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Karen focuses her practice on all aspects of family law proceedings, including child custody matters, parenting agreements, the negotiation and preparation of marital settlement agreements, asset valuations, mediation, and trials. She regularly navigates complex financial and emotional matters to highly advantageous outcomes for her clients.
Although accustomed to working in high conflict situations, Karen is known for guiding her clients with a calm and reasonable approach. Her practical, strategic advice has made her the choice for Chicago’s elite and high net worth individuals and their spouses.
Karen’s clients benefit from her commercial and securities litigation background from her years at premier law firm Milbank in New York City.
Despite her reputation as a formidable litigator, more often she relies upon mediation and arbitration as a means to most effectively and discreetly resolve disputes.
Karen’s interest in family law stemmed from her experience in representing neglected and abused children, first as a law school student and then as a volunteer at Lawyers for Children, a non-profit legal organization based in New York City.
Karen has written on family law topics, including an analysis of the collaborative law approach to divorce. She has also drafted chapters on parenting plans and enforcement of parenting time for a book targeted to judges and published by the National Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Child Custody Law.
University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 2001
Dartmouth College, B.A., cum laude, 1998
Illinois
American Bar Association, Member
Illinois Bar Association, Member
