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Karen L. O'Connor is a partner at Barran Liebman LLP. She practices in the areas of employment litigation and employment-related advice, and provides on-site training for employers in various areas including workplace harassment and discrimination, leave laws, discipline and documentation, and drug and alcohol issues. She is a frequent speaker in the community and co-teaches in the human resources program at Portland State University. Karen represents clients before Oregon and Washington state and federal courts and in administrative proceedings as well. She is a member of the Oregon State Bar Association, the Washington State Bar, the Multnomah Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Oregon Association of Defense Counsel. She received her J.D. from University of Oregon, where she acted as the Editor in Chief of the Oregon Law Review and was the recipient of the Wayne Morse scholarship. She served as a judicial clerk to The Honorable Malcolm F. Marsh, of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon from 1995 to 1997. Since 2008, Karen has been listed in the Oregon Super Lawyers magazine and in 2009 she was listed in The Best Lawyers in America. She is admitted to practice in Oregon and Washington.