Karen was born in North Tonawanda, New York, and moved with her family to Columbus in 1979 where she attended St. Michael’s School in Worthington and Bishop Watterson High School.

Karen graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. with a B.S.B.A. in finance and international management and worked for a Washington D.C. commercial mortgage banking firm prior to attending law school.

She graduated from The Ohio State University College of Law where she was a managing editor for the Ohio State Law Journal, before becoming a staff attorney to Judge Thomas O’Grady of the Court of Appeals for the Second District.

In 2000, Karen started private practice in Dublin, Ohio. In August 2006, Karen joined with Dianne Einstein in a practice focused on the areas of domestic and employment law.

Karen is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the Columbus Bar Association, Women Lawyers of Franklin County, the National Association for Women Business Owners, AmSpirit and Franklin Inn of Court. Karen is married, has two children, and resides in Hilliard, Ohio.