Zachary R. Hill is a partner specializing in all areas of litigation including personal injury, premises liability, medical malpractice, trucking, first-party and third-party insurance disputes, insurance coverage, construction defects, contractual disputes, and products liability. He has tried cases as first chair in both state and federal court. Additionally, he has an active appellate practice appearing in front of the Arkansas Supreme Court, Arkansas Court of Appeals, and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has represented clients at multiple trials in the role of appellate counsel.

Zac received a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Arkansas in 2016. He then attended the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, Arkansas, graduating with honors in 2019. He was a staff editor on the University of Arkansas Law Review. He also worked as a judicial extern for the Honorable Judge Phyllis Jones in Federal Bankruptcy Court during his time in law school.

Notable published decisions involving Zac’s work includes:

• Prevailing at the Arkansas Supreme Court on an appeal of a trial court judge’s decision to certify a class action under the Arkansas Patient Right-to-Know Act. St. Vincent Med. Grp. v. Baldwin, 2023 Ark. 151, 675 S.W.3d 862 (2023).

• Prevailing at the trial court and on appeal on a motion to dismiss a plaintiff’s complaint against an insurance company for violation of the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Motal v. Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., No. 22-1743, 2023 WL 3515690 (8th Cir. May 18, 2023).

• Prevailing at the trial court and on appeal on discovery issues relating to overboard discovery served on an insurance company in a case alleging bad faith. Tilghman v. Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 22 F.4th 752 (8th Cir. 2022).

• Prevailing at the trial court and on appeal on the issue of defects in the service of process on a hospital. Littlejohn v. Baptist Health Reg'l Hosp., 2023 Ark. App. 189, 664 S.W.3d 449 (2023).

• Prevailing at the trial court and on appeal on the issue of defects in the service of process of a physician. Harvey v. Heim, 2022 Ark. App. 267 (2022).

• Prevailing at the trial court and on appeal on the issue of the statute of limitations barring a claim for medical malpractice. Friday v. MCSA, LLC, 2022 Ark. App. 169 (2022).

• Prevailing at trial on the issue of an insurer’s obligation to defend and indemnify an insured for allegations of intentional, criminal conduct. Safeco Ins. Co. of Am. v. Dooms, 617 F. Supp. 3d 980 (W.D. Ark. 2022).

• Successfully defending a homeowner’s insurance company from a breach of contract claim for damage to the insured’s residence from an excluded event. Torabi v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 514 F. Supp. 3d 1064 (W.D. Ark. 2021).

• Successfully defending a homeowner’s insurance company from a breach of contract claim for damage that was not covered under the applicable policy. Quinn v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., No. 3:19-CV-295-DPM, 2021 WL 3779511 (E.D. Ark. Aug. 25, 2021).

• Successfully defending a hospital from a claim of a violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. Cheatwood v. Mwanza, No. 2:19-CV-02088, 2020 WL 7083958 (W.D. Ark. Dec. 3, 2020).

Zac has received dozens of non-published opinions from the trial court level granting dispositive motions on the issues of (1) a plaintiff’s inability to demonstrate the essential elements of a cause of action in medical malpractice cases, insurance bad faith cases, premises liability cases, trucking cases, and other personal injury cases; (2) legal flaws in the cause of action asserted by a plaintiff; (3) non-compliance with the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure for process and service of process; (4) the running of the statute of limitations; and (5) multiple other legal bases.