Karen Tanenbaum Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Help progressive organizations craft policies and address conflicts in ways that align with their values.
• Represent and advise individual workers and progressive employers on all manner of federal, state, and local employment laws.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Oversaw sensitive, complex investigations into whistleblower disclosures involving waste, fraud, abuse, and other types of wrongdoing throughout the executive branch agencies in the federal government.
• Made recommendations to the Special Counsel as to whether investigative findings were reasonable; drafted reports from the Special Counsel to the President, Congress, and public explaining the Special Counsel’s findings.
• Investigated and successfully resolved hundreds of employee complaints of retaliation, discrimination, and other workplace misconduct as a third-party neutral, including through extensive witness interviews and doc.
• Prepared investigative findings, negotiated settlement agreements, mediated cases, and routinely coordinated with varied stakeholders to resolve cases and, as needed, to achieve policy and other large-scale changes as.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Represented employees in discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and related matters for a leading national employment law firm, including winning a trial against the federal government for age discrimination and.
• Negotiated severance contracts and settlement agreements and resolved workplace disputes through mediation.
• Created and co-presented CLE training on LGBTQ+ rights in the workplace for a national audience; co-authored and published an article on landmark case law and the future of LGBTQ+ rights.

Washington, D.C.

• Drafted court orders; researched constitutional and evidentiary issues; managed high-volume calendar of criminal felony cases and prepared the Judge for trials, hearings, and sentencings; hired and managed interns.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Researched legal issues related to the enforcement of federal civil rights laws, particularly access to courts, schools, and other institutions by limited English-proficient (LEP) individuals under Title VI of the.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Legal Fellow, 2011
• Published in the Civil Rights Monitor, the then-annual publication of the nation's oldest, largest, and most diverse civil and human rights coalition.
• Drafted the President/CEO's congressional testimony on the disparate impact of Voter ID laws on underserved communities. Intern and Contract Staff, 2008-09
• Wrote feature news stories for civilrights.org.
• Co-planned an event for 20+ civil and human rights organizations.
• Co-organized a rally to support legislation protecting individuals with disabilities.

Atlanta, GA

• Drafted legal memoranda, briefs, and motions for trial and appellate litigation in state and federal court, including related to the appeal of a landmark employment discrimination case.

New Delhi, India

• Assessed whether police accountability laws in Commonwealth countries complied with international standards and published recommendations for reform in international human rights report and in leading local newspaper.
• Developed trainings for local police departments on appropriate use of force.

J.D., Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Studies Editorial Board, Moot Court Team Executive Board.

B.A., Summa Cum Laude, Honors College

School of Public & International Affairs