Katelyn R. Ashton

Katelyn R.

Ashton

Overview

Katelyn is a member of Butler Snow’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare group. Her practice is focused on the representation and defense of manufacturers in complex products liability litigation in state and federal courts, with an emphasis on prescription drugs, medical devices, and chemicals. She was a member of the Motions Teams in the largest MDL in history and has experience in various other aspects of discovery and trial preparation, including drafting company discovery responses, taking plaintiff and witness depositions, and providing on-site trial support to lead trial counsel. Most recently, Katelyn served as a member of the trial support team that obtained a defense verdict in a medical device case in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (April 2023). Best Lawyers in America® selected her as one of its “Ones to Watch” for Health Care Law and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants.

Distinctions

  • Best Lawyers in America®
    • Ones to Watch, Health Care Law, 2024
    • Ones to Watch, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, 2024
  • Super Lawyers®
    • Mid-South Rising Stars, Health Care, 2023

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee, 2018
  • U.S. District Courts
    • Tennessee: Western
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 6th Circuit

Education

  • Savannah Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2018
    • Editor-in-Chief, Savannah Law Review, Volumes 4 and 5
    • President, Student Bar Association
    • Moot Court Honor Board; Georgia Intrastate Moot Court Competition Coach (2017) and Competitor (2016); Dean Nespica 1L Moot Court Competition Champion
    • Summer Clerk, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Office of Chief Counsel
    • Research Assistant, Professor Andrew M. Wright
    • CALI Awards: Torts II, Contracts II, Civil Procedure II, Criminal Procedure, Federal Criminal Law, Art Law, Sales and Secured Transactions, and Constitutional Law II
  • Freed-Hardeman University, B.S., Criminal Justice, summa cum laude, 2013
    • Alpha Chi National College Honor Society
  • Clerkship, Honorable S. Thomas Anderson, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, 2018-2019

Associations

  • Defense Research Institute (DRI)
  • Trial Attorneys of America
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Tennessee Bar Association
  • Memphis Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
    • Young Lawyers Division

Papers, Presentations & Publications

Civic Involvement

  • A Step Ahead Foundation, Volunteer
  • Freed-Hardeman University Associates

Katelyn R.

Ashton

Overview

Katelyn is a member of Butler Snow’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare group. Her practice is focused on the representation and defense of manufacturers in complex products liability litigation in state and federal courts, with an emphasis on prescription drugs, medical devices, and chemicals. She was a member of the Motions Teams in the largest MDL in history and has experience in various other aspects of discovery and trial preparation, including drafting company discovery responses, taking plaintiff and witness depositions, and providing on-site trial support to lead trial counsel. Most recently, Katelyn served as a member of the trial support team that obtained a defense verdict in a medical device case in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (April 2023). Best Lawyers in America® selected her as one of its “Ones to Watch” for Health Care Law and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants.

Distinctions

  • Best Lawyers in America®
    • Ones to Watch, Health Care Law, 2024
    • Ones to Watch, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, 2024
  • Super Lawyers®
    • Mid-South Rising Stars, Health Care, 2023

Bar Admissions

  • Tennessee, 2018
  • U.S. District Courts
    • Tennessee: Western
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 6th Circuit

Education

  • Savannah Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2018
    • Editor-in-Chief, Savannah Law Review, Volumes 4 and 5
    • President, Student Bar Association
    • Moot Court Honor Board; Georgia Intrastate Moot Court Competition Coach (2017) and Competitor (2016); Dean Nespica 1L Moot Court Competition Champion
    • Summer Clerk, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Office of Chief Counsel
    • Research Assistant, Professor Andrew M. Wright
    • CALI Awards: Torts II, Contracts II, Civil Procedure II, Criminal Procedure, Federal Criminal Law, Art Law, Sales and Secured Transactions, and Constitutional Law II
  • Freed-Hardeman University, B.S., Criminal Justice, summa cum laude, 2013
    • Alpha Chi National College Honor Society
  • Clerkship, Honorable S. Thomas Anderson, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, 2018-2019

Associations

  • Defense Research Institute (DRI)
  • Trial Attorneys of America
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Tennessee Bar Association
  • Memphis Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
    • Young Lawyers Division

Papers, Presentations & Publications

Civic Involvement

  • A Step Ahead Foundation, Volunteer
  • Freed-Hardeman University Associates