Karen was born in Buffalo, New York and throughout her life has lived in New York, New Jersey, and Texas. At the start of her career, Karen served in the United States Army Judge Advocate General Corps in the Legal Assistance and Claims Departments as well as served as a Military Prosecutor and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. While in the Army, she worked on various cases ranging from traffic investigations to prosecuting rape and homicides. Karen is licensed to practice law in Arizona, New Jersey, New York and Texas.
Her practice is devoted primarily to litigation matters where she focuses on various product liability, personal injury and complex commercial litigations. Karen has represented thousands of clients who have been injured by dangerous drugs and medical devices. Some notable cases that she has been involved with include representing numerous victims involving pharmaceutical drugs and devices: Trasylol, Hip Implants, Knee Implants, Testosterone Replacement Therapy, Levaquin, Avelox, Cipro and Essure to name a few. She has fought against pharmaceutical giants including Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson, American Medical Systems, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Boston Scientific Corporation, C.R. Bard, Zimmer, Inc., Bayer, Neomedic, AbbVie and Pfizer to name a few. She has also assisted former NFL players in the NFL Concussion Litigation.
Most recently, Karen is one of the managing attorneys representing thousands of women injured by trans-vaginal mesh implants. She is also one of the lead attorneys appointed by the court to represent women nationwide for damages suffered as a result of the Neomedic trans-vaginal mesh implants.
Karen strives to achieve justice for each of her clients who have suffered at the hands of a pharmaceutical drug, medical device or defective product.
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