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Catherine A. Ryan

CATHERINE A. RYAN

Attorney in Little Rock, Arkansas

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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.

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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.

Practice Areas

Education

University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia

J.D. - 2002


University of New Hampshire

B.A

Bar Admissions

Massachusetts, 2002

U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 2004

U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 2007

Arkansas, 2016

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas, 2016

Super Lawyers Recognitions:

2010-2013 RECOGNITION

Catherine A. Ryan
Rated by Super Lawyers


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2022 RECOGNITION

Catherine A. Ryan
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2023 RECOGNITION

Best Lawyers Recognitions:

Catherine Ryan Best Lawyer 2021
Legal Elite Arkansas

Appellate Decisions:

Arkansas Supreme Court


McKim v. Sullivan, 2020 Ark. LEXIS 30 (2020); Review Denied.


Treat v. State, 2019 Ark. 326 (2019); Reversed and Remanded.

Arkansas Court of Appeals


McKim v. Sullivan, 2019 Ark. App. 485 (2019); Reversed and Remanded.


Nauman v. Nauman, 2018 Ark. App. 833-357-3476; Affirmed.


Treloggen v. Treloggen, 2018 Ark. App. 596 (2018); Affirmed.


Moody v. Moody, 2017 Ark. App. 582 (2017); Affirmed in part.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts


Smith v. Mass. Bay Transp. Auth; 462 Mass. 370 (2012); Upholding award of prejudgment and postjudgment interest on a jury’s verdict.

Reported Decisions:

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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