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Although she wore many hats during her in-house career, Karen focuses on two areas in her day to day practice: contracts and employment law.
During her near decade-long stint in-house, Karen rolled up her sleeves and worked right alongside her business counterparts. As a result, she understands the importance of balancing achieving your company’s objectives with minimizing risk in a sensible, business-oriented way. Karen prides herself on taking a practical, problem-solving approach to negotiations.
Contracts
Over the course of her career, Karen has worked on numerous types of agreements, including:
Master services agreements
Master subscription agreements
Statements of work
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Order forms
Mobile app development and publishing agreements
Software development and licensing agreements
Professional services agreements
Composer agreements and composer bonus agreements for recording artists
Non-Disclosure and confidentiality agreements
Product purchase agreements
Bulk sales agreements
Distribution services agreements
Store safety agreements like armored cars, store alarms, and cash trackers
Sweepstakes agreements
Sponsorship agreements
Promotional services agreements with ad agencies
Strategic communications agreements
Administrative services agreements
Logistics agreements, including 2PL and 3PL
Drop-shipping agreements
Employment Law
Karen provides pragmatic counsel on the wide variety of employment issues clients face in today’s ever-changing environment. She also assists with workplace investigations. Issues Karen has regularly counseled on include:
Discrimination, harassment, and retaliation allegations of all kinds
ADA accommodations
FMLA and other state leave issues
COVID issues
Compliance with local employment regulations, including secure scheduling and paid sick leave
Supporting transgender employees in the workplace
Breastfeeding and pregnancy accommodations
Workplace safety issues, including responding to employees making threats of violence
Investigations of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation allegations of all kinds, and employee misconduct
Karen also provides training to clients on employment-related issues, including preventing harassment and discrimination, and improving management through discipline and documentation.