Elizabeth Fletcher

  • Complex Litigation
    Professional Malpractice
    Employment Law
    Product Liability
    Insurance Coverage
    Insurance Defense
    Catastrophic Injuries
    Premises Liability
    Class Action Litigation

  • Arkansas, 1989

    U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas

    U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas

    Texas, 1991

    U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas

    U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas

    District of Columbia, 2001

    U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eighth Circuits

  • The Best Lawyers in America, 2023

    Arkansas Bar Foundation Legal Writing Award

    William R. Overton Inn of Court, Pupil, 1989-1991

    Phi Delta Phi, Treasurer, 1988

    Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ Distinguished®

  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock, B.A., 1986

    University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, J.D., honors, 1989

    Associate Case Note Editor, 1988, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

    Assistant Research Editor, 1988, University of Arkansas at Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

  • “Protecting Your Business Patrons from Criminals,” the Arkansas Business Law Journal, 1996

    “A.R.C.P. Rule 11,” The Arkansas Lawyer, April 1990

  • Smith vs. Paragould Light and Water Commission, 303 Ark. 109, 793 S.W.2d 341 (1990)

    Noland vs. Farmers Insurance Company, 319 Ark. 444, 892 S.W.2d 271 (1995)

    Carlton vs. Cleburne County, Swinging Bridge Resort, et al, 93 F.3d 505 (8th Cir. (Ark.) 1996)

    Holt, et al vs. McCastlain, 357 Ark. 455, 182 S.W.3d 112 (2004)

    Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles, 568 U.S. 588 (2013), amicus brief for ANPAC Defendants

    Basham v. Amer. Natl. Cty. Mut. Ins., 979 F. Supp. 2d 883 (W.D. Ark. Texarkana 2013)

    Basham v. Amer. Natl. Cty. Mut. Ins., 2015 Westlaw 1036639 (W.D. Ark. Texarkana)

    Entergy Ark., Inc. v Francis, 2018 Ark. App. 250, 549 S.W.3d 362 (2018)

  • Arkansas Bar Association

    Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel

    Texas Bar Association

    Defense Research Institute

Elizabeth Fletcher is Senior Counsel with Munson, Rowlett, Moore & Boone, P.A. and has been associated with the firm since graduating from law school in 1989. Liz has over 30 years experience representing business and individual clients in disputes, including first-party and third-party insurance claims, mortgage insurers, employers, medical professionals, organizations, school districts, and municipalities in Arkansas and across the United States. Liz specializes in complex litigation and successfully litigates protracted cases to a satisfactory conclusion. Liz successfully defended clients involved in recreational businesses from disputes ranging from the flow of surface waters to the 1989 collapse of the Winkley Bridge in Heber Springs, Arkansas. She protected trucking clients from unreasonable tow fees with complaints in replevin to effectuate the return of their cargo, and equipment and establish reasonable fees for tow and storage services. She defends clients in class actions, collision repair industry lawsuits, industrial accidents, and defamation suits in litigation described as muddied and complex. She has been described by her clients as quick-witted, down-to-earth, efficient, and thorough with outstanding intrapersonal skills.

She has extensive experience in complex litigation and insurance coverage in state and federal courts and successfully defended insurers in the Miller County Colossus Class Actions eventually moved to federal court, see Legal News Line, May 18, 2012 “ANPAC group chose to fight rather than settle in Miller County, Ark.” In 2012 she co-authored a United States Supreme Court amicus brief supporting the petitioners in Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles, where the court held an insured’s damages stipulation did not remove cases from the Class Action Fairness Act. (Wall Street Journal “Supreme Court Comes to Defense of Business.”).

Liz also assists in the management of Peach Orchard Bluff, LLC in Woodruff County, Arkansas. She is a member of the Arkansas Farm Bureau, the Arkansas Canoe Club, the Audubon Society, the Nature Conservancy and is a member and volunteer for St. Joseph Center of Arkansas, an independent, non-profit organization supporting sustainable farming