Ms. Karnes received her law degree from the University of Miami School of Law, where she graduated magna cum laude. While earning her law degree, she earned a Master’s of Music in Music Business and Entertainment Industries, from the University of Miami Frost School of Music, graduating cum laude. Ms. Karnes was the Articles and Comment Editor for the Inter-American Law Review, where she authored “Leal v. Garcia, A Foreign National’s Fight with Federalism.” Ms. Karnes worked as Dean’s Fellow for the Dean of Academic Affairs, was a visiting student at Vanderbilt University Law School, and was a judicial intern for the Honorable Douglas N. Frazier, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Ms. Karnes received a Bachelor of Science in Administration of Justice from George Mason University, where she graduated magna cum laude.