Caroline B. Smith
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Practice Areas
Caroline is a member of Butler Snow’s litigation department and practices within the Commercial Litigation group. Prior to joining Butler Snow, Caroline clerked for the Honorable Leslie H. Southwick of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
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- Associations
- Bar Admissions
- Civic Involvement
- Distinctions
- Education & Honors
- In the News
- Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- Recent Blogs
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 2017
Civic Involvement
- Junior League of Jackson
Distinctions
- Super Lawyers®
- Mid-South Rising Star, Business Litigation, 2019-2020
Education & Honors
- Mississippi College School of Law, J.D., 2017
- Managing Editor, Law Review
- Moot Court Board
- Order of Barristers
- President, Health Law Society
- Best Paper Awards in 17 courses
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Award
- Mississippi State University, M.A., English, 2013
- 2013 Donald Zacharias Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year, Master’s Level
- Mississippi State University, B.A., English, summa cum laude, 2011
- Society of Scholars, highest undergraduate honor awarded to top 1.5% of students
- Clerkship, Honorable Leslie H. Southwick, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2017-2018
Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- Speaker, “Practical Tips for Practice Before the Fifth Circuit,” University of Mississippi Center for Continuing Legal Education, Ridgeland, Miss. October 26, 2018.
Recent Blogs
- You Don’t Have To Sue The Plaintiffs At Home, But You Can’t Stay Here
- DOJ’s Recent Corporate Compliance Program Evaluation Updates: More Of A Boon Than A Burden
- Agreement Isn’t Enough: The Fifth Circuit Examines Diversity Jurisdiction Sua Sponte
- 2019 Developments and Trends in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) & Global Anti-Corruption Efforts, Part 3 of 3
- 2019 Developments and Trends in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) & Global Anti-Corruption Efforts, Part 2 of 3
- Revisions to the Residual Exception Contained in Federal Rule of Evidence 807 Seek to Provide Clarity and Uniformity
- 2019 Developments and Trends in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) & Global Anti-Corruption Efforts, Part 1 of 3
- Sayonara Supersedeas? December 2018 Updates to the Bond Requirements in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure