Background
Pszanka-Layng, Karen L. was born on September 23, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Pszanka-Layng, Karen L. was born on September 23, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of Dijon, France. University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts, 1984. Juris Doctor, 1987). Delta Theta Phi.
Worked at Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1987, Illinois and United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
1989, District of Columbia.
1991, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar and United States. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit.
1992, United States. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit.
Delta Theta Phi. Instructor, Speech Communications, University of Illinois, 1986-1987. Company-author: "Current Developments in Expert Witness Testimony," 1989 Annual Seventh Federal Circuit Conference.
Past President, Board of Directors, University of Illinois, College of LAS Alumni Association. Regional Chair, Committee on Meetings Arrangements of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association Board of Governors.
Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations.
National Association of Women in Construction. Federation of Women Contractors.
Chicago (Member, Young Lawyers Section), Illinois State (Member, Insurance Section) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations.