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PRACTICE AREAS

Twenty Practice Areas. Plaintiff-Side Only.

Mass torts and class actions. Sexual assault and institutional accountability. Product liability, pharmaceutical and vaccine injury, auto, trucking, rail, aviation, maritime, toxic torts. Environmental disasters, financial services, consumer privacy, bankruptcy claimants, congressional and regulatory. Sports, Gold Star families, veterans, terrorism victims, international courts.

On every one, I sit inside the litigation team. I watch the defense daily, I build and place your client’s story, and I keep your clients in the case.

THE WORK, ON EVERY MATTER

01 · RESEARCH

The defense’s activity, your audience and the public record. Everything else is built on this.

02 · STRATEGY AND MESSAGING

The story and the language it runs on, built from what the research shows.

03 · CLIENT COMMUNICATIONS

Direct, consent-based contact with claimants and survivors, on a set cadence, for as long as the matter runs.

04 · MEDIA PLACEMENT

The story, put in front of the audience it needs to reach. Press is the visible part, not the only part.

05 · DAILY MONITORING

A live dashboard built for the matter, watched every day, so I catch what changed before it becomes a problem.

29 Years

Plaintiff-side only. Mass tort, MDL, class action and catastrophic injury.

Direct Access

I answer every call and text myself.

The Defense Check

Free. A written check of what is running against your case, the same day, before you decide anything.

Mass Torts, Class Actions and Institutional Harm

Committee matters, and clients who need protecting as well as representing.

Mass Torts & Class Actions

Retained by plaintiff leadership and steering committees for multidistrict litigation and class actions that draw national attention.

Sexual Assault & Institutional Accountability

Survivors in litigation against universities, religious institutions and sports organizations accused of enabling abuse.

Sports

Concussion claims brought by former professional athletes against a major sports league.

Gold Star Families

Families of fallen U.S. service members pursuing claims against state sponsors of terrorism.

Veterans

Veterans and their families pursuing claims for combat injury, wrongful death and institutional accountability arising from service.

Terrorism Victims

Survivors and families of state-sponsored terrorism, including attacks on U.S. service members and civilians abroad.

Product and Transportation

Defect, crash and failure matters against manufacturers and carriers.

Product Liability

Drug and medical device matters, from filing through MDL coordination, verdict and settlement.

Pharmaceutical & Vaccine Injury

Adverse-event disclosures and Vaccine Injury Compensation Program proceedings.

Auto

Built around the manufacturer’s own recall language and safety filings, from a single case through MDL coordination.

Trucking

Wrongful death and injury, working the story inside the same first-24-hour window the carrier’s insurer moves in.

Rail

Derailments, keeping the community’s account visible through the NTSB investigation and any bellwether proceeding.

Aviation

Airline and aircraft-manufacturer litigation, grounded in the NTSB record and the manufacturer’s own filings.

Maritime

Cruise line, cargo vessel and offshore accident matters that travel across jurisdictions with the case.

Toxic Torts

Media and advocacy for the litigation and the legislative reform it can support.

Environmental, Financial and Regulatory

Disasters, institutional finance and matters that reach Washington.

Environmental Disasters

Litigation and legislative reform after major offshore and environmental disasters.

Financial Services

Community banks and consumers in some of the largest retail data breach and financial accountability litigation in the country.

Consumer Privacy & Data

Biometric privacy (BIPA), data breach and consumer protection class actions against tech platforms.

Bankruptcy & Tort Claimants

Tort claimants in the bankruptcy system, including creditors’ committee media.

Congressional & Regulatory

Cases that draw a congressional hearing or regulatory action, not just a courtroom.

International Courts

Matters before international tribunals, cross-border courts and foreign sovereign immunity proceedings.

Don’t See Your Case? Text Me the Name.

Same day, you know what the defense is running. Free. If you need me in the room now, I come to your firm with a briefing and a plan.

Text Karen — 415.359.4454 or call or email Karen

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