Karen chairs Lindquist & Vennum’s Family Law practice group. She has devoted her practice exclusively to family law for more than 20 years, assisting clients with adoptions, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, marriage dissolutions, child custody, parenting-time (visitation) matters, paternity matters, and post-decree matters. Areas of special focus in her practice include custody, spousal maintenance issues, complex property settlements and valuation and division of executive compensation.A primary benefit of Karen’s experience is the practical, common-sense approach she takes to family-related legal matters. Although she is a well-prepared and determined litigator when the situation demands it, she prefers to promote accord among family members and resolve issues early on, if possible. Her respect for and collaboration with all parties involved from custody evaluators and accountants to judges and opposing counsel has led psychologists, accountants, clergy and attorneys throughout Minnesota to regularly refer clients to her.Karen’s knowledge, capabilities and approach have made her an attorney of choice for clients with complicated finances involving, for example, tax issues, trusts, complex forms of compensation and multiple business interests. She helps clients work through such situations by performing continuing cost-benefit analyses and providing clients with the information they need to make informed decisions at each step in the process.Karen is one of only a small number of attorneys in the Twin Cities who have met the criteria and passed the rigorous admissions process to be admitted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She is also a member of the family law sections of the Minnesota and American bar associations; a former chair of the Hennepin County Bar Association’s family law section; and a member of the Collaborative Law Institute. |