Caroline D. Walker
Office Information
Caroline is an attorney in our Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Group, as well as our Products, Catastrophic and Industrial Litigation Group. She defends pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in mass tort and individual cases pending in various state and federal venues throughout the country.
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- Associations
- Bar Admissions
- Civic Involvement
- Distinctions
- Education & Honors
- Experience
- In the News
- Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- Recent Blogs
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 2013
- Mississippi, 2014
- U.S. District Courts
- Alabama: Northern, Middle, Southern
- Mississippi: Northern, Southern
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
- 11th Circuit
Civic Involvement
- Birmingham Zoo Junior Board
- Birmingham Ballet Guild
- Children’s Art Guild Member
Distinctions
- Graduate, International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Trial Academy, Stanford Law School, 2018
- Birmingham Business Journal
- Best of the Bar, 2022
- Rising Star of Law, 2019
- Best Lawyers in America®
- Ones to Watch, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, 2021-2023
Education & Honors
- University of Alabama, J.D., cum laude, 2013
- Executive Editor, Alabama Law Review
- Chair, John A. Campbell Moot Court Board
- Final Round Winner, 2012 John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition
- Bench & Bar Legal Honor Society
- Associate Justice, Student Bar Association Honor Court
- University of Mississippi, B.B.A., Business Management, French, summa cum laude, 2006
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Taylor Medal Recipient
- Ole Miss Hall of Fame Inductee
- Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College
Experience
- As an attorney in Butler Snow’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare group, Caroline Walker represents pharmaceutical and medical device companies in product liability litigation across the country. She has experience in all aspects of mass tort litigation.
- Acts as lead counsel in hearings and case workup in multiple jurisdictions, including Alabama, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky.
- Served as trial lawyer assisting lead counsel in multiple cases involving medical device litigation.
- In re Ethicon, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2327, United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia: Core member of the Gynemesh deposition, motions, and expert teams.
- Caroline also served on the trial team that obtained a complete defense victory after an eight-day jury trial in March 2022. Shears v. Ethicon, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:20-cv-00264, United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
In the News
- 248 Butler Snow Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2023
- Butler Snow Obtains Defense Verdict as National Counsel in Ethicon Pelvic Mesh Litigation
- BBJ Best of the Bar 2022: Caroline Walker, Butler Snow LLP - Birmingham Business Journal
- Caroline D. Walker Named Best of the Bar by Birmingham Business Journal
- 237 Butler Snow Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2022
- 198 Butler Snow Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2021
- Two Butler Snow Attorneys Named Rising Stars of Law
- Butler Snow Ranked No. 2 in Lex Machina’s ‘Top Law Firm Report’
- How Lost Case Led to Big Win for Yamaha In-House Counsel - Corporate Counsel More...
- Yamaha In-House Counsel and Butler Snow Attorneys Selected for the Yancey Memorial Award by the International Association of Defense Counsel
- Firm Ranked #2 for "2016 Healthiest Employers" by BBJ
- Butler Snow Among ABA's Top 10 Regional Health Law Firms
- 18 Lawyers From Dwindling Johnston Barton Join Birmingham, Ala., Office of Butler Snow
Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- Interviewer, "Trial Lawyer Roundtable," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 15, No. 1, March 2022.
- Co-Author, "50-State 'Heeding Presumption' Survey," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 13, No. 4, November 2020.
- Author, “Using Computer-Generated Animation and Simulation Evidence at Trial: What You Should Know,” Product Lines Blog, Butler Snow LLP, January 2018.
- Co-Author, “The Use of Computer-Generated Animations and Simulations at Trial,” 83 Def. Couns. J. 439 (2016).