Glenn Ritter serves as trial counsel for insureds in areas of negligence, premises liability, products liability, trucking, nursing home, and medical malpractice. Ritter  represents various healthcare providers, including doctors, hospitals, nurses, CRNAs, clinics, nursing homes, home health and assisted living facilities, in their malpractice, negligence and general liability lawsuits. He also defends manufacturers of various products, including medical devices. Ritter also serves as a trial attorney in business and contractual matters. Ritter handles a variety of business lawsuits, involving breach of contract, defamation, tortious interference with business expectancies, theft of trade secrets and non-compete contracts. Ritter also assists his clients in drafting and revising various contracts. Ritter serves as trial counsel in a variety of insurance defense cases, defending businesses in various negligence-type lawsuits and general liability matters. In addition, Ritter’s practice includes trucking and transportation defense.

Ritter provides his clients with aggressive and comprehensive discovery and deposition tactics, thorough client and expert witness preparation, tailored lawsuit strategies and liability assessment. He also counsels on risk management issues to avoid negligence. He is detailed.

Ritter’s recent experience includes:

• Trial counsel for medical malpractice cases involving bariatric surgery, stroke, retained foreign object, pressure sores, anesthesia, shoulder dystocia, birth trauma and brain damage, infectious disease, gastroenterology, radiology, ER medicine, ophthalmology and a variety of other medical issues.
• Trial counsel for manufacturer of Class III medical device in multiple products liability actions; lawsuits dismissed.
• Trial counsel for apartment complex in “slip and fall” case involving death; lawsuit dismissed.
• Trial counsel for company in tractor-trailer accident involving catastrophic injury.
• Trial counsel for steel fabrication and erection company in work place accident in negligence lawsuit.
• Trial counsel for background reporting company in wrongful death lawsuit following apartment tenant allegedly murdering visitor.
• Trial counsel for local vendor in breach of contract lawsuit.
• Trial counsel in very high exposure products liability lawsuit representing manufacturer of custom-design machine for energetics industry.
• Trial counsel for nursing homes in lawsuits alleging negligence, medical malpractice, negligence against administrator, violations of the Protection of Long-Term Care Facility Residents Act, low staffing, and punitive damages.
• Trial counsel for a child therapy company in a lawsuit involving defamation, misappropriation of trade secrets and interference with business expectancies; successfully obtained $3.5 million judgment, restraining order, and defendant was jailed for 10 days.

Ritter is the ALFA International leader in the NWA office and participates in the Insurance, Hospitality and Retail, and Transportation practice groups. He is a member of the Benton and Washington County Bar Associations, as well as the Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel. Ritter is a graduate of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) National Trial College held at Harvard Law School in Boston, MA.

Ritter was born and raised in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In high school, he ran track and was Arkansas’ 800-meter champion. While earning his degree in Business Management with a minor in Mathematics at Lyon College, Ritter served as President of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Chairman for the Interfraternity Council and captain of the cross country team. Ritter enjoys rock climbing, golfing, playing tennis, cycling, mountain biking and volunteering in his free time.

Ritter serves on the leadership committee for the Men’s Golf Fellowship NWA chapter and chairs the Fellowship Groups. He and his wife, Rocio Ritter, enjoy fostering dogs from local animal welfare organizations.