Atty. Kari L. Sutherland
Kari is a trial attorney and has defended some of the world’s largest manufacturers in courtrooms across the country. She recently served as lead and co-lead trial counsel for Monsanto in Roundup cases in California and Missouri.
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Kari L. Sutherland is a product liability attorney based in Oxford, Mississippi, practicing at Butler Snow LLP. Educated at Mississippi College (J.D., 1996). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Product Liability Litigation - Defendants (2026). Serands clients in Oxford, MS and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Kari is a trial attorney and has defended some of the world’s largest manufacturers in courtrooms across the country
- She recently served as lead and co-lead trial counsel for Monsanto in Roundup cases in California and Missouri
- In 2022, she served as lead trial counsel for Johnson & Johnson in Arizona and Arkansas, winning defense verdicts in both pelvic mesh product liability trials
- Between those two trial wins, she served as trial counsel in Mississippi in a balloon implant products case involving serious injuries and again secured a defense verdict
- Her other product liability defense verdicts include those resulting from trials in California, Illinois, and Louisiana
- In late 2024, she was trial counsel in a school vehicular death case that resolved for her client the day before trial
- The remaining defendant sought to hire her for trial starting the next day
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Why local counsel matters in Mississippi
Practicing law in Mississippi. Legal matters in Mississippi are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Oxford are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Mississippi state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Mississippi brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Mississippi courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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