Caroline is an energetic, thorough, and fastidious litigator who’s “all in” when it comes to producing results for her clients. Her background in finance and accounting, paired with tenacious pursuit of facts, makes Caroline an asset on any trial team. As a New Orleans native, her “Big Easy” nature effortlessly fosters collaboration with colleagues, clients, and opposing counsel alike. Caroline’s practice focuses on complex oil and gas disputes both onshore and offshore. She represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial, insurance, personal injury, and construction defects matters.
Caroline immersed herself in the London insurance market prior to law school, gaining invaluable insight into and experience with issues surrounding insurance and claims-handling, as well as the internal preferences and procedures of London insurers. Caroline’s advocacy skills are more than a professional craft to her – they have been a part of her daily existence since her childhood. Caroline’s family resolved sibling squabbles and intra-family disputes by “holding court,” which required Caroline and her two sisters to present their side of the “case” to her parents who acted as the judges. After law school, Caroline worked at a boutique litigation law firm, where she received early experience trying cases in a construction dispute arbitration and a federal jury trial involving a complex employment dispute.
Caroline received her B.S. in International Trade and Finance from Louisiana State University and remains a committed LSU supporter, donning the purple and gold for all sporting events. Caroline earned her J.D. at the University of Houston Law Center, where she competed in the Lefkowitz and the John R. Brown Admiralty Moot Court Competitions and was named Editor for the Houston Journal of International Law. At home, her interest in travel and all things international translates to a husband who hails from Scotland and a quail-and-duck hunting Vizsla dog from Hungary.
Services
Cases & Experience
- Blanchard v. Sanare Energy Partners, LLC, et al., in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. Member of the trial team for Snare Energy Partners, LLC, an operator of an offshore satellite platform on the outer continental shelf on which workover operations were occurring when the platform and workover equipment collapsed, causing a fatality. Led written discovery efforts and managed a team of defense experts. Confidential settlement favorable to client obtained.
- Matthew Lara v. CoServ Utilities Services, Inc., et al.; in County Court at Law No. 1 of Dallas County, Texas. Member of the trial team defending an onshore oilfield operator in an electrocution injury lawsuit. Led written discovery efforts and took key fact witness depositions. Obtained confidential settlement of less than 1% of Plaintiff’s initial case valuation.
- Josh Sprague v. Ed’s Precision Management, LLC, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. Member of trial team (3rd Chair) representing local Houston business defending novel employment issues involving claims of interference, discrimination, and retaliation brought under federal leave statutes enacted in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Obtained partial summary judgment as to the interference claim and held Plaintiff to a verdict of $7,600.00 after rejecting a pretrial demand of nearly eight times that figure.
- Green Tower Development, LLC v. BMC West Corporation, in the 295th Civil District Court of Harris County, Texas. Member of the trial team for Plaintiff commercial and residential property developer involved in a contractual dispute with materials provider. Obtained partial summary judgment wherein the Court found Defendant’s contractual damage limitation provision unenforceable as a matter of law.
Education & Admissions
- University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 2019 (Moot Court, Houston Journal of International Law (Program’s Editor))
- Louisiana State University, B.S., International Trade & Finance, 2016
- State Bar of Texas
- U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Northern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas
- United States Court of Federal Claims
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Professional & Civic
- Texas Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Houston Bar Association
Outside the Office
What I do when not practicing law
Being from New Orleans, I have a love for trying new food and enjoy checking out Houston’s great food & drink scene with my husband and friends. I also love to travel internationally and explore the different cultures throughout the world. I have been to Croatia, Italy, Spain, England, Greece, Scotland, Ireland, Tahiti, Slovenia, and Mexico.
Favorite sports teams
New Orleans Saints, LSU Football, and LSU Baseball
Favorite food
Crawfish, of course.