Caroline Taylor is a Partner at Milberg and focuses on international collective redress. She currently resides in Amsterdam and serves as a liaison between Milberg’s various European offices and the United States. Ms. Taylor puts her knowledge of US class action and mass tort procedure to use with the continuously developing and complex landscape of European collective redress. She helps manage the European offices, pushing current cases, strategies, and developing new and innovative case ideas while working with the global Milberg team.
As part of her work in Europe she assisted with the startup and staffing of both the Amsterdam and Munich offices. She works daily with these offices, along with those in London, Peterborough, and Lisbon, to push common initiatives and goals.
Prior to moving to Europe, Ms. Taylor focused on class actions, mass torts, personal injury, and general civil litigation. She takes pride in representing individuals when they are harmed, either physically or financially, through no fault of their own. She enthusiastically brings her love for her clients into her work in Europe, striving each day to bring access to justice to those across the globe.
Ms. Taylor received her bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University, where she graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Corporate and Organizational Communication with a minor in Marketing. She then graduated magna cum laude from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, where she completed her law degree in just two and a half years. Following law school, she joined Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP where she worked on numerous high value personal injury cases. She was part of the WBM trial team that obtained a $681,500 verdict in Kentucky during the summer of 2015. She has second chaired various trials throughout her career. She has also been appointed class counsel in numerous cases across the United States.
Ms. Taylor is a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) where she formerly served as Chair of the Railroad Section; she has also served on the AAJ Board of Governors as the Revitalization Member for Tennessee. She is an active member of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association where she currently holds the position of Treasurer on the Executive Committee.
Ms. Taylor was most recently featured in the 2022 and 2023 Editions of The Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury Litigation (Plaintiffs). She was recognized by Super Lawyers as a Mid-South Rising Star in 2021 and 2022 and by MyNashville Magazine as one of the Top 100 Lawyers of 2020. She has also been recognized by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys as a Top 10 Personal Injury Attorney in Tennessee Under Age 40, Top 40 Litigation Lawyer in Tennessee Under Age 40, and as a “Top 40 Under 40” by The National Trial Lawyers.
Practice Areas
Education
- J.D., University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law, magna cum laude,
- B.A., Western Kentucky University, summa cum laude,
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee,
- Florida,
- Kentucky,
- Western District of Kentucky,
- Eastern District of Kentucky,
- Western District of Tennessee,
- Middle District of Tennessee,
- Eastern District of Tennessee,
- Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals,
Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Personal Injury Litigation: Plaintiffs, 2022-2023
- Super Lawyers, Mid-South Rising Star, 2021-2022
- MyNashville, Top 100 Lawyers, 2020
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Personal Injury Litigation, 2020
- The National Trial Lawyers, Top 40 Under 40, Tennessee, 2019
- Top 40 Litigation Lawyer Under 40, Tennessee, 2018
- National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys, Top Personal Injury Attorney In Tennessee Under 40, 2017 & 2018
- Avvo, Client’s Choice for Car Accidents, 2017
Professional Activities
- American Association of Justice Railroad Section, Past Chair
- American Association of Justice, Board of Governors (Tennessee), Former Revitalization Member
- Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, Board Member
- Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, Executive Committee, 2022-2023
- Tennessee Bench & Bar Committee, Former Member