Katrina Caseldine focuses on product liability and complex litigation. She has particular experience defending highly sensitive claims of alleged product defect, consumer fraud, and other misconduct involving personal injury and wrongful death. She assists clients from the moment they face potential litigation and has experience conducting internal investigations, developing litigation strategies, defending clients in court, and providing counseling to minimize future litigation risk.
Katrina has represented clients in the tobacco, medical device, aviation, energy, consumer goods, and health care industries. She has been a member of more than two dozen trial teams in high-profile jury cases tried to verdict, highlighted by several defense verdicts and awards of nominal damages. Her experience covers all aspects of discovery and trial preparation, including offensive and defensive discovery; taking and defending fact and expert witness depositions; drafting and arguing motions, jury instructions, and other legal issues; evaluating, developing, and preparing fact and expert witnesses for trial; and cross-examining fact and expert witnesses at trial.
Katrina has defended R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in dozens of Engle progeny personal injury and wrongful death jury trials across Florida state and federal courts, a leading manufacturer of female pelvic health products in multidistrict litigation alleging post-implant injuries, and one of the nation's largest tax service providers in class action litigation alleging fraudulent misrepresentation and deceptive trade practices. She also has assisted a Fortune Global 500 medical care provider in investigating critical incidents and adverse events and counseled clients in the aviation and energy industries in various commercial contracts dispute.
Experience
- University of North Carolina (J.D. with honors 2009; Comments Editor, North Carolina Law Review); Clemson University (B.A. in Communication Studies and Spanish summa cum laude 2006; Calhoun Honors Scholar)
- Ohio and North Carolina
- Spanish