Carolyn Weltman

Product Liability & Mass Torts

• Counsel to Dow Chemical Company in a collection of 27 groundwater contamination actions brought by municipal water districts on Long Island.
• Coordinating and national counsel for bp in the In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico multidistrict litigation, involving nearly 900 personal injury and toxic torts suits. Secured hundreds of successful Daubert and summary judgment verdicts as a key member of the trial team.
• Trial counsel in a month-long jury trial brought by residents near a medical device manufacturing and sterilization facility alleging development of various diseases due to exposure to ethylene oxide emissions. All pending claims were successfully resolved following trial.

Complex Commercial Litigation

• Represented Philadelphia Energy Solutions, formerly the East Coast's largest oil refinery, in a bankruptcy adversary lawsuit seeking business interruption and property damage coverage arising from a series of explosions in 2019. The case settled favorably.
• Counsel for Eli Lilly & Company in a contract dispute arising from the co-development of a novel autoimmune therapy.

Government Matters

• Defended Boeing in criminal inquiry brought by the DOJ related to the 2021 737 MAX deferred prosecution agreement.
• Member of court-mandated monitorship team for Pacific Gas and Electric Company following its conviction for the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion.
• Conducted internal investigation for global biopharmaceutical company regarding alleged fraud and False Claim Act violations.

Carolyn Weltman is a senior associate based in the Chicago office and a member of King & Spalding's Products Liability and Mass Torts practice group. She represents clients from a variety of industries–including in the chemical, life sciences, aerospace, and energy sectors–facing both complex and high stakes commercial litigation throughout the country. Carolyn's practice emphasizes continuity across the life-cycle of a case, beginning with internal or government-led investigations, through discovery and motion practice, and culminating in either favorable settlement or trial. 

Carolyn has experience serving as counsel in both multidistrict litigation and individual cases. She has represented clients in a broad array of matters, including environmental and toxic torts, insurance litigation, and restructuring actions. Carolyn also maintains a white collar practice which focuses on investigations, proactive and reactive risk management, and corporate criminal defense. 

Carolyn is committed to pro bono work, concentrating her efforts on civil rights and immigration matters.