Karen L. Giffen
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Practice Areas
Employment law and litigation involving employment and labor, commercial disputes, negotiable instruments, construction, real estate, restraint of trade, creditors' rights, health care, trusts and probate.

Education

  • Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio
    Juris Doctor, 1989, Summa Cum Laude
  • Cleveland State University,
    Cleveland, Ohio
    B.A., 1980

Admitted to Practice

  • Supreme Court of Ohio – 1989
  • United States District Court – 1990
  • Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals – 1992
  • United States Supreme Court – 2000

Professional Associations/Achievements

  • 2008 Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition
  • Ohio Super Lawyer
  • Ohio Bar Association
  • Cleveland Bar Association
    • Litigation Section
    • Banking & Financial Services Section
    • Labor & Employment Law Section
    • Health Care Law Section
  • Ohio Women’s Bar Association
  • American Bar Association

Frequent Author and Presenter on Topics including

  • The City Club of Cleveland-We Object! The Successes and Struggles of Female Attorneys.
  • The Attorney-Client Privilege for In-House Counsel, American Association of Corporate Counsel
  • NITA Cleveland Faculty
  • Editor, Ohio Transaction Guide, published by Matthew Bender & Co.
  • Anatomy of a Discrimination Lawsuit, Council on Education in Mgmt.
  • TROs & Preliminary Injunctions, State & Federal, Ohio CLE Institute
  • The Woman Advocate, OSBA, CLE Institute
  • On Point, Sharpening Your Deposition Skills, Prof. Edu. Systems
  • Representing the Employer in Employment Litigation, Oh. Practice Series