Chris Jennings
Managing Partner
Practice Areas:
Class Action, Mass Tort, Personal Injury, Product Liability

Bio
Chris Jennings is a partner and the managing class attorney at Jennings & Earley PLLC. His practice concentrates on complex litigation and representing consumers, businesses, and governmental entities in individual and class action cases, including antitrust, consumer protection, data breach, derivative, product liability, and securities matters. Chris has prosecuted numerous individual, mass tort, and class cases in both state and federal courts nationwide. In addition, he maintains a general personal injury and commercial litigation practice and handles various administrative matters.
A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Chris earned his Bachelor of Arts in political science with a minor in history from the University of Arkansas in 2001. He obtained a Master of Public Administration degree in 2005 from the University of Arkansas, specializing in administrative law, and his Juris Doctor from the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock in 2006.
Chris is admitted to practice in all Arkansas state courts, the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, and several federal district courts. He has also been admitted to practice on an individual case basis in various state and federal district courts across the country.
He is a member of the American Associate of Justice, the National Trial Lawyers, the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association, Public Justice, and the National Association of Securities and Consumer Attorneys (NASCAT). Chris recently served on the NASCAT Committee on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. He is also a fellow of the Litigation Council of America and was recognized as a Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Star in class action and mass tort litigation from 2012 to 2018 and as a Mid-South Super Lawyer in class action and mass tort litigation from 2019 to the present.
Practice Area Emphasis
- Class Action
- Antitrust
- Consumer Protection
- Data Breach
- Securities
- Mass Tort
- Defective Medical Devices
- Dangerous Drugs/Pharmaceuticals
- Environmental Contamination
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability
Licensed to Practice
- State of Arkansas (2006)
- Eastern District of Arkansas (2006)
- Western District of Arkansas (2006)
- Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (2008)
- District of Colorado (2017)
- Central District of Illinois (2022)
- District of Nebraska (2023)
- Northern District of New York (2023)
- Southern District of Indiana (2023)
- First Circuit Court of Appeals (2024)
- Western District of Michigan (2024)
Education
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law
J.D. (2006) - University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
M.P.A. (2005)
B.A. (2001)
Professional Affiliations
- American Association of Justice, Class Action Section, Member
- Arkansas Bar Association
- Arkansas Bar Civil Litigation Section, Member
- Arkansas Bar Young Lawyer’s Association, Member
- Arkansas Pro Bono Partnership, Volunteer
- Arkansas Trial Lawyer’s Association (ATLA), Member
- Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
- National Association of Securities and Consumer Attorneys (NASCAT), Member
- Public Justice, Member, Case Development and Membership & Outreach Committee
- Pulaski County Bar Association, Member
- Southern Trial Lawyers Association, Member
Professional Recognition
- Arkansas Mid-South Super Lawyers® Rising Star® in Class Action & Mass Tort Litigation (2012-2018)
- Mid-South Super Lawyer in Class Action & Mass Tort Litigation (2019-Present)
- National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Civil Trial Lawyers