Caiola & Rose

Kimberly is a seasoned, strategic and aggressive trial attorney.  Her practice focuses on commercial litigation including contract disputes, business torts, franchise litigation, commercial lease disputes, construction disputes and insurance coverage disputes. Kimberly values and emphasizes client collaboration and creative problem solving. Recognizing that litigation is not always the best option, Kimberly works closely with clients to fashion solutions that are tailored to the case at hand. Kimberly is admitted to practice in all Georgia's state, superior and appellate courts, as well as the United States District Court for the Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia.

In addition to her work at Caiola & Rose, Kimberly teaches Georgia Practice and Procedure as an adjunct professor at Georgia State University College of Law. She enjoys keeping abreast of legal trends in Georgia and appreciates the opportunity to mentor future lawyers.

Prior to joining Caiola & Rose, LLC, Kimberly defended clients in a variety of civil claims including construction litigation, motor carrier liability, premises liability, and dram shop cases. Kimberly also represented pharmaceutical companies in a variety of matters and insurance carriers in coverage disputes.

Following law school, Kimberly clerked for Chief Judge Wendy L. Hagenau at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia. In addition to bankruptcy matters, Kimberly researched and worked on a variety of adversary proceedings including real estate litigation, breach of contract claims, and other business torts, such as conversion, tortious interference, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of non-compete provisions. Kimberly’s work at the bankruptcy court is what drove her passion for business litigation. During law school, she interned with the United States Trustee’s Office.

A Georgia native, Kimberly has a long history in the Atlanta legal community. Kimberly first began her career as a legal secretary in a real estate firm and worked as a paralegal in a boutique civil defense firm prior to attending law school. When she is not studying the finer points of the Georgia Civil Practice Act, she loves spending time with her husband and their two rescue hound dogs: Dashiell, a bluetick, and Clara-Bow, a beagle-dachshund.

Education: 

• Georgia State University School of Law, J.D. (2013) summa cum laude

  Research Editor, Georgia State University Law Review

• Agnes Scott College, B.A. Political Science (2010) summa cum laude

  Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society

Selective Speaking Engagements and Publications:

• Coverage Issues in the Sharing Economy. Tower To Trenches CLE Series at Georgia State University College of Law December 9, 2016.  Authored: Share and Share Alike: Risk Allocation in the “Sharing Economy”

• Litigation Coverage Issues in Trucking Policies, Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Seminar, Carlock Copeland & Stair, September 15, 2016.  Authored: Not All Surprises are Welcome: Expanded Exposure under the MCS-90 Endorsement

• Co-authored: The Problem of Too Much Culpability, Am. Bankr. Inst. J., Jul. 2012 at 56