Profile
Vicki Bronson is an experienced business, trial, and real estate attorney who focuses on achieving her client’s goals effectively and efficiently. Her trial practice includes complex commercial litigation, antitrust defense, class action defense, and environmental claims. Vicki is currently defending multiple high-stakes federal and state antitrust class action cases. In addition, Vicki has extensive experience in successfully representing corporate clients in the defense of environmental litigation, including CERCLA, RCRA and related state law claims, including a recent complete dismissal of her client in an alleged toxic tort claim. She has also successfully represented clients in copyright, trademark, product liability, breach of contract, medical malpractice, and trade secret litigation. Vicki has successfully argued before the Arkansas Supreme Court, Arkansas Court of Appeals, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition to litigation, Vicki has decades of experience in real estate, representing developers, builders, and other clients in real estate matters. Vicki also serves as a Certified Mediator. She received extensive training and certification from Pepperdine University School of Law Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution and has participated in numerous mediations and arbitrations, as both counsel and mediator.
Using her years of training and experience as both a trial lawyer and mediator, Vicki assists clients with internal training and investigations, carefully navigating relationships, under the strictest confidence.
Vicki was selected by Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers of the Mid-South in commercial litigation. She is one of only two members of the firm selected to the American Board of Trial Advocates. She is also a Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America. In 2023, Vicki serves as Vice-Chair of the ABA Antitrust Section’s Agriculture and Food Committee.
Experience
Successfully defeated class action certification in toxic tort case involving TCE
Successfully negotiated low settlement on behalf of insurance client in defense of bad faith claim with potential damages in excess of $15 million
Successfully defeated class certification in alleged water pollution case
Obtained defense verdict in toxic tort and alleged “cancer” cluster case
Co-counsel for Fortune 500 company in successfully defeating claim alleging personal injuries based on product liability
Represented developer in transactions involving several multi-million dollar student housing complexes near the University of Arkansas
Represented developer in several real estate transactions involving tax credit and historical preservation issues
Represents several commercial property developers in Arkansas and Oklahoma
Represents residential and commercial construction companies
Honors & Leadership
Honors & Recognitions
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Environmental (2023 - present)
Super Lawyers of the Mid-South for Commercial Litigation, 2014 - present
Volunteer Attorney of the Year Award - Legal Aid of Arkansas - 2014
Law Review, 1995 - 1996, Associate Editor 1996 - 1997, University of Arkansas School of Law
Arkansas Bar Exam highest score Feb 1997
University of Arkansas School of Law – Top 3% of class
Community & Professional
American Bar Association, Antitrust Section
- Vice-Chair, Antitrust Section’s Agriculture & Food Committee, 2023-2024
Arkansas Bar Association
Oklahoma Bar Association
American Bar Association, Commercial Litigation and Real Estate
American Board of Trial Advocates
Washington County Bar Association
W.B. Putman American Inn of Court
Litigation Counsel of America
News
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Industries
Education
University of Arkansas, J.D., with highest honors, 1997; B.S.B.A., 1990
Admissions
- Arkansas - 1997
- Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas - 1997
- Northern District of Oklahoma - 1999
- Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals - 1999
- Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals - 1999
- Oklahoma - 2005