She graduated summa cum laude from Tulane Law School. Karen practiced law in the area of trusts and estates at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP in New York City, and she was a Forrester Fellow at Tulane Law School before joining the Mercer Faculty in 2006. Her scholarly agenda draws from composition theory and linguistics in works such as “Speaking for the Dead: Voice in Last Wills and Testaments” and “In The Name of God, Amen: Evolution of Language in Wills.” Also, Karen co-authors a regular column entitled “Writing Matters” in the Georgia Bar Journal, has presented at a number of conferences, and is active in the Legal Writing Institute.