Background
Karpen, Karen E. was born on May 13, 1954 in Portland, Oregon, United States.
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Karen E. KARPEN
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Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, 1976). Hastings College of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1983). Associate Articles Editor, COMM/ENT Journal of Communications and Entertainment Law, 1982- 1983.
Career
Worked at Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1983, California and United States. District Court, Northern District of California.
Associate Articles Editor, COMM/ENT Journal of Communications and Entertainment Law, 1982-1983. Company-Author: "Equal Time and Fairness Doctrines: Outdated or Crucial to American Politics in the 1980"s," COMM/ENT Law Journal, 1981.
"Lawyer and Accountant Liability in Business Litigation," CTLA Forum, 1985.
Legal Externship, California Court of Appeal, 1982. Member: The Bar Association of San Francisco. State Bar of California.
Lieff, Cabraser & Heimann was founded in 1972 and for the past 25 years has specialized exclusively in litigation involving securities fraud, antitrust, consumer fraud, products liability, toxic claims and environmental issues, employment discrimination, and other mass tort class actions on behalf of plaintiffs throughout the United States.
During the past 13 years, the firm has tried and settled approximately 120 class actions involving approximately ten million individuals, resulting in verdicts or settlements of over $6.5 billion. Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein has served as court-appointed Plaintiff Class Counsel in more than 100 certified class actions, including over 50 securities class actions, and is currently serving in that capacity in multi-district and complex federal litigations pending in Alabama, Alaska, California, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wyoming as well as state court litigation in Alabama, California, Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas.
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San Mateo County and American Bar Associations. The State Bar of California. California Trial Lawyers Association.
San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association.
California Women Lawyers Association.
