Caroline N.Mitchell

Caroline Mitchell litigates complex commercial disputes with a focus on defending corporations in actions arising from foreign events, including environmental, human rights, RICO, Alien Tort Statute, and fraud claims. Caroline also defends clients against antitrust and unfair competition claims.

Caroline frequently raises jurisdictional challenges to efforts to sue clients in unfavorable forums distant from the relevant events and advises clients on international discovery issues, including those arising under 28 U.S.C. 1782. In one of her cases, Jones Day defeated class certification and secured dismissal of a multibillion environmental claim. She has successfully defended clients against various slavery and kidnapping allegations. She served on the trial team in Bowoto v. Chevron Corporation, which won a defense verdict. As part of that case, Caroline litigated difficult questions relating to choice of law, RICO, the Alien Tort Statute, jurisdiction, preemption, capacity, statute of limitations, and vicarious liability. She also cultivated key third-party witnesses. Caroline has represented clients in the oil, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, video game, health care, and floral industries in price-fixing, monopolization, and unfair competition lawsuits. This includes recently representing a health care provider in parallel state and federal class actions that alleged tying and market leveraging. She also has experience in fee and cost recovery.

Caroline has successfully represented clients in pro bono matters, including prisoners' rights, medical care, discrimination cases, and immigration cases. She is on the board of the Family Violence Appellate Project, which advocates for survivors of domestic violence in appellate courts.