Caroline Ross Williams
Caroline Williams concentrates her practice on civil and commercial litigation, insurance defense, and insurance coverage. She represents various insurance companies in claims involving property, premises liability, arson, fraud, automobile litigation, and personal injury.
She has been admitted to practice in Tennessee, Virginia, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Ms. Williams is former past president of Northeast Tennessee Young Lawyers Association and a member of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Roan Scholars Steering Committee, East Tennessee State University Foundation, Defense Research Institute, and Association of Defense Trial Attorneys.
Ms. Williams has a special interest in the areas of insurance policy interpretation and coverage determinations. She also handles collection matters for various loan companies in the area.
She was named in the Business Journal of Tri-Cities Tennessee/Virginia’s “Forty Under 40” and most recently selected as a Rising Star for Super Lawyers.
In her third year of law school, Ms. Williams served as a clerk to the Honorable William G. Petty, a justice on the Virginia Court of Appeals. She was born and raised in Kingsport, Tennessee.
Ms. Williams resides in Kingsport, Tennessee, with her husband, Jason Williams, and two young daughters.
AWARDS, RECOGNITION, ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Selected to the Business Journal of Tri-Cities Tennessee/Virginia’s “Forty Under 40”
Selected to TN Super Lawyers, 2022
Leadership Kingsport, class of 2012
PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Northeast Tennessee Young Lawyers Association, president
Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, member
Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association, member
Tennessee Bar Association, member
Roan Scholars Section Committee, member
East Tennessee State University Foundation, member
Defense Research Institute (DRI), member
Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA), member
EDUCATION
J.D., Liberty University School of Law, 2010
— The Liberty University Law Review, former Notes and Comments editor
— Law Review Distinguished Service Award
— Dean’s Honor Roll, 2010
— Dean’s Scholarship
B.B.A., cum laude, East Tennessee State University, 2007
— Roan Scholars Leadership Program (2003-2007)
— Student Government Association, secretary and treasurer (2003-2007)
— Student Leader Hall of Fame, 2007
— Greek Woman of the Year, 2007
— Dorothy Shaw Leadership Award (national winner), 2007
— Panhellenic Council, vice president of membership (2006-2007)
— Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, vice president (2003-2007)
ADMISSIONS
Tennessee, 2010
Virginia, 2011
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 2011
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, 2015
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, 2017
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia, 2013
