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Jennifer Karr

Associate

Jennifer E. Karr is an associate in the Hartford office of Lewis Brisbois with years of experience litigating complex and high exposure matters. Ms. Karr focuses her practice on general liability, construction defect, employment, medical malpractice, products liability, and commercial litigation. After law school, she worked at a commercial litigation firm in Manhattan before moving back to Connecticut to practice at a national law firm. She has experience in all areas of defense litigation, from the inception of a claim until mediation, arbitration, settlement, or trial.

Publications

  • Co-author, Beware Scope of US Property Claims Appraisals, Insurance Day (2019)
  • Co-author, “Trustee Issues: Is Managing Business Interests Worth It? Is Good Faith Really a Standard of Care? Is the New Tax Act Old Business?”, Proceedings: American Law Institute, Continuing Legal Education Study Materials (Chicago, 2018)
  • A Feminist Approach to Incentivized Paternity Leave, U.C. Hastings Women’s Law Journal (2017)
  • Co-author, “Latent Liability: The Investment Management Agreement Lurking in the File”, Proceedings: American Law Institute, Continuing Legal Education Program Study Materials (Boston, 2017)
  • Immoral Legislations and Tax Benefits for Expat Corporations, Connecticut Law Review (2016)
  • Proportional Union or Paper Confederacy? Connecticut Law Review (2015)

Certifications

UConn School of Law Tax Certificate

Pro Bono & Philanthropy

  • Partnered with NHLA to provide legal services to undocumented immigrants
  • Acted as conservator and attorney for conserved persons
  • Prepared estate planning documents for veterans
  • Low Income Tax Clinic, UConn School of Law

Admissions

  • State Bar Admissions
    • Connecticut
  • United States District Courts
    • United States District Court for the District of Connecticut

Associations

  • Connecticut Bar Association

Awards & Honors

  • Winner, UConn Law Review Alumni Award for Best Student Note
  • CALI Excellence Award: American Racial Slavery and American Law
  • Connecticut Law Review, Commentary Editor
  • Teaching Assistant, Low Income Tax Clinic
  • President, Tax Law Society
  • Phi Delta Phi
  • Graduate Teaching Associate, English Composition I and Creative Writing for English Majors
  • Graduate Teaching Associate, English Literature I and The Florida Review
  • The Florida Review, Editor

Education

University of Central Florida

Bachelor of Arts, English (2010)

University of Central Florida

Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing (2013)

University of Connecticut School of Law

Juris Doctor, cum laude

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