|
|
Michelle Ator is partner in the Medical Malpractice Section of Friday, Eldredge and Clark. She concentrates her practice in the defense of doctors, nurses, hospitals and other medical professionals in malpractice litigation. She has over a decade of experience serving as lead trial counsel in complex medical cases and is listed in Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Medical Malpractice Law.
Prior to joining the Friday law firm, Mrs. Ator served as a Division Chief in the office of the Prosecuting Attorney for the Sixth Judicial District of Arkansas where she gained significant trial experience primarily in the prosecution of battery, rape, child abuse and homicide cases.
 
|
|
Education
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law
- Juris Doctor with Honors, 1995
- Associate Casenotes Editor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Journal; Phi Delta Phi
- University of Colorado; B.A., Political Science, 1989
- President's Leadership Institute Graduate, an academic and scholarship program awarded to CU’s “top 50 freshmen”
- University Academic Achievement Award; NBA Academic Scholarship Recipient; Regent's Scholar; Golden Key Honor Society; Order of Omega Honor Society; Pi Beta Phi, Vice President
|
|
Publications
- Note, 21 U.S.C. § 881 and the Eighth Amendment; Application of the Proportionality Requirement to Civil Forfeitures: Austin v. United States, 11 S. Ct. 2801(1993).
|
|
Presentations & Speaking Engagements
Speaker, Baptist School of Nursing, “Nursing Documentation and Malpractice Litigation,” August 9, 2011
Seminar Faculty, Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel Annual Meeting, “Medicare Secondary Payer Act,” July 30, 2010
Program Planner, Pulaski County Bar Association, “Medical Malpractice,” April 9, 2010
Seminar Faculty, Perinatal and Neonatal Care Seminar sponsored by the March of Dimes and Baptist Health, “Ethical and Legal Issues in Perinatal and Neonatal Care,” October 19, 2009
Seminar Faculty, Arkansas Hospital Risk Management Seminar, “Legal Update and Current Topics,” May 1, 2009
Seminar Faculty, Arkansas Association for Healthcare Quality and National Association for Healthcare Quality Fall Conference, “Protecting the Quality Assurance Privilege,” December 5, 2008
Seminar Faculty, Arkansas Hospital Association Compliance Forum: Analyzing, Auditing and Maintaining Privilege, “Protecting the Quality Assurance Privilege,” September 16, 2008
Seminar Faculty, Arkansas Hospital Risk Management Seminar, “E-Discovery in Hospital Litigation” with Jamie Huffman Jones, May 2, 2008
Program Chair, Trial Skills: “Expedition to Everest,” Henry Woods American Inn of Court, 2006-2007
Speaker, Baptist School of Nursing, “Medical/Legal Issues for Nurses,” October 7, 2005
Seminar Faculty, Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel Annual Meeting, “Charitable Immunity,” August 6, 2004 |
|
Noteworthy
- President, Pulaski County Bar Association
- Appointed, Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Civil Practice
- Past-President, Henry Woods American Inn of Court
- Arkansas Bar Foundation Award for Excellence in Legal Writing
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Medical Malpractice
- Arkansas Times, “Best Lawyers” for Medical Malpractice
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America™
- Pulaski County Bar Association President’s Award
|
|
Associations & Memberships
- Henry Woods American Inn of Court, Master of the Bench
- William R. Overton American Inn of Court, Alumni
- Pulaski County Bar Foundation, Board of Directors, 2004-2008
- VOCALS (Volunteer Organization for Central Arkansas Legal Services)
- Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel, Member, Invited speaker
- DRI
- Arkansas Bar Association
- American Bar Association, Sections on Litigation, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice
- Leadership Greater Little Rock, Class XVI
|
|
|
Client Services
|
|
Industries
|
|
Admissions
- Arkansas
- Colorado (Inactive)
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
|
|
