Outside the Office
Karen is an adventurous traveler, backpacker and off-roader.
She has independently traveled, mostly solo, to over 100 international cities, from the jungles and temples of Southeast Asia and Central America to the high mountain passes of the Himalayas. She enjoys shipwreck diving and cooking. Her favorite place in the world is the cabin she helped build on the coast in Big Sur.
Karen hiking the Annapurna Circuit in the Himalayas (Nepal).
Karen hiking Thorong La mountain pass, 17,800 ft elevation, near the Annapurna Circuit in the Himalayas (Nepal).
The cabin Karen helped build on the coast in Big Sur.
Community Leadership
Karen donates her time, talents and legal skills to pro bono matters.
Karen represented a large cohort of physicians and clinicians in their amicus brief in AIMS vs. DEA, a landmark case in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that involves a direct petition to the DEA to reschedule psilocybin from schedule 1 to schedule 2 of the Controlled Substances Act.
Karen also serves her community though leadership roles in multiple non-profit organizations. She is a member of the Board of Governors for Womens Law Association of Los Angeles and American Business Trial Lawyers Los Angeles.