Background
Simmonds, Karen H. was born in 1962 in New York, New York, United States.
Simmonds, Karen H. was born in 1962 in New York, New York, United States.
Yale University (Bachelor of Science, 1985). The University of Connecticut School of Law (Juris Doctor, with highest honors, 1993).
Worked at Shipman & Goodwin Limited Liability Partnership (Hartford, Connecticut) specializing in General Practice. Banking, Corporation, Tax, Antitrust, Commercial Finance, Securities, Venture Capital, Labor and Employment, Health Care, Environmental, Pension and Employee Benefits, Estate Planning, Estate Settlement, Trust Administration, Real Estate, Municipal Law. Trials in all Courts.
Admitted to the bar, 1993, Connecticut.
Articles Editor, Connecticut Law Review. Law Clerk to the Honorable Ellen A. Peters, Chief Justice Connecticut Supreme Court, 1993-1994.
Lecturer at Law, University of Connecticut School of Law. Member, Council of School Attorneys, National School Board Association.
Member: Hartford County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations.
Shipman & Goodwin was founded over 75 years ago. Its principal areas of practice include general corporate and securities law, litigation, corporate and commercial finance, tax, bankruptcy and creditors" rights, environmental law, municipal law, administrative law, utility regulation, real estate, construction law, fidelity and surety law, venture capital financing, international trade, antitrust and trade regulation, banking, insurance, labor and employment, trusts and estates, pension, health care law, intellectual property, computer law, tax-exempt organizations, agricultural cooperatives, family law, criminal law, legislation and lobbying. The firm is divided into six departments: Business, Litigation, Labor and Employment, Real Estate, Tax, and Trusts and Estates.
In each area of practice, lawyers are assisted by experienced legal assistants.
In addition, many lawyers are members of practice groups organized to address specifically the needs of particular clients and/or industries. Among such groups are those serving venture capital investors, high technology and emerging companies, hospitals and health care providers, municipalities and agricultural cooperatives.
Within the Trust and Estate Department is a group specializing in Financial Planning and Trust Administration.
Member, Council of School Attorneys, National School Board Association. Member: Hartford County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations.