Kimberly Wilson White
Managing Shareholder
Attorney Kimberly Wilson White is the Managing Shareholder and founder of Wilson Law, P.A. She is an experienced civil litigator and trial attorney having appeared in state and federal courts throughout the United States in complex litigation cases often involving persons who have sustained catastrophic personal injuries caused by a dangerous drug or defective medical device.
On May 22, 2019, Ms. White was appointed a leadership position by the Honorable M. Casey Rodgers, Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Pensacola Division to the 3M Combat Arms Earplug, MDL 2885. Ms. White served on the Science and Expert Subcommittee. She was the only lawyer from North Carolina who served in an MDL leadership position. In August of 2023, the MDL Leadership ultimately secured a $6 billion settlement from 3M on behalf of servicemembers and veterans who suffered hearing damages while using 3M Combat Arms Earplug version 2.
Ms. White was appointed to the consolidated MDL Plaintiff’s Steering Committee involving Pelvic Repair Systems Product Liability Litigation by the Honorable Joseph R. Goodwin, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia in 2012.
Kim has been featured in interviews by The Wall Street Journal, CBS Nightly News with Dan Rather, the Ladies’ Home Journal, and numerous other local television shows for representing plaintiffs hurt by defective medical devices and dangerous drugs.
About Kim
Kim grew up in southern West Virginia as one of nine children. Her father was a coal miner for 33 years and an active member in the United Mine Workers of America. Both of her parents placed a high value upon education and insisted that their children go to college. Today, all of her siblings are professionals in health care, pharmaceutical industry, education or law.
Kim received her undergraduate (1991) and law (1995) degrees from West Virginia University and a Master of Public Health (M.P.H) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2011. Kim is married and has one daughter who graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Virginia School of Law.
Email: Kim@wilsonlawpa.com | Direct Dial: 919-890-0181
Education
- West Virginia University College of Law — Doctor of Jurisprudence, J.D. (1995)
- West Virginia University — Bachelor of Arts (1991)
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill — Master of Public Health, M.P.H. (2011)
- Harvard Law School — Mediation and Conflict Management, Program on Negotiation, Certificate (2023)
Service & Recognition
- Finance Committee, NCAJ (2020–2025)
- Mentor, NCAJ NEXT Program (2022–2025)
- Executive Committee, NCAJ (2021–2022)
- Super Lawyers — Class Actions and Mass Torts (2017–2024)
- Board of Governors, NCAJ (2016–2021)
- Ebbie Award Recipient, NCAJ (2020)
- Super Lawyers — Rising Star (2009)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- West Virginia, 1995
- North Carolina, 2001
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia