Atty. Scott D. Provencher

His recent experience includes:

• Defense verdict for emergency-medicine physician in a claim for alleged failure to diagnose heart attack.
• Defense verdict for orthopedic surgeon who transected popliteal artery during knee replacement surgery.
• Defense verdict for emergency-medicine physician in a claim involving death of mother and unborn child due to alleged failure to diagnose pulmonary embolism.
• Defense verdict for family-practice physician for alleged failure to properly diagnose and treat wound that resulted in necrotizing fasciitis.
• Defense verdict for pharmacy that improperly filled a narcotic medication, which the deceased later ingested resulting in death.
• Defense verdict for pediatric anesthesiologist for alleged failure to monitor an IV during surgery, which resulted in compartment syndrome of an extremity.
• Defense verdict for emergency-medicine physician in case involving alleged failure to diagnose a bowel leak in a patient who recently underwent gastric-bypass surgery.
• Assisted in defense of multidistrict litigation brought against manufacturer of a statin medication, manufacturer of an anti-coagulant medication, manufacturer of a permanently implanted birth control device, and the manufacturer of a forced-air patient warming device used during surgeries.
• In multidistrict litigation, assisted with evaluation of claims, defenses and trial strategy.
• In trial preparation for multidistrict litigation, conducted depositions of key witnesses including plaintiffs, relevant medical providers, and expert witnesses for plaintiffs.
• In trial preparation for multidistrict litigation, worked with defense experts, including selection and preparation for deposition and trial testimony.

Scott is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, American Board of Trial Advocates, and Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel, among other groups.

Before entering private practice, Scott served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert L. Brown, Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, from 1996 to 1998.