Meet Karen Washington
Karen was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. She received her Juris Doctorate from The University of Texas School of Law. Her undergraduate studies were at Texas Tech University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, with high honors. After graduation, Karen returned to Dallas and has practiced law in the Dallas-Fort Worth area ever since.
Karen has helped individuals and businesses navigate through the complexities of the law. Using a variety of the tools available, she helps parties get things done.
Much of her work is in a neutral capacity: mediator, arbitrator, independent hearing examiner, administrative law judge, and trial board hearing officer. In mediation, parties have the opportunity to take control and fashion solutions that work for them. In more adjudicative processes, she conducts evidentiary hearings and makes decisions, giving consideration to law and equity.
Focus Areas:
Business
Employment
Other
Dispute Resolution Practice
Karen has been active as a dispute resolution professional for decades and relishes the opportunity to help parties in this constructive way. She has served in one neutral capacity or another in over 2000 matters. Her accomplishments in this area have been recognized by her induction into top-tier organizations such as the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals and the College of Commercial Arbitrators. She holds the Texas Mediator Credential Association’s Credentialed Distinguished Neutral certification.
Karen is a member of the panels of arbitrators and mediators for the American Arbitration Association and FINRA.
She is an administrative law judge for the City of Dallas and a trial board hearing officer for DART.
