Lawyers
Karen L. Kahn - Shareholder
I practice in the following areas:
Employee Benefits and ERISA, Healthcare
Practice
Ms. Kahn concentrates her practice in ERISA, employee benefits law, HIPAA, and healthcare law. She advises clients on defined benefit pension plans, defined contribution plans including: 401(k) plans and ESOPs, Section 125-cafeteria plans, HSAs and HRAs, welfare plans, severance plans, domestic partner benefits, COBRA, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Ms. Kahn advises group health plans and physician practice groups on HIPAA compliance and has worked on regulatory compliance for healthcare providers.
Publications
Implementation of HIPAA's Privacy Rules - May 2003
Presentations
Ms. Kahn has made presentations at numerous seminars on 401(k) plans, cafeteria plans, welfare plans, payroll practices, HSAs, and HIPAA.
Representative Clients and/or Cases
Ms. Kahn provides legal counsel to more than 250 employee benefit plans.
Professional Activities
Ms. Kahn has worked as in-house counsel for an international life insurance company, as director of benefits and counsel for a large healthcare organization, and in private practice in California and Albuquerque. She clerked on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for the Honorable Judge Harry Pregerson.
Civic Activities
President (1999-2000) of Congregation Albert, Albuquerque, New Mexico; President Elect (2007) of Jewish Family Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Honors
Ms. Kahn ranked first in her law school graduating class and during law school received the Aggeler Award; Hornbook Award, West Publishing Company Award; American Jurisprudence Awards for Contracts, for Trusts and Wills, for Constitutional Law, and for Corporations; Prentice-Hall Award for Federal Income Tax; and J. Rex Dibble Honor Award. She was President, St. Thomas More Law Honor Society; a Member of Loyola Law Review, and Alpha Sigma Nu. She was nominated for YWCA Women on the Move (2001).
Education
J.D., summa cum laude, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, 1982; M.S. in Gerontology, University of Southern California, 1977; B.A., Pitzer College, Claremont, California, 1975.
Bar Admissions
New Mexico; California; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
