Higgs & Johnson

Litigation

Karen's areas of practice include Admiralty Law, Family Law, and Commercial and Civil Litigation, where she has a particular focus on Industrial Relations & Employment law. She also has vast experience in Conveyancing and Real Property Law and other regulatory matters, including applications to The Bahamas Investments Board and other governmental entities.  Karen has also assisted in the conduct of international financing transactions.

Karen holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados where she graduated with honours in 2000. She obtained a Legal Education Certificate at the Eugene Dupuch Law School in Nassau, Bahamas in September 2002. 

Karen joined the firm as an Associate in 2006 and became a Partner in 2015.

Bahamas Bar Association Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA)

College of The Bahamas (A.A. in Law & Criminal Justice), Nassau, Bahamas University of the West Indies (LL.B.), Cave Hill, Barbados Eugene Dupuch Law School (Certificate of Legal Education), Nassau, Bahamas Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Advanced Certificate in International Arbitration), Freeport, Bahamas