Bar Fellowship
of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Her practice includes drug and medical device litigation, products liability and medical malpractice defense. She also serves as counsel to physicians and hospitals. She is a Member of the firm and a member of the Torts & Insurance Practice Service Group.
Ms. Browning serves as national or state counsel for several drug, medical device and product manufacturers and is involved in multi-district litigation pending in various federal district courts.
What Clients Say
. . . skilled trial attorney . . . well known in the legal community and is able to work well with various plaintiff and defense attorneys.
- Best Lawyers, 2007
Carol in extremely professional and knowledgeable. She has very strong analytical skills, which enable her to quickly understand and articulate complex medical issues.
- Best Lawyers, 2007
Recent Articles and Speaking Engagements
•International Association of Defense Counsel 40th Annual Trial Academy,Instructor, Stanford University, Palo, Alto, Calif., 2012
•Taught and lectured on skills courses,University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
•Fourteen Kentucky Practice Series: Trial Practice,Co-author
•Bringing a Product to Life in the Courtroom,ABA Section of Litigation, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2003
•Mock Trial of a Medical Malpractice Case,Kentucky Bar Association Annual Convention, Louisville, Ky., July 1998
•Recent Developments in Products, General Liability, and Consumer Law,Tort & Insurance Law Journal, Vol. 32:2, Winter 1997
•Use of Economists in the Evaluation and Presentation of Damages,Kentucky Law Update, Louisville, Kentucky, 1995
•Evaluating Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases from a Defense Perspective,Kentucky Academy of the Trial Attorneys, Louisville, Ky., August 1995
Before Stites & Harbison
Carol began her professional career as a civil engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers based in Louisville, Kentucky.
More Than Stites & Harbison
Ms. Browning is a member of numerous professional organizations including the Defense Research Institute and the International Association of Defense Counsel. She is active on committees within both organizations.
Besides Stites & Harbison
Carol and her husband, Winston, stay busy raising their four children. She is active in local charitable organizations, such as the Louisville Ballet Board of Directors. Carol begins each day by running with Picasso, her Labrador Retriever.
Professional Accolades
Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated
Best Lawyers in America, Litigation - Construction, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants (2007-14)
Best Lawyers in America, Louisville Area Lawyer of the Year for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants (2014)
Kentucky Super Lawyers (2007-14)
Kentucky Super Lawyers, Top 25 Women Lawyers in Kentucky
Kentucky Super Lawyers, Top 50 Attorneys in Kentucky
Benchmark: Litigation Magazine,Litigation Star (2008, 2009, 2013, 2014)
Benchmark: Litigation Magazine, Top 250 Women in Litigation (2012)
Louisville Magazine Top Lawyer (2014)
Community Involvement
Louisville Ballet, Board of Directors
News
Super Lawyers honors Stites & Harbison's Kentucky attorneys for 2013-14
Eighty-nine Stites & Harbison attorneys honored by Best Lawyers in America for 2014
Best Lawyers names Stites & Harbison attorneys as 2014 Lawyers of the Year
Super Lawyers honors Stites & Harbison's Kentucky attorneys
Seventy-five Stites & Harbison attorneys honored in Best Lawyers in America
Thirty-five Stites & Harbison attorneys selected for inclusion on Kentucky Super Lawyers for 2001
Seventy-three Stites & Harbison attorneys honored in Best Lawyers in America
Seventy-two Stites & Harbison attorneys honored in Best Lawyers in America
Firm Leadership
Management Committee, former member
Torts & Insurance Practice Service Group, former chair Member: Memberships
American College of Trial Lawyers
American Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
Louisville Bar Association
Defense Research Institute (DRI)
International Association of Defense Counsel