Kayla Hardimon Butler

• Counsel to a public university in response to borrower defense (BDR) applications pending before the Department of Education.
• Counsel to a leading poultry producer defending allegations that the poultry processors engaged in a conspiracy to suppress processing plant employee wages.
• Defense counsel to a leading health care company and pharmacy benefit manager in nationwide litigation related to drug pricing and drug distribution.
• Defense counsel for a video game grading company in class action fraud and RICO claims.
• Counsel to a health care company in an ongoing internal investigation.

Kayla Hardimon Butler is an associate in Alston & Bird’s Litigation & Trial Practice Group. She represents clients in a variety of general commercial litigation and class actions. She was previously a summer associate and associate for large firms in New York.

While earning her J.D., with honors, from Columbia Law School, she served as the articles editor for the Journal of Race and Law, a teaching assistant, and a research assistant, as well as the president of the Empowering Women of Color organization. Before law school, Kayla taught school in Jacksonville, FL, then was a manager for Teach for America. She received her B.S. in journalism, cum laude, from Ohio University.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia
• New York

Education

• Columbia University (J.D., 2020)
• Ohio University (B.S., 2013)

Memberships