PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
A graduate of Howard University, Boston College and Emory Law School, Karen began her law career in 1990 as Clerk to Justice Carol Hunstein, where she served for more than two years before becoming a Public Defender for Dekalb County and then moving on to the Atlanta Solicitors Office. Karen founded her law practice in 1994 while a Cobb County Magistrate, where she served for five years. Karen brings broad experience and depth of understanding to her client’s cause. She is a frequent speaker on family law issues within the legal community, guiding other family law attorneys to becoming more effective and knowledgeable in this important practice specialty. Karen has presented to the State Bar of Georgia, Cobb County Bar Association Family Law Section and Inn of Court. In addition, Karen has served on the Executive Board of the State Bar Association Family Law Section since 2003. She is also a member of the Cobb County Bar Association, the Family Law Inn of Court, Georgia NELA (National Employment Lawyers Association), serving on the Georgia NELA Board from 2001-2003.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Cobb Bar Association Family Law Seminar 2001
- State Bar of Georgia – Family Law section Professionalism Convocation 2003, 2006, 2007
- Cobb County Bar Association – Family Law Section – Recent Developments 2006
- Atlanta Bar Association- We Can Work it Out -The Relationship Between Judges and Lawyers, January 27, 2006
- Cobb County Bar Association – Family Law Section – Recent Developments 2007
- State Bar of Georgia – Family Law Institute
- 2003, Thomas vs. Thomas
- 2004 Recent Developments in the Law
- 2005 Recent Developments in the Law
- 2007 Hot Tips- Guardian Ad Litem
- State Bar of Georgia – Nuts and Bolts- Program Chair- Savannah 2007 and Atlanta 2007
- Cobb County Bar Association, Family Law Section, Recent Developments 2008
- Merrill Lynch- Multiple Seminars, 2009 Tips for Separation From the Workplace
- Georgia Association of Paralegal , March 2009 : Tips for Separation From the Workplace
- State Bar of Georgia Nuts and Bolts Program: August 2009 Child Abduction
- John Marshall Law School February, 2009 The Hague Convention: Is it Time for Modification
- State Bar of Georgia Nuts and Bolts Program August and December 2010 “ Yours, Mine, Ours….NO MINE!!! Equitable Division in Georgia
- Inn of Court Tips for Guardian Ad Litem 2016
- Inn of Court Tips for Examining Child Witnesses 2020
Publications
- Child Abduction: Steps for Handling Child Abductions
- Aug 2010 publication ICLE Georgia- State Bar of Georgia
- "Yours, Mine, Ours..... No, MINE! Equitable Division in Georgia
- Publication provides an introduction into Child Abduction cases
- International Custody
- May 2011 publication ICLE - State Bar of Georgia- Family Law Institute
- Publication looks at International Child Custody in the Context of Georgia Law
- Fleeing Domestic Violence: A Proposal to Change the Inadequacies of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction in Domestic Violence cases
- May 2011 John Marshall Law Journal
- Publication looks at the Hague Convention in Domestic Violence Cases
- Evidence in High Asset Divorces
Publication Date
- Jan 2018 publication
- Georgia Superior Court Judges Seminar
- Discussion of the Evidence to assist courts in making decisions in high asset divorce cases
- Discussion of the Evidence to assist courts in making decisions in high asset divorce cases
