Caroline McCracken focuses her practice on complex business litigation in state and federal courts. She handles a variety of commercial disputes, including breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair trade practices, arbitration agreements, and consumer protection claims. She has experience in multidistrict litigation (MDL) concerning PFAS claims.
She also defends nonprofit organizations, such as private clubs and local chambers of commerce, in litigation involving novel questions under South Carolina’s Nonprofit Corporation Act. Her practice also touches on emerging areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, and data privacy, as well as antitrust and commercial ejectment disputes.
Before starting her legal career, Caroline worked as an e-commerce specialist for a global retailer, where she negotiated pricing and contract terms with suppliers, and she collaborated with finance, supply chain, and marketing teams to drive growth.
Caroline earned her law degree from the University of South Carolina, where she served as a student editor for the South Carolina Journal of International Law and Business and mentored incoming first-year law students. During law school, she gained experience as a student attorney in the Domestic Violence Clinic, representing clients in emergency civil litigation to secure protection from domestic violence. Caroline also holds a Bachelor of Arts in public policy studies, with a minor in economics, from Duke University.