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Brigid M. Carpenter

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Brigid M. Carpenter is a trial attorney whose practice includes products liability defense, catastrophic personal injury defense, defense of class actions, and prosecution and defense of commercial disputes.

Featured Experience


Lead Tennessee trial counsel for a pharmaceutical company in an opioid litigation case.

Representing an auto manufacturer in consumer class actions as well as supplier disputes.

Representing insurers in first-party extra-contractual and bad faith lawsuits.

Professional Biography


Ms. Carpenter has tried more than 20 cases in federal and state courts throughout Tennessee and other jurisdictions. She has represented clients before the Tennessee Supreme Court, the Tennessee Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Ms. Carpenter is the former office managing shareholder in Baker Donelson's Nashville office. She was honored to serve on the faculty of the 42nd annual IADC Trial Academy at Stanford Law School in July 2014.

Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1996
    • Virginia Environmental Law Journal, Editorial Board Member
  • University of Tennessee, B.S. in Communications, 1992, summa cum laude

Admissions

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
  • U.S.  District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
  • Tennessee, 1996

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