Caroline serves as Assistant Practice Group Leader for our Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Group. She focuses her practice on complex product liability and mass tort litigation, serving as national counsel in high-profile MDL proceedings. She is adept in the development and implementation of national defense strategies, including coordinating cross-firm and inter-disciplinary teams.
Overview
Caroline serves as Assistant Practice Group Leader for our Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Group. She focuses her practice on complex product liability and mass tort litigation, serving as national counsel in high-profile MDL proceedings. She is adept in the development and implementation of national defense strategies, including coordinating cross-firm and inter-disciplinary teams.
Practice Areas
About
Caroline Walker represents companies in product liability litigation across the country. Her practice has covered all aspects of mass tort litigation, litigating cases from inception through trial. Caroline’s experience includes managing bellwether selection, developing overarching litigation strategy, arguing motions, taking and defending depositions, and resolving cases favorably for her clients. Recently, she successfully argued and obtained summary judgment in favor of a pharmaceutical/medical device manufacturer in three MDL bellwether actions in the Northern District of Georgia.
The Legal 500 US, which recognized Caroline as a key lawyer in its 2026 editorial for nationwide Dispute Resolution: Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices – Defense, writes that she “is an up-and-coming star,” and that Butler Snow lawyers “are tremendous partners in product liability trials and case workup.”
In addition to her pharmaceutical and medical device work, Caroline represents clients in consumer goods and products litigation and environmental mass tort work, including class action matters.
Caroline is a member of the Product Liability Advisory Council.
Experience
- In re Paragard Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2974, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; lead counsel for CooperSurgical, Inc. and The Cooper Companies, Inc.; obtained partial and then full summary judgment in three bellwether trials, December 2025. “Cooper Cos. Faces Narrowed Claims In Paragard IUD MDL,” Law360, Nov. 24. 2026
- 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 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.
- Served as trial lawyer assisting lead counsel in multiple cases involving medical device litigation.
Distinctions
- The Legal 500 US Rankings
- Recognized as a key lawyer in the editorial for nationwide Dispute Resolution: Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices – Defense, 2024, 2026
- Birmingham Business Journal
- NextGen: Law, 2022
- Best of the Bar, 2022
- Rising Star of Law, 2019
- BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America®
- Ones to Watch, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, 2021-2025
- Graduate, International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Trial Academy, Stanford Law School, 2018
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 2013
- Mississippi, 2014
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern, Southern
- Alabama: Northern, Middle, Southern
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
- 11th Circuit
Education
- 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
Associations
- Alabama State Bar
- Birmingham Bar Association
- Young Lawyers Division
- American Bar Association
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Young Lawyers Division
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, "For Design Defect Cases, Alabama's Alternative Design Requirement Just Got Tougher," IADC Drug Device and Biotechnology Committee Newsletter, December 2016.
- Co-Author, “The Use of Computer-Generated Animations and Simulations at Trial,” 83 Def. Couns. J. 439 (2016).
Civic Involvement
- Birmingham Zoo Junior Board
- Birmingham Ballet Guild
- Children’s Arts Guild Member