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About
Provided by Karen Burgess
Practice Areas
Karen C. Burgess is a trial lawyer who handles business disputes and is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Specialization. Her practice includes trade secrets, oil and gas, contract, real estate, securities, partnership and fiduciary litigation—really any commercial litigation.
Professional Memberships
Karen is the President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Karen is a fellow and serves on the Texas State Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is also a fellow of the International Society of Barristers. After two terms as the elected treasurer of The American Board of Trial Advocates’ National Board of Directors, Karen currently serves as a presidential appointee to the National Board. She was a faculty member for the ABOTA’s National Trial College at Yale Law School in 2018 and 2022. Karen is also a member of the American Law Institute and an Honorary Overseas Member of the Commercial Bar Association of the UK and Wales (COMBAR).
Publications
– Stacy Rogers Sharp and Karen Burgess, Anatomy of a Trade Secrets Case, 100 The Advoc. (Texas) 16 (Fall 2022)
– Karen Burgess and Erica Harris, Pre-Trial Planning Checklist, 82 The Advoc. (Texas) 24 (Spring 2018)
Chambers Review
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Karen Burgess of Burgess Law PC is an experienced trial lawyer offering expert handling of securities, contract, insurance and other commercial disputes.
Karen Burgess of Burgess Law PC is an experienced trial lawyer offering expert handling of securities, contract, insurance and other commercial disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Karen is a phenomenal lawyer."
"Karen is good at issue-spotting and having a strategy mapped out. You want her on your side. She is dogged and does not give up easily. Even in cases where we should have the potential to lose, she pulls out a win or a good resolution."
"Karen is one of the best trial lawyer in the state of Texas. She is someone who garners respect, is likeable and is very forceful in a polite way. Karen really sneaks up on you as to how she gets her point across."
"Karen is a phenomenal lawyer."
"Karen is good at issue-spotting and having a strategy mapped out. You want her on your side. She is dogged and does not give up easily. Even in cases where we should have the potential to lose, she pulls out a win or a good resolution."
"Karen is one of the best trial lawyer in the state of Texas. She is someone who garners respect, is likeable and is very forceful in a polite way. Karen really sneaks up on you as to how she gets her point across."