Caroline Schley

Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Columbus, Georgia

Butler Prather LLP
Caroline Schley
Butler Prather LLP

Practice areas: Personal Injury, General Litigation, Products Liability; view more

Licensed in Georgia since: 2021

Education: Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law

Selected to Rising Stars: 2024 - 2026

Butler Prather LLP

105 13th Street
Columbus, GA 31902 Visit website
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Caroline Schley is an associate attorney at Butler Prather LLP, a boutique law firm based in Georgia known for its personal injury services. Of the firm’s three offices spread across the state, she works from the one in Columbus and extends her service to citizens throughout the state. She started her practice in Georgia in 2021 after receiving her bar license and she joined the team a couple of months later. Since then, she has made remarkable strides in her career and has been a vital member of the team as well.

Focusing her practice on representing the injured, Ms. Schley has handled a wide array of cases, including trucking accidents, product liability, other catastrophic personal injuries, qui tam and wrongful death.

A cum laude graduate of the Mercer University School of Law, Ms. Schley received her Juris Doctor in the year 2021. At the university, she was involved in various activities throughout the three years she spent there. She was a member as well as the senior managing editor of the university’s Mercer Law Review. She also participated in moot court competitions and was one of the eight elite finalists in the Lawson Moot Court Competition. She received a CALI Excellence for the Future Award.

Prior to law school, Ms. Schley was a student at the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, where she pursued studies in public relations. She obtained her bachelor’s degree with high honors in 2017.

Practice areas

Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, General Litigation, Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff

Focus areas

Litigation, Wrongful Death

  • 60% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
  • 20% General Litigation
  • 20% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff

First Admitted: 2021, Georgia

Professional Webpage: https://www.butlerprather.com/attorneys/caroline-w-schley.ht...

Bar / Professional Activity

  • Member, State Bar of Georgia
  • Georgia
  • Member, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

  • $135.5 Million verdict against Silicon Ranch Corporation, Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, Inc. and IEA Constructors, LLC", 2023

Educational Background

  • A.B., University of Georgia, cum laude, 2017

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

  • Author, It’s All In The DNA—How United States v. Hano Extends the Statute of Limitations for the Eleventh Circuit, 71 Mercer L. Rev. 1191 (2020)

Other Outstanding Achievements

  • Senior Managing Editor, Mercer Law Review, Volume 72; William A. Bootle Inn of Court; Lawson Moot Court Competition Elite 8 Finalist; CALI Award in Jurisdiction & Judgments; Frank C. Jones Scholarship Recipient

Honors

  • Phi Delta Phi Honor Fraternity

These comments were made by fellow attorneys during the annual nomination process.

“Exceptional lawyer. Despite being just a few years out of law school, Caroline has achieved some astonishing results for her clients, including a $135 million jury verdict in an environmental tort case.”

“Caroline is a key member of the Butler Prather LLP firm and was instrumental in achieving a $135 million verdcit in an environmental nuisance case.”

Office location for Caroline Schley

105 13th Street
Columbus, GA 31902

Phone: 706-322-1990

Selections

3 Years Rising Stars
  • Rising Stars: 2024 - 2026

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