Karen Volkman

Partner

Karen.Volkman@lewisbrisbois.com

Karen Volkman is the administrative partner in the St. Louis office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation and Asbestos Litigation Practices. She litigates toxic tort, transportation, product liability, and business litigation matters in Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Wisconsin, and other jurisdictions throughout the United States. Karen participates in all phases of litigation, including pre-suit investigation, written discovery, depositions, expert retention and development, vigorous motion practice, trial, and appeals. Karen has also participated in the development and implementation of defenses based on historic corporate documentation for clients in toxic tort litigation to be utilized in multiple jurisdictions. In addition, she also manages mass tort, product liability, and business litigation matters throughout the United States for corporate defendants.

Karen also has significant experience representing banks, brokerage firms, partnerships, and the manufacturers of commercial and consumer products in business and commercial disputes in federal and state courts. Her experience includes the representation of banks in business disputes brought by customers, manufacturers in actions brought against vendors, partnerships in dissolution proceedings, and corporations in actions brought by their distributors.

In addition, she has regional experience defending professional liability lawsuits.

Primary Area(s) of Practice

  • Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation
  • Asbestos Litigation
  • Products Liability
  • Transportation
  • General Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Complex Business & Commercial Litigation

Admissions

Missouri

Associations

  • Missouri Bar Association
  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • State Bar of Wisconsin
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

Education

Saint Louis University

Juris Doctor

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Bachelor of Arts, History
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science

Publications

  • Donna Lee and Jerry Lee Harrison v. Volkswagen Grp. of Am., Inc., 541 S.W.3d 33 (Mo. App., 2018)
  • Roger Klein v. Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., 130 P.3d 569, 281 Kan. 330 (Kan., 2006)