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.
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.
Practice Areas
Distinctions
- Best Lawyers in America®
- Ones to Watch, Health Care Law, 2024-2025
- Ones to Watch, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, 2024-2025
- Super Lawyers®
- Mid-South Rising Stars, Health Care, 2023-2024
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
- Presenter, "How Marketing and Public Perception Play into Trial Strategy," Trial Attorneys of America Annual Meeting, June 13, 2024.
- Co-Author, "The Wearable Revolution: How to Use Personal Health Device Data in Litigation," 2024 Litigation Update: Navigating Emerging Trends and Technology, March 2024.
- Co-Author, "Time on Your Side: Bifurcated Trials on the Statute of Limitations," American Bar Association, Mass Torts Litigation, Volume 21, Issue 3, Spring 2023.
- Co-Author, "The Wearable Witness: Utilizing Apple Watch Data in Civil Litigation," DRI For the Defense, October 2022.
- Presenter, "Litigation Funding and Its Impact on the Justice System," Trial Attorneys of America 51st Annual Meeting, June 10, 2022.
- Co-Author, "Out of Time: Bifurcating the Statute of Limitations," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 14, No. 4, December 2021.
- Panelist, "Discovery of Litigation Funding and What to Do With It," American Property Casualty Insurance Association Virtual National General Counsel Conference, September 29, 2021.
- Co-Author, “Discovering Third-Party Litigation Financing,” The Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 2, Summer 2021.
- Author, "50-State Survey of Statutes of Limitations and Repose in Prescription Product Liability Cases," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 13, No. 4, November 2020.
- Co-Author, "Discoverability of Third-Party Litigation Financing," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 13, No. 2, June 2020.
Civic Involvement
- A Step Ahead Foundation, Volunteer
- Freed-Hardeman University Associates