Michael McCarty Harrison

Michael McCarty Harrison is a partner in the firm’s litigation practice group.  She focuses her practice on insurance defense and coverage, products liability, medical malpractice, personal injury defense, transportation litigation, fire/arson investigation and defense and appellate advocacy.

Prior to joining the firm, Harrison spent 20 years developing a strong litigation practice in Little Rock and has been recognized for her work by Mid-South Super Lawyers.

She is a member of the Defense Research Institute and the Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel, of which she served as past President.

• University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, J.D., 1998
• University of Arkansas, B.A., Political Science/History, 1995

• Elected to the Arkansas Bar Association’s Board of Trustees, since 2020
• Former President Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel, 2016 – 2017
• Program Chair, Judge Henry Woods Inns of Court, 2024 – 2025Named in Arkansas Life Magazine‘s Top Attorneys in Arkansas, since 2014
• Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell
• Selected to the Mid-South Super LawyersList, since 2013
  • Rising Star, 2011-2012
• Named Henry Woods Trial Competition Winner, 1998
• Named in Soiree MagazineBest Attorneys in Arkansas, since 2014
• Received CALI’s Excellence for the Future Award, Environmental Law, 1998
• Certified Little Rock District Court Small Claims Mediator
• Publications:
  • Author “Defending A Religious Institution Using the Charitable Immunity and Ecclesiastical Doctrine Defenses to Tort Liability,” Arkansas Law Notes, Fall 2021
  • Author “Extent and Applicability of Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage in Arkansas,” The Arkansas Lawyer, Spring 2020 Edition
  • Co-Author “Punitive Damages: A State-by-State Compendium (Arkansas Section), The DRI Defense Library Series, 2009
  • Co-Author “Admissibility of Evidence, a Manual for Arkansas Trial Lawyers,” 1997 Pocket Part

• Presentations:

• • • Lorman Educational Services, “Extent and Applicability of Uninsured and Underinsured Coverage,” 2025
    • International Association of Arson Investigators, “The Big Picture,” 2023
    • Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, “Arkansas Law Update,” 2023
    • Lorman Educational Services, “Uninsured and Underinsured Coverage,” 2023
    • National Business Institute, “Extent and Applicability of Uninsured & Underinsured Coverage,” 2022
    • Cincinnati Insurance Company, “Arkansas Law Update,” 2022

• National Business Institute, “Auto Insurance Coverage Pitfalls,” 2014
• National Business Institute, “Advanced Uninsured and Underinsured Coverage in Arkansas,” 2013
• Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel, “Uninsured and Underinsured Case and Statutory Law Update, Annual Meeting,” 2013
• National Business Institute, “Determining Coverage in UM/UIM Claims,” 2013
• Arkansas Board of Trial Advocates, “From the Defense Perspective,” 2012

• American Bar Association, Past Chair of Membership Development, Current Board of Trustees
• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Associate
• Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel, Past President
• Arkansas Association of Women Lawyers, Education Chair
• Arkansas Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Pulaski County Bar Association
• SEABOTA, member

• Arkansas
• Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
• Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
• United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
• United States Supreme Court