Karen Volkman
Karen Volkman practices primarily in the Firm’s Toxic Tort and Environmental Litigation, Products Liability, and Transportation Practice Groups.
Professional Experience
Karen Volkman practices primarily in the Firm’s Toxic Tort and Environmental Litigation, Products Liability, Transportation and Business Litigation Practice Groups. Karen litigates toxic tort, products liability, FELA and business litigation matters in Illinois, Missouri and throughout the United States. She has handled hundreds of toxic tort, products liability and FELA cases from inception through settlement or trial. She has participated in all phases of litigation including pre-suit investigation, written discovery, deposing plaintiffs, witnesses, and experts, as well as vigorous motions practice and trial. She has successfully managed mass tort, products liability and business litigation matters throughout the United States for corporate defendants.
Professional affiliations
- Missouri Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- American Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
Practice areas
Education
J.D., magna cum laude, St. Louis University School of Law, 1999
- Order of Woolsack
- Managing Editor, St. Louis University Law Journal
B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996
B.A., History, magna cum laude, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996
- Phi Beta Kappa
Bar admissions
- Illinois
- Missouri
Courts
- United States District Court (Eastern District of Missouri)
- United States District Court (Southern District of Illinois)
- United States District Court (Eastern District of Wisconsin)
- United States District Court (Western District of Michigan)
