With more than 25 years of experience, Karen provides clients with zealous, responsive and personal representation both in and out of the courtroom, focusing her practice in the areas of trust, estate and fiduciary controversies, and business and commercial litigation.
Karen represents individual and corporate fiduciaries or beneficiaries in complex controversies involving breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, conversion, conflicts of interest, lack of capacity, undue influence, will and trust construction, and claims arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Karen welcomes the challenge of working on behalf of clients to resolve difficult issues that emerge oftentimes during emotional life circumstances.
Karen also represents businesses in a variety of commercial disputes, including breach of contract, warranty, fraud and other business torts, and post-merger litigation. Using common sense and economic efficiency as guiding principles to reach pragmatic solutions, Karen regularly counsels clients on risk management and litigation avoidance strategies and alternative dispute resolution options.
Dedicated to issues of diversity and inclusion, Karen serves on the firm’s Diversity Council.