 2007
Other Affiliations
- Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (Member)
- Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (Board of Governors)
- Arkansas Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- American Association for Justice (Member)
- Massachusetts Bar Association (Member)
Education
- University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia, 2002
J.D. - University of New Hampshire
B.A.
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Catherine A. Ryan
Honors
- “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers publication in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013
Office Information
Address
313 West Second Street Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone
Websites
Publication
Articles
- Co-Author, Emotional Distress chapter of the Massachusetts Tort Law Manual
Representative Cases
- McKim v. Sullivan, 2019 Ark. App. 485 (2019); Reversed and Remanded., Arkansas Court of Appeals
- Nauman v. Nauman, 2018 Ark. App. 114 (2018); Affirmed., Arkansas Court of Appeals
- Treloggen v. Treloggen, 2018 Ark. App. 596 (2018); Affirmed., Arkansas Court of Appeals
- Moody v. Moody, 2017 Ark. App. 582 (2017); Affirmed in part., Arkansas Court of Appeals
- McKim v. Sullivan, 2020 Ark. LEXIS 30 (2020); Review Denied., Arkansas Supreme Court
- Treat v. State, 2019 Ark. 326 (2019); Reversed and Remanded., Arkansas Supreme Court
- Smith v. Mass. Bay Transp. Auth; 462 Mass. 370 (2012); Upholding award of prejudgment and postjudgment interest on a jury’s verdict., Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
- Thomas v. Southern Bancorp Bank, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 140773 (2019); Motion for Summary Judgment Denied.
- Delta Sprayers v. Pratt & Whitney Can., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 222435 (2018); Motion for Summary Judgment Denied.
- United States ex rel. Banigan, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 199861 (2016); Motion for Summary Judgment Denied.
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Wissenchaften E.V. v. Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC, 736 F.Supp. 2d 353 (2010); Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment with respect to the existence of an attorney-client relationship and as to the question of whether a fiduciary duty was owed.
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